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- From: mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu (Allen Mulvey, SUNY, Oswego, NY)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Looking for BIOS setup program for Phoenix 286 3.06
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.132626.962@blurt.oswego.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 18:26:26 GMT
- References: <1992Dec24.061001.5150@rock.concert.net>
- Organization: SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY
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- In article <1992Dec24.061001.5150@rock.concert.net>, bdaniels@rock.concert.net (Brian L Daniels -- Personal Account) writes:
- >
- > I have a old 286 that has lost its CMOS information.
- >
- > It's now requesting that I run the setup program (and it no longer
- > recognizes it's HD :-(
- >
- > Is this an internal program that can be activated by a key secquence,
- > or is it an external one? If it's an external one, where can I get
- > it?
- >
- > It's a Phoenix 80286 Rom Bios Version 3.06
- >
- > Thanks in advance,
- > Brian
- >
- > --
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-
- I don't have my 286 anymore but it had a Phoenix BIOS which was accessible
- by pressing Ctrl-Alt-s. Some other machines used Ctrl-Alt-Esc. Most can
- also be accessed through separate programs, check out your local BBS for
- shareware setup programs.
-
- Allen Mulvey
- mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
-