Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Dec 1998 05:05:25 -0500 (EST) | From | George <> | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: NO ROM BASIC |
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On 6 Dec 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>Followup to: <vi14srau4dz.fsf_-_@bie.ii.uib.no> >By author: Daniel Zinsli <s830+priv@eik.ii.uib.no> >In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel >> >> >NO ROM BASIC >> >> It seems that in the good ol' days, you could include simple basic-code >> in the rom :-) >> >> Has anyone got an url for more info / specs? >> > >On true-blue IBM boxen, it seems there was a BASIC interpreter >("cassette BASIC") in the ROM; apparently some old agreement between >IBM and Micro$oft still require them to include it, even though noone >ever uses it... or ever did, for that matter (virtually no IBM PCs >were sold to be used in a cassette configuration.)
Ahh, the old PCjr... Remember it well. :)
-George
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