Case study

8088 BIOS: disassembling Tandy and IBM PC firmware images

This repository disassembles BIOS images from 8088 machines: the Tandy 1000, Tandy 1000A, Tandy 1000 HX, IBM PCjr, and IBM PC 5150. The README says the original images are in roms/ and the disassembly is in the subfolders, made with IDA Pro freeware.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 34
Last commit: 2025-02-25
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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The README names no license or a build command.

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BibTeX

@misc{bios-8088,
  title = {{8088 BIOS: disassembling Tandy and IBM PC firmware images}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ricardoquesada/bios-8088}},
  url = {https://github.com/ricardoquesada/bios-8088},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/bios-8088/}}
}

Plain text

8088 BIOS: disassembling Tandy and IBM PC firmware images. https://github.com/ricardoquesada/bios-8088 (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/bios-8088/

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README.md GitHub · ricardoquesada/bios-8088 · Revision 6dc405d