PC cassette interface and ROM BASIC (was Re: OT, but info needed: RAM uprade)

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From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
Date: Sun Dec 27 21:16:38 1998

>Are you sure it's useless?
>
>If you use IBM's disk BASIC or BASICA, you're actually using ROM BASIC.
>Try running BASICA on a clone sometime. It won't work. That's why
>MS-DOS for other platforms usually included GWBASIC.
>
Hmm... I use IBM DOS and BASICA/BASIC (not GWBASIC) on a Tandy 1000TX, and
it works. No ROM BASIC in that thing.

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Received on Sun Dec 27 1998 - 21:16:38 GMT

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