ugogan@ecsvax.UUCP (Jim Gogan) (06/02/89)
We have a dept. on campus with some old original IBM PCs - with the old ROM BIOS (the one that didn't support a hard disk and, I believe, didn't recongize the full 640K compliment of RAM). Anyone know: (1) now that IBM no longer markets the upgrade ROM BIOS for these machines (and none of the local vendors have any old ones in stock), is it possible to use a third party ROM in an original IBM PC (i.e., AWARD or Phoenix)? (2) has anyone done this successfully without problems (I would imagine you'd probably lose the BASIC interpreter, at least)? (3) if "yes" to (1) and (2), what's the best source for obtaining a third party ROM BIOS? Are they available to people other than OEMs? Thanks in advance for any info. Please reply via e-mail. -- Jim Gogan (ugogan@ecsvax.uncecs.edu) Office of Data and Video Communications Univ. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill -- Jim Gogan MAIL:ugogan@ecsvax.uncecs.edu Microcomputing Support Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599