29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
3:25 p.m.
Liam Proven wrote:
I bet it didn't have a ROM BASIC, for example - so it wouldn't load
BASIC programs from tape, like a real ib machine.
But it did have a ROM BIOS, obviously. So the question still stands.
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While it is not hard to get CLOSE, Truly 100%
compatability would
also require 100% copyright infringement.
Then how was Compaq able to get around it? The original Compaq is the
only compatible I've ever used that -- BASIC programs aside -- ran
everything a real 5150 would, without exception.