Phoenix ROM BIOS Ver 1.xx: Difference between revisions

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Phoenix ROM BIOS Ver 1.xx is the first version of PhoenixBIOS developed by Phoenix Technologies (then Phoenix Software Associates) and released in 1984. It is the first fully IBM PC compatible BIOS that was licensed to OEMs for use on their clones of that system, as at that time individual OEM solutions were either not fully compatible or contained copyrighted IBM code, which prohibited their mass licensing for use on other systems and usually resulted in legal action by IBM against them.

This version does not include a built-in CMOS setup utility. Therefore, a floppy disk containing the setup program must be used to configure the system. This setup program would be usually supplied by Phoenix or the OEMs themselves. Alternatively, generic setup programs such as GSETUP (which was written for the original IBM PC) will usually work on this version.

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-[[File:Phoenix ROM BIOS 1.xx POST.png|thumb|The Phoenix ROM BIOS 1.xx POST screen]]
+[[File:Phoenix ROM BIOS 1.xx POST.png|thumb|The POST screen]]
-'''Phoenix ROM BIOS Ver 1.xx''' is the first version of [[PhoenixBIOS]], developed by [[Phoenix Technologies]] (back then called Phoenix Software Associates) and released in 1984. It is the first mass licensed fully IBM PC compatible BIOS, as other BIOSes at the time were either not fully compatible, or contained copyrighted IBM code, prohibiting their mass licensing.
+Phoenix ROM BIOS Ver 1.xx is the first version of [[PhoenixBIOS]] developed by [[Phoenix Technologies]] (then Phoenix Software Associates) and released in 1984. It is the first fully [[wikipedia:IBM_Personal_Computer|IBM PC]] compatible BIOS that was licensed to OEMs for use on their clones of that system, as at that time individual [[wikipedia:Original_equipment_manufacturer|OEM]] solutions were either not fully compatible or contained copyrighted IBM code, which prohibited their mass licensing for use on other systems and usually resulted in legal action by IBM against them.
-This version does not include a built-in CMOS setup utility. For system configuration, a configuration diskette must be used.
+This version does not include a built-in CMOS setup utility. Therefore, a floppy disk containing the setup program must be used to configure the system. This setup program would be usually supplied by Phoenix or the OEMs themselves. Alternatively, generic setup programs such as [https://minuszerodegrees.net/5170/setup/5170_gsetup.htm GSETUP] (which was written for the original IBM PC) will usually work on this version.