28 Jun
2007
28 Jun
'07
6:30 p.m.
On 28 Jun 2007 at 23:06, Tony Duell wrote:
> why you couldn't have a BIOS extension and a little hardware to add
> cassette I/O to the later machines, if you were insane enough to want it.
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Chuck Guzis wrote:
well claim that I could run Windows XP on a 5160,
given the right
hardware and software additions.
Ahhh.
But Tony qualified it with "if you were insane enough to want it".
I had a 386 board in an XT. But, in an uncharacteristic bout of sanity, I
didn't try to run Windoze.
I stand by my answer.
I don't think that
there is any real disagreement.
It isn't likely to occur, but it is POSSIBLE to create hardware or
software that is specific to any exact configuration.
My former publisher wanted to negotiate an "exclusive" deal with IBM, so
they demanded that I create a version of Xeno-Copy that would refuse to
run on anything other than OEM IBM. An inadequately labelled copy of that
"limited edition" ended up in the hands of PC-World, who used it as "the
acid test of compatibility". Sales were seriously hurt by the incorrect
statements that Xeno-Copy would not run on clones and compatibles.
But, ... later on, I created "XenoPhobe : The acid test"
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com