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Article #43003Re: Dumpster diving pays off (sorta)
From: Mark Alexander
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 18:42
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 18:42
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In article <10843@saturn.ucsc.edu> lance@helios.ucsc.edu (Lance Bresee) writes: >In article <6550@cps3xx.UUCP> draper@cpsin1.UUCP (Patrick J Draper) writes: >>In article <19768@nuchat.UUCP> seven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) writes: >>According to <begin underline>The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible<end >>underline> (how do you underline anyway?) the original IBM PC introduced >>in 1981 cannot handle advanced video adaptors (presumeably EGA) or hard >>disks. True, the BIOS in the original PC-I (with the 64K motherboard) doesn't scan for adapter ROMs (such as those on hard disk cards). The PC-II (with the 256K motherboard) did scan for ROMS, so you can install hard disks in them without a BIOS upgrade. The power supply may be too wimpy, though. -- Mark Alexander (amdahl!drivax!alexande)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari!xanth!ames!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdahl!drivax!alexande From: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Dumpster diving pays off (sorta) Message-ID: <GZGFNR7@drivax.UUCP> Date: 24 Feb 90 18:42:40 GMT References: <19768@nuchat.UUCP> <6550@cps3xx.UUCP> <10843@saturn.ucsc.edu> Organization: Bob-ist Temple of Monterey Lines: 14