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- SETUP version 2.1 by Kenneth Herron
-
- Notes:
- 1) This program is in the public domain. The version upon which
- it is based was originally placed in the Public Domain by Bob
- Kamins and Tyler Ivanco.
-
- 2) The hard disk descriptions are generated by reading the table
- in ROM, and so some entries may be different from machine to
- machine (IBM has a standard set for types 1-23). You may now set
- any drive type up to # 255; I doubt that any machine actually has
- a table this large so you'll probably find garbage in some of
- these positions. (You'll also notice that you can't set type 15;
- this is not a valid drive type)
-
- 3) 3.5" drives are now supported. You will also find type '# 5'
- through '# 15' available in a bid for future compatibility.
-
- 4) Display cards which install their own BIOS (eg, the EGA and VGA
- cards) are now supported. Set EGA/VGA for *any* card which
- installs its own BIOS.
-
- 5) You will be warned if any of the CMOS error flags are set; The
- possible errors include: Battery is dead, Clock has lost power
- (these are NOT the same), RAM checksum is bad, configuration is
- bad, memory size is wrong, either hard disk failed to initialize,
- or time is incorrect. Note that some of these are maintained by
- the BIOS as part of the power-on test; they may only be correct
- after a cold reboot ('Battery dead' is always correct).
-
- 6) The system clock is updated every time you change one of the
- time or date fields. The CMOS clock is only updated if you save
- the new configuration at the end. The 'Stand by--Setting clock'
- message means the program is waiting to sync with a whole second
- to set the clock as accurately as possible. ( Unfortunately, DOS
- isn't as picky. You may find your system clock 1-2 seconds slow
- the next time you boot).
-
- 7) Features added from the original version:
- * The day of the week is now displayed. It is maintained by
- the BIOS and can't be directly changed, so if your BIOS
- can't handle leap years don't blame me. :-)
- * The value of 100ths of seconds is displayed (because it's
- there, that's why!). Again, it can't be changed directly.
- * You can synchronize the clock with the 0 key, no matter
- which field you're on. Synchronizing the clock sets it
- backward to the last whole second, so you may have to
- fiddle with it a bit.
- * When finished, you will be asked whether to save the
- configuration or not.
- * The executable is around 9k smaller, and much faster.
-
- 8) Features added from version 2.0 (some are noted above):
- * Warning screen on configuration errors.
- * Corrected a bug in which the display was not restored
- properly on exit (that's what I get for trusting the
- manual).
- * Added the EGA/VGA display types, 720k, and 1.44 meg drives.
- * Corrected stupid bugs in Hard Drive types.
- * Corrected a bug with date setting; you can no longer set
- dates like 2/31/88 by starting with 5/31/88 and changing
- the month.
-
- 9) I can be reached over Usenet as agollum@engr.uky.edu, or
- ukma!ukecc!agollum, or
- Kenneth Herron
- 111 Buchanan Street
- Lexington, Kentucky 40508
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