Hello, Roy and Jean.

-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to JEAN PARROT <=-

 RJT> There is software out there that takes the string that the BIOS puts up
 RJT> on the screen at powerup and gives you info from there.  Jim passed it
 RJT> along to me, maybe he can come up with particulars about where it came
 RJT> from...

OK.  CTBIOS.EXE - easy to find with a Google search.

Of course, running the program requires that machine at least be able to
boot to a FDD.  If it gets video but won't boot,  one can copy down the
BIOS string which appears onscreen during POST, and go to a place like
www.wimsbios.com and look up the code for the manufacturer.

- - -  JimH.

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