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From: keller@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Homebrew Clone Question - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 19-Jul-84 18:21:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 19 18:21:00 1984
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Nf-From: uicsl!keller    Jul 19 17:21:00 1984

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uicsl!keller    Jul 19 17:21:00 1984

I am considering building an IBM-PC compatable from the Display
Telecommunications Corp. MEGA-BOARD. If you have done this I would
love to hear from you! If you haven't built one of these but you
know about the IBM-PC and what might be difficult to duplicate I'd
like to hear from you too.

The MEGA-BOARD is advertised in the latest BYTE (July '84) on page 449.
It is a very plain board that elaborates just a little on the IBM board.

It seems to me that the secret to building a successful clone is in the
ROMs. DTC says that they have a fully compatable BIOS ROM that allows you
to boot MS-DOS. I'm wondering if that is all you need in the way of ROM
code (just a BIOS).

Now the IBM design may suck, but you can get work done on it and with
a production of one every 7 seconds you know that they are going to be
around for a while. Wouldn't you like to take advantage of good deals like
Turbo Pascal?

-Shaun