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Re: ROM BIOS Release Dates

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From: Peach
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 1990 21:04
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Mueller, S. (1988) Upgrading and repairing PCs. Que Corporation: 
     Carmel, IN, p. 270.

ID     Submodel
Byte   Byte      System                   Date     Revision
FF	00	PC			4/24/81		-
FF	00	PC			10/19/81	-
FF 	00	PC			10/27/82	-
FE	00	PC XT			11/8/82	 	-
FD	00	PCjr			6/1/83		-
FC	00	PC AT			1/10/84		- 
FC	00	PC AT			6/10/85		Rev. 1 
FC	01	PC AT 			11/15/85	Rev. 0 
FC	02	PC XT 286		4/21/86		Rev. 0 
FC	04	PS/2 Model 50		2/13/87		Rev. 0 
FC	04	PS/2 Model 50Z		4/18/88		Rev. 3 
FC	05	PS/2 Model 60		2/13/87		Rev. 0 
FB	00	PC XT			1/10/86		Rev. 1 
FB	00	PC XT			5/9/86		Rev. 2 
FA	00	PS/2 Model 30		9/2/86		Rev. 0 
FA	00	PS/2 Model 30		12/12/86	Rev. 1 
F9	00	PC-Convertible		9/13/85		Rev. 1 
F8	00	PS/2 Model 80/16	3/30/87		Rev. 0 
F8	01	PS/2 Model 80/20	10/7/87		Rev. 0 

Mueller also lists the following BASIC program for determining the 
BIOS date: 
	10 DEF SEG=&HF000 
	20 FOR X=&HFFF5 TO &HFFFF 
	30 PRINT CHR$(PEEK(X)); 
	40 NEXT
	50 END

I am not responsible for typo's, etc.!

Harold Peach
Internet:  hgpeach@ca.uky.edu
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Subject: Re: ROM BIOS Release Dates
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