PenPoint-Virtualbox
Virtualbox image with PenPoint SDK 1.0 and PenPoint OS itself
Image contents:
- FreeDOS 1.3-rc4 from freedos.org
- PenPoint SDK from Bitsavers
- PenPoint OS 1.0
- Various PenPoint Goodies
Installation
- Download .ova file
- Open Virtualbox
- In Virtualbox, select File -> Import configuration
- Select .ova file
Run
To launch PenPoint OS, simply start virtual machine and type go after it boots
Exit to DOS
To exit from PenPoint OS to DOS, press PAUSE and then q
Fun things to do
GO.BAT and different .INI files in PENPOINT\BOOT are well-documented and full of comments, so by editing them you can do a lot of fun things, like:
Boot debug version of PenPoint OS
To boot debug version of PenPoint OS, change file \PENPOINT\SDK\UTIL\DOS\GO.BAT. Comment line \penpoint\boot\ppboot \penpoint\boot and uncomment \penpoint\boot\ppboot \penpoint\boot\_pp.os \penpoint\boot\mil.os \penpoint\boot\mil.ini
Change screen orientation
To change screen orientation, go to PENPOINT\BOOT and change MIL.INI. Replace InitialScreenTop=fromBootProgram with any of the following lines:
InitialScreenTop=North
InitialScreenTop=South
InitialScreenTop=East
InitialScreenTop=West
Serial debugging
Sometimes PenPoint OS refuses to boot. You can redirect debug logs to serial. To do this, edit \PENPOINT\BOOT\MIL.INI, and uncomment SerialDebugPort=l and #LowLevelDebug=com1
Further info
To find more about how to tweak your PenPoint OS installation, read PenPoint Development Tools, chapter "Running PenPoint on a PC"
