I guess it isn't so simple [0]
msg_no_basic db 'No ROM BASIC', 0Dh, 0Ah, 0
;=========================================================================
; int_18 - execute ROM BASIC
; Note:
; Prints an error message since we don't have ROM BASIC
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------
int_18:
mov si,msg_no_basic
call print
.1:
hlt
jmp .1
[0] https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios/blob/dfff4fddc8ea73c8a...Someone could take this and try to make it ROM-able in order to "complete" the BIOS: