grinberg@bimacs.BITNET (Dennis Grinberg) (05/01/89)
I have an Algol Bios 10(A) in a 4.77/8 Mhz XT clone. Is there any BIOS that is "better"? (better = more compatable with true blue). How about a list of BIOS' with advantages/disadvantages? Thanks in advance, -- Dennis Grinberg, Math & CS Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan ISRAEL BITNET: grinberg@bimacs.bitnet INTERNET: grinberg@bimacs.biu.ac.il CSNET: grinberg%bimacs.bitnet%cunyvm.cuny.edu@csnet-relay ARPA: grinberg%bimacs.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!mcvax!humus!bimacs!grinberg SNAILNET: Dennis Grinberg, 13 Hava Lutzki St., Rehovot, ISRAEL #! rnews
sbs576@leah.Albany.Edu (Sharon Snyder) (05/06/89)
I have an XT compatible and I have an Award Bios. I have had absolutely no problems.
jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) (05/11/89)
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.)
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