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From: chasm@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 80386 components/ BIOS summary
Summary: Oh well, Everex uses AMI
Keywords: 80386 Motherboards BIOS Phoenix Award AMI
Message-ID: <8833@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 1 Aug 89 01:52:42 GMT
References: <15617@ut-emx.UUCP> <15771@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <1192@chansw.UUCP>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <1192@chansw.UUCP>, chan@chansw.UUCP (Jerry H. Chan) writes:
> In article <7449@athertn.Atherton.COM>, jimb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Jim Burke) writes:
> > For that matter, does any major brand name board maker use the AMI bios?
> > I don't think you will find it an any major brand name clones that I
> > know of, at least not Compaq or Everex.  Who uses AMI besides the 
> > inexpensive import clone builders? 

Everex uses AMI -- at least on their Step 20 386 box.  Except of the problems
with ROM resident setup code (which AMI shares with the other BIOS vendors
who provide that nice option), the AMI BIOS does seem to be at least as good
as the Phoenix 286 BIOS and Compaq's 386 BIOS.

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Charles Marslett
chasm@attctc.dallas.tx.us
Chief BIOS guru for STB Systems, Inc <-- apply all standard disclaimers