help with a 386/20

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From: Ian
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 00:00

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Hi,

I have an old 386/20 original IBM with win3.1 and need some help.  I need to
access the bios (or what ever it was then) so I can activate a comms port and
get a modem going on it, but have no idea how.  As far as I can tell, the port
is actually connected, it just seems to be disabled through a bios setting. 
Does anyone know how to access the bios in one of these machines, or have an
idea what I should be doing with this machine?

Please respond directly to my email if possible.

Thanks
ian
ian@onlineloop.com

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From: Ian <"ian<no_spam_here>"@onlineloop.com>
Subject: help with a 386/20
Date: 2000/05/30
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