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Re: Boot from B: ??

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From: Jacques Guy
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:10
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bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern) writes:

>Guys, you make me feel nervous ... Is it REALLY THE CONNECTORS you have to
>swap, as everybody says? NOT the Jumper Settings? Or are the Jumpers integrated
>into the Connector nowadays?

Only the connectors. I've done it on a 386SX, a 386DX, a 486DX.

Then, then only, I discovered a program that lets you boot from B. It's
on most anonymous archive sites. Look for BOOT-B.ZIP (4349 bytes long)
usually in micros/pc/dskutl or something like that.
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Message-ID: <1993Jan13.021033.9409@trl.oz.au>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!titan!hal!jbm
References: <93001.223627CDF1@psuvm.psu.edu> <1993Jan5.090323.28598@engr.LaTech.edu> <C0p8o2.4Gt@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <bern.726842178@kleopatra>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!titan!hal!jbm
From: jbm@hal.trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy)
Subject: Re: Boot from B: ??
Message-ID: <1993Jan13.021033.9409@trl.oz.au>
Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
References: <93001.223627CDF1@psuvm.psu.edu> <1993Jan5.090323.28598@engr.LaTech.edu> <C0p8o2.4Gt@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <bern.726842178@kleopatra>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:10:33 GMT
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