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From: tcm@srhqla.SR.COM (Tim Meighan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Availability of replacement BIOS
Message-ID: <1245@srhqla.SR.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 90 22:37:54 GMT
Reply-To: tcm@srhqla.SR.COM (Tim Meighan)
Organization: Silent Radio, Los Angeles
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In article <2782@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes:
>
>I have a really crappy no-name BIOS in my AT which is somewhat
>incompatible.  I'd like to replace it with a Phoenix or Award.

A major problem with this idea is that the BIOS ROM must be somewhat "custom"
so that it can the operate the hardware your particular brand of system board
is made of.

Granted, there is (necessarily) a large degree of similarity of the system
hardware from manufacturer to manufacturer, particularly on the BIOS interface
level, but there is no guarantee that it will be exactly the same.  It may be
difficult for you to find quality BIOS firmware that "just happens" to work
exactly right for your particular board.

Tim Meighan
Silent Radio
 
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