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From: chrielli@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Chris Ellington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: HD in blue PC?
Message-ID: <12565@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Date: 25 Mar 91 03:45:05 GMT
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In article <10137@hub.ucsb.edu>, 6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (King of Sunset Town) writes:
> No way.  You need a BIOS upgrade.  How do I know?  I did it, too.
> Where can you get an IBM BIOS upgrade?  You can't.  You have to buy
> a third party BIOS chip (ie Phoenix).  They work fine, though.
> Good luck!
I have an orig PC (actually 5150) with BIOS dated 10/27/82 with a Seagate
10 meg installed with no problems.  I think the controller is WD and the
drive is for sure a Seagate, but I can't remember the numbers.  Send email
for the numbers (if you want I can open up the machine and tell you)


 
-Chris