i286-Mainboard

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Mar 27 00:53:49 2001

On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> AWARD also uses the DEL during POST as well, at least in about 10 of the boxes I
> have here. Phoenix uses <F1> at any time during POST, though I seldom see that
> one outside of Packard Bell, HP, and other U.S. makers' systems.

Phoenix also used CTRL-ALT-ESC on some of the 286s that they provided
BIOS for.
                                                 - don
 
> The Morse board, IIRC, was not an early one requiring a setup diskette, having
> given it some thought. In fact, the Morse board I have/had was quite small in
> size and was a later '286 version.
>
> The only '286 I still keep up is an old 25 MHz NEAT chipset-based one with a
> Harris processor. I've got some software from a former employer that operates
> the NEAT chipset quite well to enable the upper memory blocks, thereby enabling
> the load of drivers between the adapter ROMs.
> That leaves enough memory after loading a few drivers that one can still do
> something in the reamining contiguous lower memory.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 3:08 PM
> Subject: Re: i286-Mainboard
>
>
> > If the BIOS type can be identified, that will be a great help in knowing to
> > how access the configuration utility; AMI is pressing delete during memory
> > count, award is control+alt+F10, and so forth.
> >
> > In a message dated 3/26/01 3:07:18 PM Central Standard Time, edick_at_idcomm.com
> > writes:
> >
> > << I hope you've tried the obvious, e.g. <F1> or <DEL> during the POST
> > sequence to
> > enter BIOS setup? The earliest PC/AT's used a setup diskette to do the
> > setup of
> > the CMOS-based parameters. That may prove to be a problem.
> >
> > To start out, I'd leave the "turbo" switch alone. However, there's usually a
> > Turbo indicator LED that will tell you when you're in TURBO mode. If
> > there's no
> > TURBO button, there's probably a jumper connection available somewhere, and
> > these connections are normally located in the lower left region of the board
> > (assuming the power and keyboard connections are at the upper right, for
> > reference. When you say "not available" do you mean you don't have one, or
> > that
> > it's not present/supported on the motherboard?
> >
> > I'm curious about one thing ... Why is it that you believe it to be operable
> > at
> > 12 MHz? Is the CPU marked as such? Can you tell anything about the support
> > chip set? I vaguely remember something about a Morse '286 around here
> > someplace. It's possible that there's a manual, but more likely it's a board
> > that was hying about. I may not have it anymore, but you never know ...
> >
> > Dick
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mario Premke" <mapr0003_at_stud.uni-sb.de>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:22 PM
> > Subject: i286-Mainboard
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi, I have a 'Morse Technologies KP 286HF' mainboard with
> > > an AMD-Processor - the board works, but I don't have the slightest
> > > idea about the jumper settings ... I put 4 MB in it, but it only
> > > recognizes 640Kb and I assume, that for clocking it to 12Mhz the
> > > (not available) Turbo-Button should be pressed ?!?
> > > For any hints or links to manuals I would be very glad ...
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mario
> > > >>
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue Mar 27 2001 - 00:53:49 BST