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Who are the Compaq BIOS authors?

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Jeff Parsons 2015-04-06 17:41:38 -07:00 • committed by jeffpar
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devices/pc/bios/compaq/deskpro386/README.md
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@ -95,5 +95,6 @@ One interesting section of the Compaq DeskPro ROM is this string at offset 0xE00
db 'AUTHORS CAB93GLB93RWS93DJC93NPB(C)Copyright COMPAQ Computer Corporation 1982,83,84,85,86' db 'AUTHORS CAB93GLB93RWS93DJC93NPB(C)Copyright COMPAQ Computer Corporation 1982,83,84,85,86'
Anyone care to take a stab at what `CAB93GLB93RWS93DJC93NPB` means? I've already confirmed that Anyone care to take a stab at what `CAB93GLB93RWS93DJC93NPB` means? Is it the initials of 5 people
(CAB, GLB, RWS, DJC, NPB), separated by "93"? I've already confirmed that
[Google](https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=CAB93GLB93RWS93DJC93NPB) doesn't know. [Google](https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=CAB93GLB93RWS93DJC93NPB) doesn't know.

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devices/pc/bios/compaq/deskpro386/makefile
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# 06-Apr-2015 # 06-Apr-2015
# #
all: test.rom all: 1988-01-28-test.rom 1989-04-14-test.rom
1988-01-28.rom: 1988-01-28.json 1988-01-28.rom: 1988-01-28.json
node ../../../../../modules/filedump/bin/filedump --file=1988-01-28.json --output=1988-01-28.rom --format=rom node ../../../../../modules/filedump/bin/filedump --file=1988-01-28.json --output=1988-01-28.rom --format=rom
test.nasm: 1988-01-28.rom 1988-01-28-test.nasm: 1988-01-28.rom
ndisasm -o0x8000 -se105h -se05ah -se6ffh -sf025h -sf8aah 1988-01-28.rom > test.nasm ndisasm -o0x8000 -se105h -se05ah -se6ffh -sf025h -sf8aah 1988-01-28.rom > 1988-01-28-test.nasm
node ../../../../../modules/textout/bin/textout --file=test.nasm --nasm > temp.nasm node ../../../../../modules/textout/bin/textout --file=1988-01-28-test.nasm --nasm > temp.nasm
mv temp.nasm test.nasm mv temp.nasm 1988-01-28-test.nasm
test.rom: test.nasm 1988-01-28-test.rom: 1988-01-28-test.nasm
nasm -f bin test.nasm -l test.lst -o test.rom nasm -f bin 1988-01-28-test.nasm -l 1988-01-28-test.lst -o 1988-01-28-test.rom
1989-04-14.rom: 1989-04-14.json
node ../../../../../modules/filedump/bin/filedump --file=1989-04-14.json --output=1989-04-14.rom --format=rom
1989-04-14-test.nasm: 1989-04-14.rom
ndisasm -o0x8000 1989-04-14.rom > 1989-04-14-test.nasm
node ../../../../../modules/textout/bin/textout --file=1989-04-14-test.nasm --nasm > temp.nasm
mv temp.nasm 1989-04-14-test.nasm
1989-04-14-test.rom: 1989-04-14-test.nasm
nasm -f bin 1989-04-14-test.nasm -l 1989-04-14-test.lst -o 1989-04-14-test.rom