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From: kris@beep.UUCP (Huh?)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: BIOS ROM?
Message-ID: <177@beep.UUCP>
Date: 24 Feb 91 08:15:44 GMT
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[The walls & floor are moving!   I'll never drink on this boat again!!]


     Does anyone out there know anything about hacking BIOS ROMs?  When
I try using the "jmp 0x0ff0000" (or whatever) to do a "warm" hardware
restart, it doesn't work.  The system just seems to hang.

     I suspect the problem may be in my BIOS ROM.  The system is a
"Compustar XT" Fry's (I call them Cry's) Electronics house-brand,
Taiwanese if I recall correctly with 640K RAM, 2 50meg hard disks
DOS 3.2 (when it's not running UNIX 8-)).  CPU speed is 4.77MHz.
CTRL-ALT-DEL works OK.  The BIOS ROMs seem rather drastic; if
anyone has any advice short of getting rid of the system (its an
old friend, also $$$), I'd be glad to hear.

-- 
					Kris
					key!beep!kris -OR- woodowl!beep!kris

"For men without women
 are like fish without water to swim in;                       Was (Not Was)
 their eyes bugging out, they flop on the beach                "Shadow & Jimmy"
 and stare up at the girls who are just out of reach."