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== POST screen == | == POST screen == | ||
The POST screen of the PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x is displayed in 640x480 resolution (with a few | [[File:PhoenixBIOS-4.0-Rel-6.x.gif|thumb|The POST screen]] | ||
The POST screen of the PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x is displayed in 640x480 (VGA) resolution (with a few pixel lines at the bottom unused) with an 8x19 font. It is also the first commercially sold BIOS solution with this font (excluding late instances of Intel's Hi-Flex BIOS code fork for their motherboards that also used it). Along with their Hi-Flex font, the same font was also used on Intel's AMIBIOS 6 fork. [[American Megatrends|AMI]] also started using this same font in 1999 with the [[AMIBIOS 07.00.xx]] (and later the [[AMIBIOS 8]]). | |||
Although most retail versions of the BIOS are displayed in this mode, the [[PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x#Siemens fork|Siemens/Fujitsu-Siemens "PhoenixBIOS 4.06" code fork]] instead uses the older 720x400 display mode with 8x16 font. As the fork is likely based on a pre-release version of 4.0 Release 6.0, this suggests the 640x480 display mode may have been introduced during a later stage of 4.0 Release 6.0's development. | |||
== Setup utility == | |||
[[File:PhoenixBIOS-4.0-Rel-6.x-Setup.gif|thumb|The setup utility]] | |||
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x uses the new setup utility introduced with some later releases of [[PhoenixBIOS 4.0x]], although with some new features and slight changes such as the ability to view available values and also change the current value for the highlighted option by pressing enter. This was actually inspired by Intel's AMI Hi-Flex fork, which first introduced this feature with its later setup utility. | |||
Same as the POST screen, the setup utility is also displayed in 640x480 resolution with an 8x19 font. | |||
Latest revision as of 19:36, 6 February 2024
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x is a family of PhoenixBIOS versions developed by Phoenix Technologies from 1997 until 2002 when it was replaced by the FirstBIOS. Although it was replaced in 2002, instances of it with copyright years as late as 2006 exist. VMware's virtual machine solutions (such as Workstation Pro and Player) still use the PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 for BIOS-based virtual machines today.
POST screen
The POST screen of the PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x is displayed in 640x480 (VGA) resolution (with a few pixel lines at the bottom unused) with an 8x19 font. It is also the first commercially sold BIOS solution with this font (excluding late instances of Intel's Hi-Flex BIOS code fork for their motherboards that also used it). Along with their Hi-Flex font, the same font was also used on Intel's AMIBIOS 6 fork. AMI also started using this same font in 1999 with the AMIBIOS 07.00.xx (and later the AMIBIOS 8).
Although most retail versions of the BIOS are displayed in this mode, the Siemens/Fujitsu-Siemens "PhoenixBIOS 4.06" code fork instead uses the older 720x400 display mode with 8x16 font. As the fork is likely based on a pre-release version of 4.0 Release 6.0, this suggests the 640x480 display mode may have been introduced during a later stage of 4.0 Release 6.0's development.
Setup utility
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.x uses the new setup utility introduced with some later releases of PhoenixBIOS 4.0x, although with some new features and slight changes such as the ability to view available values and also change the current value for the highlighted option by pressing enter. This was actually inspired by Intel's AMI Hi-Flex fork, which first introduced this feature with its later setup utility.
Same as the POST screen, the setup utility is also displayed in 640x480 resolution with an 8x19 font.