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Article #19477Re: PS/Valuepoint BIOS (2nd harddrive?)
From: Luc Bauwens
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 00:56
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 00:56
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In article <sheldon.726118497@vincent1.iastate.edu> sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon) writes: >I just bought a IBM PS/Valuepoint 433DX, and really like it a lot. > > I was reading thru the documentation, and was kind of curious about >something. I'm thinking about adding another harddrive to this computer. >Probably another 200 Meg Maxtor similar to what's in there. > > The documentation shows how to install the drive, but what I was curious >about and what differs from what I'm used to is the BIOS settings. > > The PS/Valuepoint BIOS doesn't have any settings for harddrives. > > So I'm just curious, if the IDE standard allows for some sort of auto >sensing of drive parameters, kind of like SCSI does? Sorry I can't help you on that. I got another qurstion on the Value Point, however. What kind of a SVGA board do they use? Luc B
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!bauwens From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens) Subject: Re: PS/Valuepoint BIOS (2nd harddrive?) Sender: news@acs.ucalgary.ca (USENET News System) Message-ID: <93Jan09.005629.25091@acs.ucalgary.ca> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 93 00:56:29 GMT References: <sheldon.726118497@vincent1.iastate.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta Lines: 21