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- From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Phoenix BIOS, Mylex, and OS/2 2.0
- Message-ID: <92Jul31.031925.9920@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 03:19:25 GMT
- References: <1992Jul30.204100.25594@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul30.204100.25594@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> frigo@psl.wisc.edu writes:
- >I am having a hell of a time getting a DOS program (Current Contents 1.3.3)
- >to work. The program calls PKUNZIP to decompress files on disk in A:
- >(1.44 MB TEAC) but tries to access both drives, then sometimes thinks its
- >getting something from A:, then gives an error when trying to get the rest
- >of the data set from a 2nd floppy disk.
- >
- >Also, I sometimes get the error in the Workplace Shell that drive A: can't
- >find the sector requested when opening the drive just to view the contents.
- >
- >I swapped the floppy drive controller board with another but no improvement.
- >
- >Here's the system configuration:
- >
- >Mylex MXA-386 system board
- >16 MB RAM
- >Phoenix v. 1.10.10 BIOS (1989)
- >Conner CP3204 HDD
- >FDD A: Teac
- >FDD B: Teac 1.2 MB
- >TD (generic) IDE board / FDD controller
- >ATI Graphics Vantage 1 MB
- >
- >I did get the Mylex v. 6.09 BIOS, but haven't installed it.
- >
- >(1) Have you used the Mylex board / Phoenix BIOS successfully with os/2
- > 2.0?
- >
- >(2) Has anyone used system boards with the Mylex BIOS with any operating
- > system? Any compatibility problems?
-
- I got a Mylex MJ386 board (386DX-25), with a Phoenix 1.10.10 BIOS,
- (ID: FC0100, dated 01/15/88 according to MSD, but I recall that
- the date that appears at boot time is 1989, not 1988.
- HD: Maxtor LXT340A, generic IDE connector, A: 1.44 MB, Teac, B: 360k, Teac.
- OEM ATI Wonder 1024 with 512k.
-
- Got no problem with OS/2 2.0 nor with drive A. PKunzip works fine.
- Drive B seems to think all floppies I put in are copy-protected.
-
- Luc B
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