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From: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: ROM BIOS
Message-ID: <47138@bigtex.cactus.org>
Date: 14 Sep 90 20:14:37 GMT
References: <1990Sep11.190942.14712@rosewall.citib>
Reply-To: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Organization: Institute of Applied Cosmology, Austin TX
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In <1990Sep11.190942.14712@rosewall.citib>, mwooh@citib.com wrote:

> Just a quick question: In purchasing an IBM CLONE which BIOS' are the
> most "compatible" and which BIOS' are the most incompatible (ones to
> avoid).  ie. PHOENIX, AWARD, etc.???

The question is not quite so simple.  Dell Computer sells a Phoenix
derived BIOS.  But we have worked on it for a couple of years from its
Phoenix base, making significant bug fixes and enhancements.  I assume
other vendors large enough to have a programming staff do likewise.
So saying that "Brand X has bug Y" may not be true for every BIOS that
has a Brand X copyright message.
-- 
James R. Van Artsdalen          james@bigtex.cactus.org   "Live Free or Die"
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