Using vm86 mode might be a way out of the misery. XFree86/Xorg does this on x86 machines. I've looked into how they did it, and it looks rather simple, except they're using a system call to switch to vm86 mode.
I looked at that years ago as well. I would rather we just get Nicks' problem solved via emulation.
Nicks problems are things that we know should not be problems so we need to fix them. The epia based boards are nice sweet little boards and it would be great starter platforms for people so having a procedure that "just works" would be really useful.
I'm considering buying one so I may get my wish. *grin*
For a start he needs to test with the most recent version of the emulator to see if the problems persist.
Whats the status of the "in-code" emulator vs the standalone testbios? Have they been synced recently or merged into a single tree?
-- Richard A. Smith