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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: My Compaq 8086 is finicky ...
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Date: 29 Sep 88 20:10:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Sep 29 15:10:00 1988


You didn't mention what kind of hard disk controller you have.  If
you have an intelligent one, then it should boot.  If you have a
stupid one, you need the right level of ROM BIOS in your Compaq.
Check with Compaq to see if your BIOS ROM needs to be replaced.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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