Hi Peter,

On 06-Nov-99, Peter Knapper wrote to Linda Proulx:

 GW>> ???? What do you mean "The BIOS is too old"? When is it dated?

 LP>> When OS/2 came out it gave the minimum bios date & mine was 6
 LP>> months too old.  And I don't think Warp would change that.

 PK> I have never seen any statement that suggests "Your BIOS must be
 PK> dated after xxx to load/run OS/2", so I will repeat the above
 PK> question - What date is your BIOS

I've just dug out the Warp Connect V3 (Red) Users Guide. Starting on
page 300 there is a section on AMI BIOS. Page 301, General Rules:

"If an IDE-type hard drive is installed, the date mmddyy should be
040990 or later for use with any operating system, including DOS.
Special timing requirements of IDE drives were accomodated on the date
noted.

If you use any other drive type, such as MFM, RLL, EDSI, or SCSI, the
OS/2 operating system might install and operate correctly if mmddyy is
092588 or later, provided that the Keyboard Comtroller revision level
is suitable for the OS/2 version being used."...

The next paragraph states that Keyboard Controller revision level F is
"expected" to provide correct operation for OS/2 Warp, and gives older
revisions for OS/2 1.x versions.


 PK> OS/2 1.x used to load on 286 machines manufactured in 1988, and I
 PK> have loaded Warp 3 on machines with a BIOS dated 1990, and I am
 PK> not aware of any specific BIOS date restrictions in this respect.
 PK> There were (and still are) some documented issues relating to
 PK> known problems on some vendors equipment, but these were NOT
 PK> general date related installation issues............pk

As noted in the quotes above, AMI BIOSs do have specific BIOS release
date related issues.

George

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