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Firmware & OS Distributions
The table below summarizes major firmware and operating system software distributions for the boards developed by members of the RBC community. Note that the packages on this page tend to be large projects that work over multiple boards; some boards may have additional software listed on the individual board wiki pages as well.
Please add to the summary table and a description when updating a ROM image.
Active Projects
The following firmware projects are being actively developed and supported.
| Project | Updated | Status | Target(s) | OS | Disk Support | Video Support | Other Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNA | 2015/05/06 v2.50-043 | Active | SBC V1/2 MARK IV ZETA ZETA 2 | CP/M 2.2 | DUAL IDE (IDE) PPIDE DISKIO V3 (IDE) DUAL SD | PROPIO V2 | |
| RomWBW | 2015/10/28 v2.7.1 | Active | SBC V1/2 ZETA N8 MARK IV | CP/M 2.2 ZSDOS 1.1 | DISKIO PPIDE DUAL IDE N8 DISKIO V3 DUAL SD MFC PIC RAMF PARPORTPROP PROPIO PROPIO V2 PPISD | VDU CVDU N8 PROPIO PROPIO V2 PARPORTPROP | DSKY CASSETTE |
| ROM-MJS | v1.5 | Active | Multicomp (all boards) | CP/M 2.2 CP/M 3 MP/M II | Multicomp | Multicomp | Multicomp |
| ZSOS | v0.11 | Active | S100Computers.com Z80 SBC | CP/M 3 | Onboard IDE | Onboard USB Terminal | N/A |
| XT-IDE Universal BIOS | r588 | ? | XT-IDE Rev 02 XT-CF-IDE and others | DOS | N/A | N/A | UART Disk Server |
Historical Projects
The following firmware projects do not appear to be actively supported. However, they typically contain valid, useable content and may have functionality not yet incorporated in the active projects.
| Project | Updated | Status | Target(s) | OS | Disk Support | Video Support | Other Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lynch | 2008/05/23 | Inactive | SBC V1/2 | CP/M 2.2 | RAMDISK ROMDISK DISKIO (IDE) | ||
| James Moxham | 2008/10/06 | Inactive | SBC V1/2 | CP/M 2.2 | RAMDISK ROMDISK DISKIO (IDE) | ||
| BIOS Sync | 2011/05/08 | Inactive | SBC V1/2 | CP/M 2.2 | RAMDISK ROMDISK DISKIO | VDU | DSKY |
| Dan Werner | 2011/06/25 | Inactive | SBC V1/2 | CP/M 2.2 | RAMDISK ROMDISK DISKIO | VDU | DSKY |
| Unified BIOS | 2011/08/14 | Inactive | SBC V1/2 | CP/M 2.2 | RAMDISK ROMDISK DISKIO | VDU | DSKY |
| Z80SBC | 2011/12/12 | Inactive | SBC V1/2 | CP/M 2.2 | RAMDISK ROMDISK PPIDE DISKIO (IDE) SDMINI | DSKY CASSETTE |
