On 1999-08-02 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> How do you do that? I have a computer that has no "setup", but I
>downloaded
>> a setup program that runs from DOS from the companies FTP site.
>Well, the first thing I try is to call the ROM BASIC (INT 18h) - on
>non-IBM machines it doesn't exist and causes Something To Happen.
>My AMI machines all go into a beeping loop and print 'NO ROM BASIC
>SYSTEM HALTED', while the Phoneix 286 would go 'boot error - Press
>F2 for setup, F1 to continue' - apparently it used that interrupt
>as a generic boot failure, as that's what IBMs did.
>It should be possible to look at the ROM BIOS code itself and see
>if it has a setup program itself.
>Regards, Web: http://www.geocities.
>com/SiliconValley/Horizon/8786 Ben A L Jemmett ICQ: 9848866
How do I call INT 18h? It has been a very long time since I have done
anything with Debug.
Chad A. Fernandez
Battle Creek, MI
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