Re: Are All new boards non-flash BIOS upgradeable?

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From: Domino
Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 00:00

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small jaded viruses wrote:

>     The guy at work, whom states that he is highly PC-knowledgeable, insists
> that flash upgradeable BIOS is an "archaic" motherboard design feature. He
> states that ALL recent motherboard designs have the more "advanced"
> non-flash upgradeable BIOS's - in particular, all the new Award BIOS chip
> motherboards.
> 
>     He dares anyone in the hardware newsgroups to prove him wrong.
> 
>     Is he an idiot?

Dunno, but could you have possibly cross-posted this to a few *more*
newsgroups?

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From: Domino <knip@homeboy.com>
Subject: Re: Are All new boards non-flash BIOS upgradeable?
Date: 1999/05/23
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