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From: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Chips & Tech " NEAT " set
Keywords: how to configure
Message-ID: <13335@bigtex.cactus.org>
Date: 28 Jan 89 20:14:50 GMT
References: <3945@alvin.mcnc.org>
Reply-To: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Institute of Applied Cosmology, Austin TX
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In <3945@alvin.mcnc.org>, somers@mcnc.org (Robert W. Somers) wrote:

> I have a PC BRAND 286/20 with the Chips & Technologies " NEAT " set
> and AMT BIOS.

> I have but one complaint, [...] there is no information as to how to
> use the setup mode to configure the machine for additional memory,
> wait states, shadow, etc,..

Well, I don't know anything about AMT BIOS, but I would assume that
the BIOS would auto-configure at bootup to whatever memory is
available on the motherboard.

As far as changing the NEAT setup, I strongly advise against it.  The
best you are likely to do is to make the machine go away.  Many
changes will result in the memory map being scrambled.  Unless you can
make these changes in ROM in POST, you're not likely to get lucky.
Other things to keep in mind is that even with documentation it is
tricky to program that NEAT chipset, since the "reserved" bits often
do unexpected things.

Finally, it seems unlikely that PC Brand would have deliberately
chosen to use a slower configuration unless the faster configuration
proved unreliable.
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