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From: berman@ihlpg.ATT.COM (A.S Berman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: BIOS ROM upgrade
Message-ID: <4231@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 11:37:09 EST
Article-I.D.: ihlpg.4231
Posted: Tue Nov 10 11:37:09 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 13-Nov-87 06:20:24 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Keywords: help!


              Burnt by IBM: A Sad Tale

I bought an IBM-PC two-floppy system way back in 1982, before
hard disks were available. What I paid back then would almost
buy a Cray today, but what the heck, if you wanted IBM, you
paid. There were no IBM compatibles back then.

Now here's the sad tale. After 5 years of solid use, it's time
to upgrade to a hard disk. But I need a BIOS ROM update kit 
(I was quoted about $40) so that the system will recognize
the hard disk.

Because of the PC/2 push and because post-1982 ROM chips can
handle the hard disk. IBM no longer manufactures the upgrade,
and numerous calls to local dealers have proven fruitless.

Are the any ideas on where I could find the BIOS ROM upgrade
(part number 1501005) for the IBM-PC?

Many thanks,

Scott Berman  ...ihnp4!ihlpg!berman

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