Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: NEWSFLASH! Linux ported to Commodore VIC-20!! | From | Florian Weimer <> | Date | 14 Sep 1998 22:03:35 +0200 |
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Mike Jagdis <mike@roan.co.uk> writes:
> Ironically I seem to remember the original IBM PC had connections > for audio tape - a floppy disk was an option. But since it was > marketed as a business computer to compete with high end CPM > machines few were sold floppyless. (Although - anyone remember > tha PC-jr? :-) )
Even high-end PS/2 machines had built-in software support for audio tape access. If the BIOS of such machines doesn't find a boot device, it starts a ROM BASIC interpreter, which can only access an audio tape, neither floppy nor hard disks.
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