Opencomputers: a pre-flashed eeprom that acts like a cmos [feature/ suggestion]

[n00b7]

i originally wanted a cmos & a cmos battert but these two comments changed my mind:
Diklabyte: @n00b7 You can use the eeprom.getData():string and eeprom.setData(data:string) functions instead.
This can be used as a CMOS ;)

Techokami:
The BIOS and its "settings" are stored on an EEPROM. This is an Electronically Erasable Read-Only Memory device, and is the precursor to Flash ROM (you can erase and rewrite the ROM in-circuit). CMOS is a fabrication process for creating low-power integrated circuits, and is what was used to create the SRAM (Static RAM) chip used to store BIOS settings. SRAM needs a constant power signal to retain its data, which is why a battery is present. But, EEPROMs retain their data without requiring power, so they do not need a battery.

so i would like a eeprom pre-flashed that's like a cmos but we would still have a lua bios eeprom
and maby even add a bios logo?

[LizzyTrickster]

Apart from being irritating and useless, what purpose would adding this
fulfil?

[n00b7]

making it feel like a true dos machine

[payonel]

@n00b7 while OC likes to be realistic, it is also preferable to having functional benefit to each complexity asked of the user. Was there a functional benefit to your suggestion? If it is "immersion" only, it isn't worth the "cost".

[n00b7]

ok

[Diklabyte]

@n00b7 You can use the eeprom.getData():string and eeprom.setData(data:string) functions instead.
This can be used as a CMOS ;)

[Techokami]

The BIOS and its "settings" are stored on an EEPROM. This is an Electronically Erasable Read-Only Memory device, and is the precursor to Flash ROM (you can erase and rewrite the ROM in-circuit). CMOS is a fabrication process for creating low-power integrated circuits, and is what was used to create the SRAM (Static RAM) chip used to store BIOS settings. SRAM needs a constant power signal to retain its data, which is why a battery is present. But, EEPROMs retain their data without requiring power, so they do not need a battery.

Therefore, this request is pointless, since it isn't realistic for the technology currently in use.

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Subject: [MightyPirates/OpenComputers] cmos & cmos battery feature/ suggestion

back then computers had a cmos battery and a configurable[manual] and configurable[auto-detect options] which if the cmos battery died or was removed settings were removed
and the feature hsould be able to be disabled by having a few lines in the config like:

CMOS

IS CMOS ENABLED

CMOS=TRUE
CMOSHASBATTERY=TRUE

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[n00b7]

i guess that there could be a pre-flashed bios that works like a cmos

[xarses]

Please no, we have reliable, durable and cheap EEPROM materials in OC/IRL. Why would we reproduce inferior and irritating system that comprises CMOS?

What I think you want is a tradional BIOS with the menu's and all the fixings, which has no care as to which system stores its settings

[xarses]

making it feel like a true dos machine

We follow *NIX (UNIX/Linux // POSIX) not DOS (at least as far as openos is concerned)

[fnuecke]

No.