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From: frodo@wcom.UUCP (Jim Scardelis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Information Wanted on PC-1
Keywords: Wanted,PC,PC-1,HELP!!!
Message-ID: <262@wcom.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 88 14:03:30 GMT
References: <59@iisat.UUCP> <745@taux01.UUCP> <11057@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: frodo@wcom.UUCP (Jim Scardelis)
Organization: Warner Computer Systems, Inc., Little Ferry, NJ
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In article <11057@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ohst-ag@garnet.berkeley.edu writes:

>One important exception: some of the OLD PC-1s with the 64K motherboard also
>have a very old BIOS that will allow DOS to address only 544K of RAM.  I
>happen to own one of these little gems and have never bothered to replace
>the BIOS to get up to 640.

And now, you may never be able to, since IBM discontinued the ROM BIOS
upgrades almost a year ago. Of course, I suppose you could upgrade it with
a clone BIOS, but somehow, I think the compatibility loss from doing that
would be worse than just surviving without the extra memory...
-- 
					Jim Scardelis, SA
					{argus,mtune}!smforest!wcom!frodo

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