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Yes, there were many - including the original IBM PC which would could boot to BASIC loaded from ROM. Some more sophisticated machines included:

- Many Tandy PC compatibles could boot from ROM to their DeskMate GUI - HP, GRiD, Zenith and others had laptops that had DOS and in some cases Windows in ROM.

- IBM's PS/1 line could boot from ROM - Many GEOS devices booted from ROM into a GUI, and often could boot to DOS from ROM too.



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