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- Subject: Old IBM PC Machines Won't Run on 2.1 Network
- Date: May 25, 1988
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- GENERAL
- INFORMATION: We had a user report a problem with very old IBM PCs and
- Netware v2.1. The machines were running fine under v2.0a.
- The machines having problems are the model 5150 PCs; 5160 PCs
- work fine, since they have a later BIOS revision. The user
- verified with IBM that model 5150 PCs, which have a BIOS chip
- with the last 4 digits being 1475, will have problems running
- on a network. If the machine is younger than 1982, or the
- user can verify that the BIOS chip is 1575 or later, there
- should be no problem. A machine with the older ROM BIOS
- (1475 on the chip) will hang when trying to execute NET3.
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