First post, by clownwolf
I have been reviewing the differences about DOS Versions, and came across this article Important DOS versions for PC Gaming
In the DOS 1.1 section it reads:
...if a game requires ROM BASIC, it will not run on a non-IBM system. Several early BASIC games, including IBM's, assume that you are running them on an IBM PC, XT or AT. Virtually any IBM PC or PS/2 machine made during the 1980s will work with games requiring ROM BASIC. While some may be able to be run with a non-IBM machine using an OEM GW-BASIC, this can be tricky due to copy protection schemes and direct accesses to the ROM.
I myself never encountered this issue, does this only affect self-booting games? Would King's Quest 1 an example of this? Would the 1984 PC boot-loader not work on clones?