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Keyboard and Boot

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From: Daniel Schwager
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 22:46
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Hallo,
can somebody tell me, whow to 
	-boot a XT computer from EPROM (without
	 connecting a HD or FD) ?
	-tell the computer about a keyboard, which is not connect:
	 The XT ask the keybord while booting and cause an error, if
	 it is not connected. But my computer have not a keyboard, but
	 in spice of that the machine must boot. Can I simulate (Hardware)
	 it or should i change the BIOS (where)
	
Please help me ...
						Greets Nozzle

P.S. Sorry about my english ....
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From: nozzle@nadia.UUCP (Daniel Schwager)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Keyboard and Boot
Message-ID: <686@nadia.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 89 22:46:05 GMT
Reply-To: nozzle@nadia.UUCP (Daniel Schwager)
Organization: Stuttgart Net System, FRG
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