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From: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Query about Award and Phoenix PC/XT BIOSes
Message-ID: <493@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 89 18:21:17 GMT
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From article <20343@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, by wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu:
| However, I'm wondering whether there might be any point in upgrading the
| BIOS on either of these machines.  Hence, a few questions:
| 
| (1) I have been told that the BIOSes produced by Award and Phoenix are
|     very good, and that the two companies' products are essentially of
|     equivalent quality -- i.e., that there is no real reason to prefer
|     Award over Phoenix, or Phoenix over Award, or any third company over
|     either Award or Phoenix.  Does anyone on the net have reasons for
|     agreeing or disagreeing with this claim?

I've seen some other questions about Phoenix and Award BIOSes on the net, but
I haven't seen anyone mention the AMI BIOS.  I seem to remember a review
of a number of motherboards in BYTE, and the author noted that the fastest
machines tended to use the AMI BIOS.

I'd be interested in any responses out there of Award vs. Phoenix vs. AMI.
Thanks all.

         [david]


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