Compaq DID NOT reverse engineer IBM's BIOS.

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by Andrew Grygus

2/22/02 1:40:18 AM

Compaq DID NOT reverse engineer IBM's BIOS.

Compaq licensed the BIOS from IBM. IBM thought there was no market for portables so they licensed this one time only. Compaq and IBM alone had the Basic A interpreter in BIOS. Since a lot of early PC developers wrote their programs in Basic A, they would run only on IBMs and Compaqs.

I believe it was Phoenix that did the first "clean room" BIOS, but nobody ever produced a "clean room" Basic A.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

EMC threatens to reverse engineer rival's APIs - (marlowe) - (4) - Feb. 21, 2002, 12:59:35 PM EST

Thought it was illeagle to reverse engineer now? - (Silverlock) - (3) - Feb. 21, 2002, 01:30:45 PM EST

That only applies... - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Feb. 21, 2002, 04:33:28 PM EST

Just ask the Playstation emulators - (nking) - (1) - Feb. 21, 2002, 09:59:54 PM EST

Compaq DID NOT reverse engineer IBM's BIOS. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 22, 2002, 01:40:18 AM EST

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