Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uwvax!rocky.cs.wisc.edu!g-tookey From: g-tookey@rocky.cs.wisc.edu. (Richard Schaut) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 286 BIOS question Message-ID: <8009@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 27 Jul 89 01:54:06 GMT References: Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: g-tookey@rocky.CS.WISC.EDU (Richard Schaut) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 28 In article as2d+@andrew.cmu.edu (Alan Henry Stein) writes: >I am in the process of buying a 286 (20MHz) motherboard and have a question >as to which BIOS I should get. Any opinions on Pheonix/AMI/Award??? > >alan I wouldn't think of buying a "compatible" without Phoenix. I don't know, however, if the Phoenix has problems at 20MHz. BTW are you aware that Intel does NOT warrant the 80286 for anything beyond 12.5 MHz? Those who sell 20 MHz 286's field test them at that speed for a period of time, and if nothing goes wrong they call it a 20 MHz CPU. I would want to know EVERYTHING about how a particular machine was tested before plunking down any bucks on it. Rick Please send e-mail to: schaut@madnix.UUCP ArpaNet: madnix!schaut@cs.wisc.edu UseNet: ...uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!schaut {decvax!att}! Madison: an alternative to reality I am posting this through a friend's account. His consent to my use of his account in no way implies his consent to responsibility for the opinions expressed herein.