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Re: BIOS differences ][+/europlus?

David Empson wrote:

Dave Althoff Jr <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote:



David Empson (dempson@actrix.gen.nz) wrote:

: It isn't called the "BIOS", by the way - that term is used on the PC and
: on CP/M machines, but not for the Apple II firmware, which is just known
: as the "firmware", or possibly broken up into components such as the
: "monitor" and "AppleSoft BASIC".

Or simply ROM by most of us... 8-)

Probably because BIOS is "Built-In Operating System" and on PCs includes
such things as PRAM data and OS boot code.



I thought that BIOS stood for "Basic Input-Output System".  I'll have to
dig out the old CP/M 2.2 documentation at work to see what it has to say
on the subject.


In CP/M, its software loaded, and it means Basic I/O System.
For PC's it's in ROM, but I recall it also meaning Basic I/O System.
For DOS, well, it's just another way that DOS is a clone of CP/M

Roy







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