Posts in 8088
A file transfer program for the P2000C / CoPower board
- 01 September 2024
In the previous two blogposts I discussed how we can use the serial port on the P2000C to exchange data between the venerable P2000C and a modern computer. So far, we were mainly exchanging short message strings, but a more valid use case is to transfer program files from a modern computer to the P2000C such that we can run these programs on the P2000C. This would also allow for cross-compilation on a modern computer and run the result on the P2000C.
Transmitting data to the Philips P2000C
- 23 August 2024
In the previous blogpost it was shown how data can be sent from the P2000C to a modern computer. In this post, we will look into how we can reverse the process and transmit data from a modern computer to the P2000C.
Serial communication with the Philips P2000C
- 17 August 2024
The Philips P2000C hosts a DB25 serial interface connector on its back side which can be used for serial communication according to the RS-232 protocol. This blog post will look into more detail how this protocol works and how we can drive the serial interface port using MS-DOS interrupt routines.
Writing 8088 assembly on the Philips P2000C
- 11 August 2024
Roughly two weeks ago, I visited the Helmond Computer Museum and was extremely lucky to find they had a Philips P2000C up for sale. A so-called luggable, in a way a predecessor of current laptops, designed by the Philips electronics company. The computer hosts a Zilog Z80A processor running at 4 MHz.
