T1600 BIOS, changing IDE parameters

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From: Mike
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 00:00

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Hi all,

The T1600 laptop uses IDE drives and it appears the drive parameters are
set (and therefore relatively fixed) in the BIOS EPROM.

Does anybody know what signature in the EPROM I can search for (or entry
address to change the IDE parameters to go from the 20Mb drive to a larger
drive - up to say 500Mb). The unit runs Dos6.20 reliably and I would love
to upgrade the disk capacity.

Rgds

Mike   erazmus@wantree.com.au
Perth, Western Australia

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From: erazmus@wantree.com.au (Mike)
Subject: T1600 BIOS, changing IDE parameters
Date: 1997/07/28
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