29 Oct
1998
29 Oct
'98
9:50 a.m.
There may have been an advanced BASIC or something on a cartridge, but I
think the ROM BASIC was in the M/B's ROM.
-Jason
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From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: PCjr with no disk drive?
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 1:15 PM
At 09:08 AM 10/29/98 -0800, Sam said:
The PCjr had BASIC in ROM and didn't require a
floppy to boot.
Was the BASIC in a plug in cartridge and optional?
Joe
29 Oct
29 Oct
11:26 a.m.
There may have been an advanced BASIC or something on
a cartridge, but I
think the ROM BASIC was in the M/B's ROM.
There was a pretty simple version of BASIC on the motherboard. The
Advanced (Extended?) BASIC cartridge brought it to the level of the
cassette BASIC on the old PC and XT.
You need the cartridge to be able to use PC-DOS BASIC or BASICA.
<<<John>>>
3:51 p.m.
Hmmm. I've got a cartridge labeled Basic for the pc Jr. Now that I know
the motherboard had basic on it I'll have to give it a try.
George
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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Jason Willgruber wrote:
There may have been an advanced BASIC or something on
a cartridge, but I
think the ROM BASIC was in the M/B's ROM.
-Jason
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From: Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: PCjr with no disk drive?
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 1:15 PM
At 09:08 AM 10/29/98 -0800, Sam said:
The PCjr had BASIC in ROM and didn't require a
floppy to boot.
Was the BASIC in a plug in cartridge and optional?
Joe
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