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Date: 5 Jul 90 23:19:18 GMT
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Hi All,

     I have the number for midwest systems: 1-800-328-7000 ext. 890

	By the way,  I have a technical refrence manual for an IBM AT
which has a complete listing of the BIOS.  I have heard that Rainbows
are 100% compatable if your software only uses BIOS calls and doesn't
short-cut its way to the screen's bitmap, etc...  Is this true?  And
if it is can I write programs on my Rainbow using BIOS calls as if
it were an IBM PC and expect them to work?  What's the name of the
technical refrence manual for the Rainbow that describes its internals
in this much detail?  I have heard that the Rainbow uses the Z80 chip
to handle disk functions and the 8088 for screen updates but i would
hope that the BIOS handles these details.  

	So are Rainbows compatable at ROM BIOS level with IBMs?

					Thanks for any answers,

					Todd M. Miller
					Brandeis University
					Waltham, MA 02154
tmiller@brandeis.bitnet, tmiller@binah.cc.brandeis.edu