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title: IBM PC BASIC ROMs
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permalink: /devices/pcx86/rom/5150/basic/
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redirect_from:
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- /devices/pc/rom/5150/basic/
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- /devices/pc/basic/
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- /devices/pcx86/rom/5160/basic/
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IBM PC BASIC ROMs
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The project contains the following IBM PC BASIC ROMs:
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* [IBM BASIC C1.00](BASIC100.json)
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* [IBM BASIC C1.10](../../5160/basic/BASIC110.json)
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These built-in versions of BASIC were also referred to as Cassette BASIC, because no disk drive was required.
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Only the original IBM PC (Model 5150) actually provided a cassette interface, but IBM continued to use that
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name to describe the built-in BASIC, at least up through the IBM PC AT (Model 5170).
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Both versions of Cassette BASIC where 32Kb and spanned physical addresses 0xF6000-0xFDFFF. They were produced by
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Microsoft, and unlike the IBM PC BIOS ROMs, no source code listings of these BASIC ROMs were ever published.
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Here's an [IBM PC Machine](/devices/pcx86/machine/) XML excerpt that shows how to include a BASIC ROM:
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```xml
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<rom id="romBASIC" addr="0xf6000" size="0x8000" file="/devices/pcx86/rom/5150/basic/BASIC100.json"/>
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```
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