Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!killer!chasm
From: chasm@killer.UUCP (Charles Marslett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Anybody seen a ROM-based SETUP pgm for ATs
Message-ID: <3464@killer.UUCP>
Date: 23 Feb 88 05:36:33 GMT
References: <2790@dalcs.UUCP>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
Lines: 21
Summary: Setup in ROM---look at PCs Ltd. 286s

In article <2790@dalcs.UUCP>, lane@dalcs.UUCP (John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane) writes:
> ...
> When I try to re-boot the system demands I run the SETUP program which of
> course means I must re-boot from floppy and run the SETUP program.  Do you
> think I had the foresight to bring along a bootable disk with SETUP.  Of
> ...
> So I wonder if anybody makes such a product, a plug-in ROM chip with the
> goodies right on it.  In fact does anybody make any ROM-based software
> ...
> John Wright

As a matter of fact at least a couple of the AT clone makers are now 
putting the SETUP code in the system board BIOS -- CTL-ALT-Something
brings up the setup SCREEN (can you believe it, a full screen version
of SETUP as well -- no glass TTY!) and it happens automatically if the
system is unable to boot for whatever reason.  With a little luck this
feature will spread like wildfire!

Charles Marslett   ---------------------------------------------------
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