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From: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: ROM BIOS
Message-ID: <563@ima.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-May-87 11:26:29 EDT
Article-I.D.: ima.563
Posted: Wed May 27 11:26:29 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 29-May-87 06:37:32 EDT
References: <1040@rayssd.RAY.COM>
Reply-To: johnl@ima.UUCP (John R. Levine)
Organization: Javelin Software Corporation
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Keywords: extracting information

In article <1040@rayssd.RAY.COM> wjr@rayssd.RAY.COM (Bill) writes:
>	Is there a way to read your ROM BIOS without removing the device(s)
>from the motherboard? Any information would be helpful!

The ROM BIOS is a ROM, not surprisingly.  It's in the PC's address space
at addresses starting at F000:0.  Look at it with debug.

For the IBM PC, XT, and AT, the Technical Reference manuals all include
assembler listings of the BIOS.
-- 
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
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