Re: WBST, respond (Tim, Jim, Dave the Barbarian)
- From: "IBMMuseum" <David@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 28 Dec 2005 16:27:47 -0800
Hi Louis,
> Whatever. Instead of diddling the BIOS, why not create a bootable
> "stinger" disk, where it is refstamped and loaded with a small
> program (.COM file?) to enable a 44/45 BIOS or better to access
> a partition laid on a >3.94GB drive? Once the partition is
> accessible, setup runs as usual. Yes, it is not the technically
> clean solution to accessing a convenience partition on a T4, but
> it would be better than trying to keep two floppies from
> disappearing. A clean solution would somehow enable the
> system to automatically perform the jump to the IML on large
> drives, but that's a bit complex (pun not intended).
My intention from a few years ago for at least all of the
microchannel PS/2s is a boot diskette with native tokenized BASIC code
(taking advantage of IBM's ROM BASIC interpretter on those models)
running a configuration program. Flat text ADFs could be compressed
very easily as so to give a multi-model reference diskette. I was
thinking of making it a little graphical in the end, to take advantage
of at least a VGA level video & mouse control.
David
David@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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