Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hao!seismo!rlgvax!geller From: geller@rlgvax.UUCP (David Geller) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Are BIOS interrupts available on "compatibles"? Message-ID: <17@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Jul-84 15:22:14 EDT Article-I.D.: rlgvax.17 Posted: Thu Jul 26 15:22:14 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 21:15:21 EDT References: <5904@mcvax.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 17 Televideo systems are VERY VERY VERY compatible with IBM PC's. In fact, I've been doing direct ROM BIOS scroll stuff for quite a while now. There have been reports that some of the routines are slower than they should be but I haven't seen this to be true. Their ROM BIOS has all of the same calls as IBM's ROM BIOS. On that note I should express my amazement at the flap made about compatible systems and their IBMish ROM BIOS routines. I mean it would be sooo easy to create a bunch of functions that 1) do the same things as IBM's, 2) take the exact same arguments, and 3) process at the same slow speed. What's the flack about? Is everyone that afraid of big blue that they can't even try??? (or they just might be smart enough to try a different, faster, more advanced approach to the things IBM'S ROM BIOS trys to do). I'd like to see some replys. Perhaps there are some legal issues I'm not aware of...I'm just a byte buster... rlgvax!gelller (david Geller)