Booting IBM PC from vinyl

[1ST1]

Funny thing!

http://boginjr.com/it/sw/dev/vinyl-boot/

A video can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqz65_YfcJg

[krebizfan]

I like it even if the utility is fairly limited.

[T-R-A]

Waiting for the wire-recorder version...

[Chuck(G)]

Well, I suspect that the floppy disc version might be a possibility...

[Trixter]

Used a custom boot rom. I'd be more impressed if they'd keyed in a program in Cassette BASIC.

[Eudimorphodon]

Used a custom boot rom. I'd be more impressed if they'd keyed in a program in Cassette BASIC.

Or just “load”-ed one. I mean, yeah, you have BASIC, use it.

[Trixter]

LOL, yeah

[T-Squared]

Ye dang fools, ah was bootin' mah IBM PC offa telegraph befer ye's were in diapers!

B.. but you're only 30 years ol--

SHADDAP!

[krebizfan]

Retrohun did the boot into a game loaded via the cassette port almost 3 years ago. J.R. Bogin did it though a ROM design but nothing really precludes someone who wanted to from taking the two projects and merging them to make a cassette loaded program that in turn loads a DOS from cassette into what is effectively a RAM disk and then boots that DOS. The design does seem to need a very substantially upgraded 5150; this is not going to turn into a viable solution for a 64K 5150.

I don't understand why each variation on the theme uses a different audio device attached to the erstwhile cassette port. Is there some contest going on?

[Ruud]

Well, I suspect that the floppy disc version might be a possibility...

I even didn't know that such a thing existed! Nice to know. Thank you for showing it to us.