IBM PC hacking
Jim Leonard
trixter at oldskool.org
Tue Sep 27 14:34:06 CDT 2005
Tony Duell wrote:
> Yes it does. AFAIK all IBM PC, PC/XT, PortablePC (which is the same
> mainboard as the PC/XT) and PC/AT machines have ROM BASIC. I am typing
> this on a much hacked 8MHz IBM PC/AT, and it has BASIC in ROM.
IIRC, a PS/2 model 25 and 30 also have BASIC in ROM. And a PCjr most certainly
does (along with a full diagnostic program and "keyboard tutorial" -- the diags
were impressive for the time).
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