Re: ZVG firmware / the future of ZVG

Hello,
I am not an expert on any of this, but isn't DOS an archaic OS? Wouldn't it be smarter to go forward in a slimmed down version of Linux? Perhaps even an embedded system? Linux can be very small and very effective from what I do know about it.

Shouldn't this become a ground up build to make things as forward thinking and simple as possible? Longevity may be a hard thing to predict, but it should be considered.

Chuck

On Apr 17, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Barry Shilmover wrote:

> IMHO, the bigger issue is the software, not the hardware.
>
> I have mine running in DOS and it runs great.
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> Loads quickly, I can turn it off without any corruption to the OS.
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> Up and in the menu in less than 15 seconds.
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> B
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> From: owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org [mailto:owner-vectorlist@vectorlist.org] On Behalf Of Al Warner
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> Subject: Re: VECTOR: ZVG firmware / the future of ZVG
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> To get back on target, I think the proper answer to the future of a new ZVG would be to come up with modern hardware and software. The current solution is designed around a dead platform from both sides.
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> My opinion is, if you have existing hardware, there are ways to make it work. The board has obsolete parts on it so it's future isn't in recreating it as-is, but in starting over.
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> YMMV
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> -Al-
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> On 4/17/2012 7:32 AM, Bryan McCraw wrote:
>> Windows Zektor is still a work in progress I guess..
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>> http://www.radiantbacon.com/free-bacon
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>> Although it has been more than a year since an update, he mentioned in
>> February of this year he was going to work on it again..
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