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Who are the makers of most of the BIOS's?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:16 pm
by Dituni
Just wondering.
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:50 pm
by Denniss
Phoenix with Award Software
AMI - American Megatrends Inc
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2004 10:06 pm
by Amiboot
The most common brands are: AMI, Award and Phoenix.
Award Modular BIOS,
v4.50PG - Award Software Int'l.,
v4.51PG - Award Software Int'l.,
v4.60PGMA - Award Software Int'l.,
v6.00PG/PGM - Award Software Int'l., - newer versions: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Award Medallion BIOS,
v6.0 - Award Software Int'l., - however, it seems that the core was originally developed by both Award and Phoenix.
Phoenix BIOS,
all versions: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
AMIBIOS,
all versions: American Megatrends, Inc.
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In the early 90's AMI was most used, but after a few WinBIOS releases that didn't turn out very well, Award became the dominating brand.
