Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58+ From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Best BIOS for XT clone (& AT) Message-ID: Date: 11 May 89 09:20:37 GMT Organization: Electrical and Comp. Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 27 The "best" BIOS for XT clone? I can't really say that there is a "best" one. The ones that I've used and have had no problems with are: DTK/EROS and Pheonix. Award BIOS is okay, but I've had experienced some problems with it handling memory with an 8088-10 (10 MHz version) processor. DTK/EROS hasn't given me any problems yet (and that's been 5 years and about 4 computers using the DTK/EROS BIOS). Pheonix BIOS is known for their reliablity. I haven't seen one BIOS thats given me problems (except the one that the vendor had placed on the motherboard backwards -- it burned and fried instantly at power on, obviously). I hope this gives some insight on XT BIOS. (The same info applies for AT BIOS, except that I have not had any problems with Award's AT BIOS.) __________ ___ / \ / / /_/ / /\/ _/ / / / __/. /__ / / / / / / / / / / 4730 Centre Ave. #412 ARPAnet: Johnny.J.Chin@andrew.cmu.edu / ------- / Pittsburgh, PA 15213 BITnet: jc58@andrew \__________/ (412) 268-8936 UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58 Computer Dr. Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are STRICTLY my own, and not CMU's.