Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: NO ROM BASIC

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
6 Dec 1998 01:17:17 GMT

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.)

-hpa

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