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Using the IMS M212 with the MS-DOS operating system

Packer, 1988

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9690999573684971833
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Packer J
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This technical note describes work undertaken to interface the IMS M212 disk controller to an MS-DOS based personal computer. This work was done in two stages, firstly the addition of a single extra Winchester disk, controlled by an IMS M212, to a PC. This shows how an …
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