17 Oct
2004
17 Oct
'04
2:57 a.m.
I seem to recall that the IBM setup disk would work on other computers
that required a setup disk.
Another useful piece of information would be the ways to access the HD
format routines on PCs. Somewhere I have a list that came from
ComputerLand that gives the debug entry addresses for a number of
controller cards. IIRC, the Xebex card required a sequence of debug
instructions to start the format routines.
It would be nice if they could post the unique setup programs there too.
Joe
It might be interesting to have a list of ways that
the BIOS gets
accessed during startup. These are the ways that I know about; are there
others I've missed? I don't recall which keys work with what BIOS and
that might also be interesting information to have.
* Setup disk (IBM AT)
* Del key
* Cntl-Alt-Insert
* Cntl-Alt-S
* F1 key
* F2 key
* F10 key (Compaq)
It would be great if there was a database of all computer models that gave
this information, as well as other useful tidbits. It could be a Wiki
thing, or certainly an open, public thing that people could contribute
to.