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From: myxm@lanl.ARPA (Mike Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Could XT be a bare-terminal ?
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Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 10:38:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 19 10:38:26 1986
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Keywords: XT, terminal, connection

The limitations of your pc which you talk about would not be present in a 
machine built from true blue. An original IBM without drives of any type
will boot to cassette basic and allow you to do some things. The problem
that you are describing is inherent to the BIOS which you acquired with
the purchase of the machine.

There are sources for floppy cards in Computer Shopper which will sell you
a floppy card for under $50. These cards are from Taiwan Inc and have zero
support, but if you need to get up and running, that might be the way to
go.

An advertiser in the latest Computer Shopper that I have is:

	JDR Micro Devices
	San Jose CA
	408-866-6200

They have an advertisement for a floppy card for $35. I have seen them for
less money than that. If you need to get up and running, persuing an alternate
to your multi-io card might be the thing to do...

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Mike Mitchell
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