12 Jun
2012
12 Jun
'12
9:12 p.m.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:52:34PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 06/12/2012 12:26 PM, Chris Tofu wrote:
> assuming an empty socket (IBM mobos typically have empty sockets), chances are if
you dropped IBM roms into a clone mobo, while it may not boot into BASIC in the absence of
a floppy or hard drive, would it work if you jumped to so and so?
..
couldn't find a boot device. That was a pretty
close copy of the XT
design; the only real difference was the ability to switch the clock to
8MHz from 4.77. It ran IBM BASIC from ROM just fine.
I remember the early clone errors of "No interpreter" when it couldn't
find a boot disk. ;-)
-Dave
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