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Re:Why do PCs load their boot sector at 7C000h linear? by yuhong on Saturday September 26, 2015 @02:29PM (#10283960)
There are different configs of IBM PC, the cheapest which relied on the ROM BASIC and cassette tape.
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Re:Why do PCs load their boot sector at 7C000h linear? by Dylan16807 on Saturday September 26, 2015 @02:30PM (#10283963)
Right, but we're worried here about the ones booting DOS, while they were designing this.
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