29 Jun
2007
29 Jun
'07
1:04 p.m.
On 29/06/07, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <900916.41812.qm at web61015.mail.yahoo.com>,
Chris M <chrism3667 at yahoo.com> writes:
Well, true, but you're indulging in some sophistry there. For one, the
ACT Apricots didn't run /the IBM version/ of MS-DOS - they had their
own special edition, AFAIK. For a second, they did I believe have a
BIOS, again, their own one, not an IBM or compatible BIOS.
If the question were rephrased more specifically and precisely: can
one run the PC edition of MS-DOS on a machine with no BIOS at all or
with a non-PC-compatible BIOS?
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--- Ensor <classiccmp at memory-alpha.org.uk> wrote:
Apricot PCs. They were MS-DOS compatible, but not BIOS compatible.
Its the thing that effectively killed them as competitors in the US
marketplace, even if they had some good ideas compared to other PC
clones at the time. The lack of BIOS compatability is what prevented
them from running lots of PC software (particularly games, thus
killing it for being a "home computer"). They were not 100% IBM PC
compatible as a result. You don't need an IBM compatible BIOS to run
MS-DOS....
care to share an example?