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Article #438Re: Zenith 286 CMOS
From: Robert L Springgay
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 18:23
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 18:23
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In article <BvCv75.9vv@cda.mrs.umn.edu> derungjj@cda.mrs.umn.edu (John DeRung) writes: > > I have a problem I hope someone else has encountered. We have two Zenith >286s, purchased sometime ago, each has a hard drive and 5 1/4 drive. Sometime >in the past (before my time) a 3 1/2 drive was added to each. Unfornately, the >CMOS only knows about 5 1/4" drive formats. Thus, it treats these drives as >either 360K or 1.2 MG drives. Is there any way to get CMOS to understand 3 1/2" >drive formats? > >Thanks in advance. derungjj@cda.mrs.umn.edu The easist way to correct this problem is to update the system ROM. Alternately, you could use the disk driver program included in the Zenith MS-dos (tm) package.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.udel.edu!udel!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!robs From: robs@ssc-vax.boeing.com (Robert L Springgay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: Zenith 286 CMOS Message-ID: <5596@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.boeing.com> Date: 1 Oct 92 18:23:09 GMT References: <BvCv75.9vv@cda.mrs.umn.edu> Reply-To: robs@ssc-bee.UUCP (Robert L Springgay) Distribution: usa Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics Lines: 14