Version History

This project initially started in November 1993 by Jean-Paul Rodrigue. He was amazed at that time by the limited BIOS related information available on the Internet as well as the poor quality of technical documents provided with motherboards. Since then, the guide has experienced some good success and is now a well used source of information. We hope it will continue to do so.

• Version 1.0 to 1.3: December 1993 (initial postings to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips)
• Version 2.0 to 2.4: January 1994 (the first "complete" versions)
• Version 2.5 and 2.6 : February 1994 (vitamin C added)
• Version 2.65 and 2.7: March 1994 (no cholesterol)
• Version 3.0: 16-04-94 (new prune-strawberry-cabbage flavor)
• Version 3.1: 13-05-94 (Friday the 13th edition)
• Version 3.2: 25-11-94 (buy one, get two free)
• Version 4.0: 20-10-95 (first HTLM version)
• Version 4.1: 05-12-95 (sugar-free)
• Version 4.2: 17-02-96 (clean pine taste)
• Version 4.3: 07-04-96 (special thanks to Phil Croucher)
• Version 5.0: 02-05-96 (first frame version for Netscape 2.0)
• Version 5.1: 26-06-96 (several new topics. Phil Croucher is now co-editor)
• Version 5.2: 28-09-96 (improved interface. Plug and play / PCI configurations)
• Version 5.3: 15-10-96 (index added)
• Version 5.4: 20-11-96 (maintenance version. Word, RTF and WordPerfect documents now available)
• Version 5.45: 24-11-96 (minor additions to the Bus Types and FAQ sections)
• Version 5.46: 10-12-96 (cosmetic revision)
• Version 5.47: 04-01-97 (minor modifications)
• Version 5.48: 08-02-97 (cosmetic revision. Site voted outstanding page by Webopaedia)