What is a XT generic rom?

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What is a XT generic rom?

Postby luckiejacky » Mon Oct 06, 2014 1:14 am

I remember when I had my XT computer,
the bios just displayed a ram scan on the top left corner for 512KB, or maybe twice.
Now what I see on new emulators such as pico and pcem or mess,
it shows a large bios splash screen in the center of the screen.
So what actually is a generic XT rom? I wonder.
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Re: What is a XT generic rom?

Postby Hot Trout » Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:09 am

A generic XT rom would be any compatible PC rom that was based on the IBM 5160 XT range of computers.
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Re: What is a XT generic rom?

Postby luckiejacky » Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:16 pm

Hot Trout wrote:A generic XT rom would be any compatible PC rom that was based on the IBM 5160 XT range of computers.


Oh, I see, there are actually two options there in pcem,
One XT rom and one XT clone,
I am actually looking for the original XT rom.
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Re: What is a XT generic rom?

Postby Hot Trout » Mon Oct 06, 2014 2:57 pm

We have them all, did you find them? Remember to check the BIOS section under our main roms folder.
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