Bios Data Areas - IBM PC CONVERTIBLE Technical Reference

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BIOS Data Areas
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ROM BIOS DATA AREAS
DATA
SEGMENT AT 40H
RS23LBASE
DW
4 DUP(?)
ADDR RS232 ADA (COM1-COM4)
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PRINTEILBASE
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4 DUP(?)
AD DR PRINTERS (LPTl-LPT3)
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EQUIPMENT
WORD
OW
; INSTALLED HARDWARE
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15-14
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13
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12
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11-9
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7 -6
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5-4
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3-1
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IPL DSKT INSTALLED
-- UNUSED
INITIAL
VIDEO
MODE
NUMBER OF DISKETTE DRIVES
UNUSED
NUMBER OF COM DEVICES
-- JOYSTICK ATTACHED
INTERNAL MODEM INSTALLED
NUMBER OF PRINTERS ATTACHED
POST
STATUS
FLAG
POSLSTATUS
DB
POST ERROR FLAGS AND STATUS
(DURING POST)
FATAL_ERROR
EQU
80H
POST DETCD FATAL SYS ERROR
NON-FATAL_ERR
EQU
40H
POST HAS DETECTED AN ERROR
(NON_FATAL)
BAD_RTCMEM
EQU
20H
RTC MEMORY BAD - DO NOT USE
FEATURE_ERROR
EQU
10H
FEAT
DEV
FAILED (ROM_SCAN)
MFG~ODE
EQU
02H
MANUFACTURING MODE ACTIVE
POSLACTlVE
EQU
01H
POST IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE
M E M 0 R Y S I Z
( 1 K B Y T E S )
MEMORLSIZE
DW
; MEMORY SIZE IN K BYTES
BATTERY CONTROL FLAGS
BALSTATUS
DB
BATTERY SUPPORT STATUS
LOW_BALSIG
EQU
80H
LOW BATTERY SIGNALLED FLAG
LOW_BALHOLO
EQU
40H
LOW BATTERY KEY HOLD STATE
LOW_BALPEND
EQU
20H
LOW BAT PENDING SECOND SENSE
ROM BIOS 2-17

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