Hi Eddy,
On 12-Nov-99, Eddy Thilleman wrote to Linda Proulx:
JT>>> I doubt it will make a great deal of difference since OS/2 only
JT>>> uses the BIOS for the initial system startup. It switches to
JT>>> protected mode within a few seconds and the BIOS drops out of
JT>>> the picture completely at that point.
LP>> Yes it does. The DOS unit is AMI 1989 & according to Warp
LP>> unleashed the minimum date is somewhere in 1990.
ET> Neither can I find such a statement in the "User's Guide to OS/2
ET> Warp 3" or in the "OS/2 Warp 4, Up and Running" book
Page 300 in my edition, Warp 3 red, it's in chapter 20 "Special
Hardware Considerations".
George
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