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From: hoepfner@usun01.UUCP (Andreas Hoepfner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: DTK Motherboards
Message-ID: <127@usun01.UUCP>
Date: 20 Nov 90 09:17:17 GMT
References: <5714@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Nixdorf Computer AG, Paderborn, Germany
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In <5714@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:


>I would not buy a DTK motherboard because of the problems documented in going
>in and out of protected mode on the 386.  Their 286 boards aren't that great
>because some of the later versions only support expanded memory.  Makes things
>really nice if you want to run MicroPort Unix or SCO Xenix 286.

 Shure, but it is possible to fix the problem by changing the keybord-
 controller *AND* the BIOS from DTK to PHOENIX !
 I've just done this and the board works fine......

 Andreas


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