ed@qtc.UUCP (03/13/87)
I just purchased a PC-Turbo clone. The "ERSO" bios was dated
1986 on the chip. Norton's "SYSINFO" shows the dated bios as
1982...ugh...Anyway this maybe the cause of many of my problems.
Like EGA/Codeview/Mouse compatibility, enhanced keyboard problems,
and more.
The latest, I have a western digital disk controller and 2-st225
segate 20mb drives. I can format drive "C" ok, but only can
get 10mb on drive "D". "FDISK" shows that all 612 cylinders are
there and partitioned for use, and "FORMAT" does all 612 cylinders
but only reports 10mb on the drive. Dr. Strange.
Does anyone have a phone number to the ERSO people or know where
I can purchase, exchange, steal, beg, borrow,...another or "the
lastest" bios for my PC. Will I have to worry about "turbo" mode?
I suppose a phone number for Phoenix might be better.
I purchased my pc from Datawave in Portland, Or. which both the
pc and company can be considered "no-name brand". I guess I get
what I paid for. I really can't complain, for just over $1,600
I got a turbo-pc, 2-20mb disks, 5 1/4" disk, 3 1/2" disk, 640 kb
mem, enh. kb, EGA, and alot of headaces.
I tried my BTC-5339 enhanced keyboard on a series of pc's and
it did work fine. I think a new/better bios will fix this problem.
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