> You don't need an IBM compatible BIOS to run
>MS-DOS....
care to share an example?
Victor 9000/Sirius 1
ACT Apricot PC series/ "F" series / "Xen" series (prior to
"Xen-i")
DEC Rainbow
Sanyo MBC-555
and many, *many* more....I.E. MS-DOS<>IBM compatible!
Oh, and there's also the "Gazelle" from "Seattle Computer" circa
1979; an
8088 based S-100(!) machine, and the machine which MS-DOS was actually
developed on!