ROM-DOS
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A ROM-DOS is an embedded operating system designed to allow DOS applications to run on embedded hardware.
Programmers can develop and begin testing applications on standard desktop computers running MS-DOS. Then they can copy the application to the embedded system running ROM-DOS.
Because ROM-DOS is designed to boot off solid-state ROM, it allows embedded systems to be nearly "instant on", compared to booting from a floppy disk or a hard drive which are much slower.
Many PC/104 computers run ROM-DOS[link]. At least one digital camera runs ROM-DOS[link].
See also
External links
- [Datalight, Inc.] produces [ROM-DOS]. For non-commercial use, it is a free download.
- [WinSystems] is one of the distributers of Datalight's ROM-DOS
- [PTS ROM-DOS]
- [Tunes wiki]
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