19 Jan
2006
19 Jan
'06
4:58 p.m.
In article <200601191528250129.0BB465E1 at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
There was a PROM on the PGA, but it was for the
onboard 8088. Probably no
BIOS per se. Probably the first shot in the "my graphics adapter has more
computational power than my motherboard" modern trend, although in the case
of the PGA, it was just an 8088 on the adapter, not anything fancier.
Someone donated me a CBM 8032 with an 8050 dual 5.25" floppy drive.
The floppy drive has twice the CPU horsepower of the main unit :-).
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