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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: BIOS setup for IBM AT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.111106.19078@panix.com>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 11:11:06 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.151726.28025@cs.mun.ca>
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- In article <1992Sep10.151726.28025@cs.mun.ca> cyril@odie.cs.mun.ca (Cyril Mullins) writes:
- >I Have a True Blue IBM AT 6 mhz 286 with 512 RAM (1985 vintage). I would like
- >to plug in an Aboveboard to bring my memory up to a reasonable level (1MB) but
- >I am running into a problem. The system boots fine, finds the memory on the
- >Power On Self Test but the gives me an error, resets the memory to 512K and
- >tells me to run setup. I don't have setup (this was a freebie system). I
- >phoned IBM and all the local dealers and nobody got nuthin'. IBM tech support
- >told me that no such animal existed but they did not sound too confident.
- >
- >To make a long story short, has anyone got it, heard of it or can give me a
- >definitive answer on it's existance. Thanks.
-
- You need the diagnostics disk that came with the machine.
- Failing that, use any generic AT setup program (like Juan Jimenez's
- GSETUP31 which, I'm sure, is available at most FTP sites).
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