>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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