IBM 6731 Diskette Module

Peter Coghlan cctalk at beyondthepale.ie
Wed Jan 19 09:24:17 CST 2022


On Wed, 19 Jan 2022 at 04:06:59 -0800, D. Resor via cctalk wrote:
>
> There was also a 5.25" diskette which was nicknamed "IPL" for "initial
> program load", and an interface board which was installed into the
> typewriter and was referred to as the "IBM Typewriter Modularity Option".
>

Hi Don,

Apologies if you know this already but IPL / initial program load
is IBM-speak for "boot".

Regards,
Peter Coghlan.


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