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From: FYS-EH@FINTUVM.BITNET (Esa Heinonen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: OS/2 ON CLONES
Message-ID: <985FYS-EH@FINTUVM>
Date: 30 Oct 89 16:20:32 GMT
References: <13065@s.ms.uky.edu> <1989Oct27.180215.3879@rpi.edu>
Organization: University of Turku, Finland
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The ROM BIOS *is* significant.  I couldn't even start installing
IBM OS/2 1.1 to my 286 AT (Suntac motherboard) that had an
Award 3.30 BIOS.  The installation program would not boot at all.
I had to trade the BIOS for an AMI BIOS (can't remember the
version right now... but it was dated 1989.)

So, contrary to what Mark Minasi said in February (March?) 1989
Byte, new AMI BIOSes seem to be OS/2 compatible, and some Award
BIOSes seem not to be.  Or maybe it was the Suntac & Award
combination - I don't know for sure.

At least on my 286 clone the genuine IBM OS/2 1.1 EE seems to work
relatively nicely.  Sometimes the system locks up, but it may be
because I only have 2 MB of RAM.  Any other suggestions?

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