IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof

From: gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca <(gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca)>
Date: Wed Oct 10 21:13:40 2001

On 10-Oct-2001 Tony Duell wrote:
> But these PC shops tended to use 'MFM' to mean a hard disk with an
> interface similar to the de-facto standard set by the ST506 and ST412
> drives. The standard that's commonly called the 'ST506 interface'. On
> several occasions I asked for 'An ST506 interface hard disk of about
> 50Mbytes' and had to explain what I meant...

There was once a computer "sales" person that tried to sell me an Intel
586. Needless to say, the person failed.

-Philip
Received on Wed Oct 10 2001 - 21:13:40 BST