[COFF] [TUHS] 386BSD released

Derek Fawcus dfawcus+lists-coff at employees.org
Fri Jul 16 06:44:40 AEST 2021


On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 06:33:14AM +0000, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> On 14 Jul 2021 22:21 -0400, from douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu (Douglas McIlroy):
> > IBM provided source code for the Fortran II compiler.
> 
> More recently than that, for the original IBM PC anyone could get (I
> believe) the complete schematics, detailed technical information, and
> a commented ROM BIOS source code listing just by purchasing their
> Technical Reference for, what, $50 or thereabouts?

Not just the original PC, I recall having access to the PC-AT version
at work a number of years ago. I've no idea what it cost.

DF


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