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From: dbs@decpa.dec.com (Dan Sears)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: help with BIOS upgrade for Wyse 286pc
Keywords: MS-DOS 4.01, BIOS, Windows 3.0
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.194640.10997@pa.dec.com>
Date: 30 Jan 91 19:46:40 GMT
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Reply-To: dbs@decpa.dec.com (Dan Sears)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Hello,

I have a Wyse 286pc (Model 2200) and want to upgrade it to run Windows 3.0.
Naturally, I got to the second Windows installation disk and the install
hung with
a blank screen.  I stripped down autoexec.bat and config.sys to the minimum and
no luck.  I next tried upgrading to MS-DOS 4.01 but the install hung in
a loop where
the installation program kept on requesting the disk that was currently
in the floppy
drive.  I'm installing from 3.5" diskettes and the 3.5" drive is drive a:.

Next I tried to upgrade the BIOS ROM's since mine are Phoenix version 1.66
(dated 1985).  I got through to Wyse technical support and they told me
to get an
upgrade kit that would contain version 2.75 ROM's, MS-DOS 3.3 and the
setup disk.
This was actually cheaper than buying the ROM's separately.  But still
it's $130
and back ordered 3-5 weeks.

Questions:
    Am I on the right track?
    Can generic Phoenix BIOS ROM's be substituted for the Wyse ROM's?
    What about AMI ROM's?

Thanks for any help.

--Dan