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From: sparks@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Gaarder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Bios upgrade for old AT
Message-ID: <3903@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 1 Mar 88 20:39:30 GMT
Reply-To: sparks@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Steve Gaarder)
Organization: Computer Aided Design Instructional Facility, Cornell Univ.
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Keywords: Low-down underhanded IBM ploy

We have an old AT (model 99) which we use as a file server with Novell
Advanced Netware 286.  We recently purchased a Miniscribe 40 Meg drive 
for it.  This drive is, I believe, a type 36.  Now we have a problem.
Our machine only supports 4-bit drive types.  This, I understand, can
be fixed by upgrading the bios.  Ok, so I called the IBM flunky here.
He told me that the upgrade was available ONLY with the purchase of a
massively overpriced IBM hard drive.  (expletives deleted)

So, folks, the question is:  what can I do to upgrade my bios?  Is there
a way to get the IBM ROMs?  Can a buy a Phoenix or other bios that will
work in my AT?  Is there a clever hack I can use?

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Steve Gaarder                                         
Cornell University, 171 Hollister, Ithaca NY 14853           607-255-5389
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