From: alexfrunews@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 11:47:21 AM UTC-8, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > I'm having a bit of trouble getting my head around   
   > the Chromebook.   
   >   
   > This device seems unique in that it allows a custom   
   > BIOS to be flashed, ie Seabios.   
   >   
   > On an old Chromebook, I have used this:   
   >   
   > https://mrchromebox.tech   
   >   
   > and been able to run PDOS/386. And it's great.   
   >   
   > However, INT 14H doesn't give me anything because   
   > I don't have a serial port.   
   >   
   > I asked the Seabios people if they could add a TCP/IP   
   > stack (they already have a USB stack) plus NDIS so that   
   > they could do USB tethering to an Android smartphone,   
   > to give me a virtual modem.   
      
   Do you need to connect a USB to RS232 converter to it   
   for the port to appear? Or is their USB completely   
   separate? Anyway, if it's accessible, it should work   
   somehow?   
      
   Alex   
      
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