Phoenix ROM BIOS Ver 1.xx

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The Phoenix ROM BIOS 1.xx 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.

This version does not include a built-in CMOS setup utility. For system configuration, a configuration diskette must be used.