> ................ > IBM's PS/2 was designed to remain software compatible with their PC/AT/XT > line of computers upon which the large PC clone market was built, but the > hardware was quite different. PS/2 had two BIOSes; one was named ABIOS > (Advanced BIOS) which provided a new protected mode interface and was > used by OS/2, and the other was named CBIOS (Compatible BIOS) which was > included in order for the PS/2 to be software compatible with the PC/AT/XT. > CBIOS was so compatible that it even included Cassette BASIC. > ................
Well it would, otherwise IBM DOS Basic wouldn't work.... ... it checks for the Basic ROMS and won't run on a clone... Dave G4UGM
