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From: paul@ait.trl.oz (Paul Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Latest version of Phoenix 386 BIOS
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Date: 28 Aug 89 23:53:27 GMT
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From article <219@conch.UUCP>, by steve@conch.UUCP (Steve Froeschke):
> 
> I just recently purchased a FastET20 80386 motherboard that had the
> DTK Bios onboard.  Finding that the version of Un*x I have doesn't
> want anything to do with the DTK Bios, I purchased (mail order) what
> is supposed to be the latest version of the Phoenix 386 BIOS.  This
> BIOS is version 1.10.00 dated 1986-1989.


We have had similar problems with the same motherboard. However our
motherboard was fitted with a Pheonix bios ver. 1.10.01 .
The local suppliers started using the Pheonix bios because the DTK bios
would not run OS/2.
The Pheonix bios would run Unix on other 386 machines which seems to point
to there being something wrong with the way DTK set up their 20MHz
motherboards.
We have been in touch the suppliers who sya they are working on a patch
to the DTK bios.
The DTK 25 MHz motherboard runs Unix without any problems.
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