IBM 6731 Diskette Module

[Don R]

My curiosity is “what kind” of boot program did they use,  was it some sort of PC Dos incarnation?

There’s very little info left in IBM’s archives.

I also suppose the IBM Modularity option which plugs into the CPU board of the electronic typewriter, but that too is an educated guess on my part.

Don Resor

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> On Jan 19, 2022, at 7:32 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>