optromloader VS IBM-PC-BIOS

Compare optromloader vs IBM-PC-BIOS and see what are their differences.

IBM-PC-BIOS

This is a reconstruction of the original 1981-82 IBM PC BIOS source code using scanning and transcription of the BIOS listings found in the IBM Technical Reference manuals. (by philspil66)
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optromloader IBM-PC-BIOS
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optromloader

Posts with mentions or reviews of optromloader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-30.

IBM-PC-BIOS

Posts with mentions or reviews of IBM-PC-BIOS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.
  • ROM BIOS for COMPAQ DeskPro 386-16 (2015)
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Jul 2022
    PCx86 can now boot the COMPAQ DeskPro 386/16 ROM BIOS."

    https://www.pcjs.org/

    >"PCjs uses JavaScript to recreate the IBM PC experience, using original ROMs, CPUs running at their original speeds, and early IBM video cards and monitors... "

    https://github.com/philspil66/IBM-PC-BIOS

    >"This is a reconstruction of the IBM PC BIOS source code using scanning and transcription of the BIOS listings found in the IBM Technical Reference manuals." (3 sources from various dates in 1981...)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing optromloader and IBM-PC-BIOS you can also consider the following projects:

x86-bootloader - A BIOS bootloader for bare-metal x86 programs, written in 8086 assembly

0x01-ARM-32-Hacking-Hello-World - ARM 32-bit Raspberry Pi Hacking Hello World example in Kali Linux.

unzx0_x86 - Free, zlib licensed ZX0 decompressor for the x86

Reverse-Engineering-Tutorial - A FREE comprehensive reverse engineering tutorial covering x86, x64, 32-bit ARM & 64-bit ARM architectures.

floppybird - Floppy Bird (OS)

snake-asm - Tiny snake game written in x86_64 assembly for Linux

bfloader - 🧠 Brainfuck IDE and interpreter in 512 bytes. (boot sector)

GW-BASIC - Assembling Microsoft GW-BASIC from 1983, with MASM or JWasm • "pre-release" binaries at https://codeberg.org/tkchia/GW-BASIC/releases • source mirror of https://codeberg.org/tkchia/GW-BASIC • fork of https://github.com/dspinellis/GW-BASIC

zsnes - A maintained fork of ZSNES, a Super Nintendo emulator. The original project needs patches to build and is not maintained anymore: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zsnes/

first_nes - Create your own games for the Nintendo Entertainment System! This "starter" game is easily extensible for your own projects. Includes references.

Modernish-etch-a-sketch - A take on the classic game etch a sketch using tasm, dosbox, Arduino and a bit of 3d modeling.

STM32F401CCUx_PA0ButtonHandler - STM32F401CCUx_PA0ButtonHandler driver.