6 May
2005
6 May
'05
6:15 p.m.
On Wed, 4 May 2005 19:57:13 -0700 (PDT)
"Eric Smith" <eric at brouhaha.com> wrote:
Kevin wrote:
In other words, it 'shipped' with Cassette Basic, but minus the cassette
interface. All IBM XTs will boot to the Cassette Basic prompt, if no
disk controller is found, or no diskette is found in the A drive. You
can type in BASIC programs and run them, even writing to drives and
whatnot if I'm not mistaken. My IBM PC Convertable will do the same
thing, it's from the same generation of IBM 8088 machine as the PC-XT.
Can anyone advise what OS shipped with the IBM XT
5160 - I can't
seem to find a definitive answer on the net.
None. IBM-DOS was available for separate purchase, as were several
other operating systems.