Subj : Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Mar 02 2023 09:40:57

  Re: Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Mar 02 2023 05:59 am

 Ni>> When did PCs not have BIOS setup screens?  My first PC was a 286
 Ni>> (hand-me-down), and I'm pretty sure it had a BIOS setup screen. I

 PF> Jumpers.

 PF> My XT had jumpers on the motherboard to control what drievs were present
 PF> in the system. Jumpers on the IO card controlled the port config.

Ah, makes sense.
My first couple PCs had I/O cards with jumpers to configure the IRQs & such of the ports (as well as the earlier Sound Blaster cards with jumpers to configure them).

Nightfox
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