OrangeMicro -- Orange386

[V.Yakob]

Hi folks,

This week I received another DOS on Mac card -- Orange386. I decided not to mix it with another topic that I opened earlier, because this card and software seem completely different.
For tests, I installed it in Q950. At first, I couldn't use it because I used the wrong software. OrangePC of any version does not work with this card.

Who knows what memory can be installed here and what is the maximum capacity supported?
I tried to put the memory that once worked in Q950, but the card does not initialize, I suspect that it does not fit.

Are there newer versions of the application, drivers, firmware/BIOS? Comic situation, after installing MS-DOS 6.22, the shared directory driver displays only files, directories are not displayed. It seems that due to the small amount of memory, you can forget about attempts to unpack archives with retro7zip.

 

[V.Yakob]

I found an interesting page here.
There is also a brochure here. I'll probably leave it here as a picture, in case the resource disappears.

It becomes clear that it supports up to 16 MB of RAM, and it seems that parity memory is needed. I tried to install 2 bars with which it boot and 2 with which it does not boot. Received the message "RAM PARITY ERROR".

It's funny, this brochure says that the 80387SX math coprocessor can be installed on this card.
I looked on the Internet, you can buy it not too expensive at all. Has anyone done it? If you look at this picture, the coprocessor is installed next to the processor. But there is no socket on my card. But under the second layer of the card, there are 2 sockets, I can't remove it yet, apparently it "boiled".