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IBM PC (Model 5150) BIOS Sources
PCjs has created and archived a collection IBM PC ROM BIOS diskettes. Their contents are thanks to the PC DOS Retro website. Directory Listings and Version Notes are provided below.
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Directory of IBM PC BIOS Sources (V1)
Volume in drive A is 5150V1
Directory of A:\
5150 TXT 4087 3-27-20 3:00p
5150V1 ASM 179480 3-27-20 3:00p
README TXT 3460 3-27-20 3:00p
VERSIONS TXT 8490 3-27-20 3:00p
4 file(s) 195517 bytes
124928 bytes free
Directory of IBM PC BIOS Sources (V2)
Volume in drive A is 5150V2
Directory of A:\
5150 TXT 4087 3-27-20 3:00p
5150V2 ASM 179424 3-27-20 3:00p
README TXT 3460 3-27-20 3:00p
VERSIONS TXT 8490 3-27-20 3:00p
4 file(s) 195461 bytes
124928 bytes free
Directory of IBM PC BIOS Sources (V3)
Volume in drive A is 5150V3
Directory of A:\
5150 TXT 4087 3-27-20 3:00p
5150V3 ASM 193439 3-27-20 3:00p
README TXT 3460 3-27-20 3:00p
VERSIONS TXT 8490 3-27-20 3:00p
4 file(s) 209476 bytes
111616 bytes free
5150V1 Notes (from PC DOS Retro)
IBM PC BIOS dated 04/24/81 is 5940 lines based on the BIOS listings in the IBM PC Technical Reference dated August 1981.
The BIOS was likely built using the Intel ASM86 Macro Assembler V1.0.
Notes to build with MASM 1 to 4:
Line 1: $$TITLE(ROM BIOS FOR IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER)
to build with MASM remove the $$
Line 193: CODE SEGMENT AT 0F000H
to build with MASM and LINK remove the 'AT 0F000H'
LINK will not generate code for 'AT address' segments
Line 539: JMP TST6
MASM generates EB 2B 90 while the BIOS has E9 2A 00
Line 647: JMP TST8
MASM generates EB 37 90 while the BIOS has E9 36 00
Line 944: JMP TST12
MASM generates EB 4B 90 while the BIOS has E9 4A 00
Line 2511: MOV SI,OFFSET J17
to match the BIOS (BE F3 ED 90) add an extra NOP after this line
the original assembler generated an extra NOP due to the forward reference
Line 5936: JMP RESET
MASM generates a near jump instead of a far jump
also LINK will not generate code for 'AT address' segments
LINK will generate an .EXE file with 22 relocations. These are due to references to the CODE segment and should be F000.
Unfortunately EXE2BIN will not process the EXE file as it has more than 65278 bytes of code.
The BIOS code ends at FFD9, the bytes from FFDA to FFEF should be padded with FF.
The VECTOR segment data should be entered at FFF0 as follows:
EA 5B E0 00 F0 30 34 2F 32 34 2F 38 31 FF FF EB
5150V2 Notes (from PC DOS Retro)
IBM PC BIOS version 2 (10/19/81) differences:
Line 196: change copyright notice:
DB '5700671 COPR. IBM 1981'
Line 368-371: change instruction order:
CMP BL,0FFH ;YES - SEE IF ALL BITS GO OFF
JE C13 ; TIMER1_BITS_OFF
IN AL,TIMER+1 ;READ TIMER 1 COUNT
OR BL,AL ;ALL BITS ON IN TIMER
Line 380: add two NOPs after this line for timing delay:
OUT TIMER+3,AL
Line 385: add two NOPs after this line to maintain offsets:
JMP SHORT ERR01
Line 390-391: delete these lines:
MOV AL,54H ;SEL TIM 1, LSB, MODE 2
OUT TIMER+3,AL ;WRITE TIMER MODE REG
Line 702: move this instruction just after line 711 in POST:
REP MOVSW ;MOVE VECTOR TABLE TO RAM
Line 1566: correct timeout error code in comm routine:
OR AH,80H ; INDICATE TIME OUT
Line 3065: change timeout value in print routine:
MOV BL,20 ; TIME OUT VALUE
Line 5297: move this line just before line 5293 in cassette routine:
MOV BX,EDGE_CNT ;BX GETS LAST EDGE COUNT
Line 5510: change bottom row of character 04 (diamond):
DB 010H,038H,07CH,0FEH,07CH,038H,010H,000H ; D_04
Line 5938: change BIOS release date:
DB '10/19/81' ; RELEASE MARKER
The VECTOR segment data should be entered at FFF0 as follows:
EA 5B E0 00 F0 31 30 2F 31 39 2F 38 31 FF FF 9B
5150V3 Notes (from PC DOS Retro)
IBM PC BIOS version 3 (10/27/82)
IBM PC BIOS dated 10/27/82 is 6207 lines based on the BIOS listings in the IBM PC Technical Reference dated April 1984.
The BIOS was likely built using the Intel ASM86 Macro Assembler V2.0.
This BIOS must be built with ASM86, several operand constructs are used which MASM does not recognize.
Line 224: CODE SEGMENT AT 0F000H
to build with LINK remove the 'AT 0F000H'
LINK will not generate code for 'AT address' segments
LINK will generate an .EXE file with 1 relocation. This is due to a far jump to segment F000.
Unfortunately EXE2BIN will not process the EXE file as it has more than 65278 bytes of code.
The VECTOR segment data should be entered at FFF0 as follows:
EA 5B E0 00 F0 31 30 2F 32 37 2F 38 32 FF FF 77