140 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
140 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
AMI 286 and 386 BIOS
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new release
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release notes
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Ver 03/25/89
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and
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Ver 03/30/89
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New BIOS products from AMI
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* INTEL 386SX BIOS
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Availability: Now
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Options:-
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Standard BIOS
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program +Advanced diagnostics program.
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* G2 386 BIOS
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Availability: Now
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Options:-
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Standard BIOS
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program+Advanced diagnostics program
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program+Extended SETUP program for
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initializing the G2 386 EEPROM registers.
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* C&T NEAT 386SX BIOS
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Availability: Now
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Options:-
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Standard BIOS
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program+Advanced diagnostics program.
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Standard BIOS+CMOS SETUP program+Extended CMOS SETUP program.
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New CMOS SETUP program
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The new CMOS SETUP program in AMI BIOS is available now in all the 286
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and 386 BIOS products from AMI. The release 03/30/89 has the new CMOS
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SETUP program.
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Features:
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* Full screen based SETUP option editing
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* User defined drive types for drive C and drive D.
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This will help the user to defined his own drive type which will be
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stored in the CMOS as drive type 47. You will not have to put
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customized drive types in the BIOS through the AMIGEN program or
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get BIOS chips from AMI for any hard drive types not present in the
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BIOS.
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* Bypassing Keyboard error
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To configure the system for non dedicated file servers, you can set
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the keyboard "Not installed" in the SETUP menu so that BIOS will not
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report any "Keyboard error" and will not wait for "F1" key to be
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pressed during system boot.
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* Bypassing Video error
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To configure the system for non dedicated file servers, you can set
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video "Not installed" in the SETUP menu if you do not have a display
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connected. The BIOS will not report any "Video error" and will not
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wait for any "F1" key to be pressed during system boot.
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* Bypassing floppy error
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To configure the system without floppy controller, you can set both
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the BIOS supported floppy drives (A and B) as "Not installed". In that
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case BIOS will not check for the floppy controller and will not report
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any error.
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Note: New CMOS SETUP program has a totally different format than the
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CMOS SETUP program in the earlier AMI BIOS products. If you do not
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want the new setup program because of any reason, the old format of
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CMOS SETUP program will still be available to you along with the AMI
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BIOS Version # 03/25/89. The old CMOS SETUP program will not have the
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above mentioned features.
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General corrections
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Allowing 0 W/S operation with 1 bank of memory on a NEAT and C&T 386
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board.
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It is possible to run a NEAT or C&T 386 motherboard at 0 W/S with only 1
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bank of memory installed, by using faster memory chips. Previous releases
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of AMI BIOS was forcing the system to 1 W/S if 1 bank of memory is
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found on the board. This release of AMI BIOS will not force the system to
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1 W/S if only 1 bank of memory is found and Extended CMOS indicates 0
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W/S. However if Extended CMOS options are not set, the BIOS will still use
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the default wait state 1.
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Problem with AMIGEN program and AMI BIOS
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AMIGEN program gives user the option to configure a NEAT or C&T 386
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board for clock switching and LED display through keyboard controller.
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However, due to a bug in the corresponding BIOS routine, when this option
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is used the BIOS displays garbage on the screen at reset. This problem is
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fixed in this release of the BIOS. There is no change in AMIGEN program
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for this problem.
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Changes in Advanced diagnostics program
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Following changes have been made in the Advanced diagnostics program
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available as an option in the AMI BIOS.
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Support for 1.44 floppy drives
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The Floppy diagnostics functions in AMI BIOS will now support 1.44 floppy
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drives.
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User defined hard drives
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The user defined drive type of Hard disk diagnostics routines will now
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support user defined drive type for both drive C and drive D.
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