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Article #8577Re: HD in blue PC?
From: Markus Strand
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 16:46
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 16:46
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In article <10166@hub.ucsb.edu> 6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (King of Sunset Town) writes:
>In article <+L{=52B@rpi.edu> sigma@jec302.its.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) writes:
>
>>6600dadg@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (King of Sunset Town) writes:
>>>>>In comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc, battle@umbc4.umbc.edu (Rick) writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> I hava an original blue PC with 2 360k floppys. I want to
>>>>> remove one floppy and add a HD, ie. ST225. will the bios support
>>>>> such a drive? The date on the bios is 1982.
>
>You may be right. Except my PC *did* have 640K, and *didn't* work
>with the Western Digital controller until I replaced the ROM. Your
>mileage may vary...
It's not the amount of memory but the BIOS date that counts.
If you BIOS is older than October 1982 (I think) you must
uppgrade the BIOS to boot from HD. The controller must have its
own ROM enabled on PCs.
Markus Strand
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi
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From: mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand)
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Subject: Re: HD in blue PC?
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Date: 23 Mar 91 16:46:16 GMT
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