PCjr with no disk drive?

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Thu Oct 29 21:09:06 1998

the pcjr is like any other IBM family one machine in that it will boot to
basic unless it has a disk device or in the case of the pcjr, a cartridge
inthe slot.


In a message dated 10/29/98 9:08:03 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk writes:

> 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?
>
> There was BASIC in the ROMs on the motherboard, AFAIK. There was a
> cartridge that contained some kinds of extended BASIC, and of course you
> could also run BASIC from disk if you had the disk drive.
>
Received on Thu Oct 29 1998 - 21:09:06 GMT