IBM ROM BASIC or lack thereof

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sun Sep 30 12:41:28 2001

On Sun, 30 Sep 2001, Jeff Hellige wrote:
> It's been a while since I powered one up, but since the IBM
> PCjr's BASIC ROM is on a cartridge vice on the mainboard, what do you
> get if you boot the machine with neither a DOS floppy or the
> cartridge BASIC inserted? Were there other IBM PC's that didn't have
> the BASIC ROM on the mainboard?

TRY IT.

The cartridge SUPPLEMENTED the BASIC, it did not contain it.
Received on Sun Sep 30 2001 - 12:41:28 BST