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From: rcollins@altos86.Altos.COM (Robert Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Award BIOS OK for 386?  Or should I demand AMI?
Message-ID: <4635@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 24 Jan 91 16:13:21 GMT
References: <1991Jan23.063229.4654@cs.ucla.edu>
Reply-To: rcollins@altos86.UUCP (Robert Collins)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <1991Jan23.063229.4654@cs.ucla.edu> wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (Rich Wales) writes:
>Now, I know Award is a "big name" in the BIOS world.  
>
Actually, in terms of revenue, they are almost the "smallest."
Of the "big-3" BIOS vendors, they are the smallest.

>So, my question is, is an Award BIOS in a 386 "bad news"?  
IMHO, if I had a choice, I wouldn't use any of the big-3 BIOSs at all.
It all depends on which chipset is in the '386.  If it is a newer chipset,
chances are that one of the newer BIOS vedors might have a BIOS for it.
Surely, the big-3 use old technology, and the code is not bug-free, but
in many cases error-prone.  Try MR BIOS or QUADTEL.  Both company's have
a state-of-the-art BIOS that will out benchmark any of the big-3, has
more features, has less bugs, and is therefore more reliable.  Both of
these two smaller company's are 'more' compatible than any of the big-3.

>Should I put
>my foot down and settle for "nothing less" than an AMI BIOS?  Has anyone
If your choices are limited to the big-3, then you are in trouble!

MR BIOS (408) 395-4096
QUADTEL (714) ???-???? (ask for information in Costa Mesa, CA)



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