X V M E - 6 8 2 Manual
October , 1989
Chapter 5
X Y C O M I N D U S T R I A L COMPUTER BIOS
5 . 1 INTRODUCTION
T h e X V M E - 6 8 2 u s e s a c o m p l e t e I n dust r i a l i z ed B I O S c o m p u t e r p a c k a g e w h i c h c o n s i s t s of three
p r o d u c t s f r om P h o e n i x T e c h n o l o g i e s . T h e s e p r o d u c t s are the:
• Phoenix 8 0 2 8 6 R O M B I O S PLUS
• Phoenix E G A BIOS
• Phoenix Uti l i t i e s for 8 0 2 8 6 R O M B I O S PLUS
5 . 2 CPU R O M B I O S PLUS
T w o E P R O M S o n t h e X V M E - 6 8 2 cont a i n t h e R O M B I O S P L U S f i r mware w h i c h control s many
of t h e b a s i c f u nct i o ns of t h e X V M E - 6 8 2 i n cl u di n g di s k I/O, seri a l a n d paral l e l port s , keyboard
cont r ol , a n d p o w e r - u p di a gnost i c s. The R O M B I O S P L U S al s o cont a i n s a resi d ent SETUP
faci l i t y w h i c h i s u s e d for pl a ci n g defaul t s y s t e m p a r a m e t e r s i n C M O S RAM.
T h e A T - c o m p a t i b l e R O M B I O S P L U S s u p p o r t s al l d e v i c e s that I B M ' s B I O S s u p p o r t s a s wel l as
t h e fol l o wi n g devices:
• 101/102- k e y keyboard
• 8 4 - k e y keyboard
• System wi t hout keyboard
• 3 . 5 i n ch di s kette dri v es ( 7 2 0 K b a n d 1 . 4 4 Mb)
• 4 7 hard di s k types
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