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Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs

From Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs
Date 2026-07-30 23:53 -0500
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Kevin, how do we access the larger BOOT ROM that is on the McIDE?

So... the system boots from the original ROMs on the sysboard, then once 
POS has configured the system, then the control is passed to the flash 
on the McIDE?

I suppose an analogy could be accomplished with an updated ethernet NIC 
which supports the bigger flash ROMs?

Kevin Bowling wrote:
> That sounds cool.  There are some machines where slots are at a premium 
> so it would be ideal there.  For those where it isn't, maybe easier to 
> extend something like the McIDE which I think has boot hooks, and it 
> could all reasonably fit in an external flash boot ROM BIOS, including 
> all system types and all ADFs?

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Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs "Josh Rodd" <joshua.at.rodd.dot.us@rodd.us> - 2026-07-30 17:57 +0000
  Take me to the PROM Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-07-30 20:07 -0500
  Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> - 2026-07-30 19:59 -0700
    Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-07-30 23:53 -0500
      Catching the Night Train Re: Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-07-30 23:58 -0500
      Re: Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> - 2026-07-30 23:08 -0700
        Re: Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net> - 2026-07-31 08:26 -0500
          Re: Interesting Re: Decompiling the Reference Diskette and associated programs Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> - 2026-07-31 10:41 -0700

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