Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bwdls58!mlord From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: AT or XT286? Message-ID: <4459@bwdls58.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 90 20:50:00 GMT References: Sender: mlord@bwdls58.UUCP Reply-To: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada Lines: 15 In article krisku@niksula.hut.fi (Kai Henrik Risku) writes: >Could someone out there tell me the difference between an IBM XT286 >and an AT? My own computer is an XT286, but so far I haven't found >anything that makes it different from a 'normal' AT. Any suggestions? Apart from the lack of 16-bit slots, the big difference is usually the BIOS. XT/286's usually do not support the full functionality of an AT-bios, with its added function calls and extended memory support. Also, XT/286's require an XT style disk controller, with on-card bios for controlling the hard drives. -- ___Mark S. Lord__________________________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!mlord%bmerh724 | Climb Free Or Die (NH) | | MLORD@BNR.CA Ottawa, Ontario | Personal views only. | |________________________________|________________________|