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BIOS setup for old Sharp PC-8900

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 5:20 pm
by SRS
Just messing with an old PC-8900 (486 DX2-50) to see if I can get it to talk to my mobile phone.

Does anyone know how to get into the BIOS setup on this machine?

I have tried all the keys I can think of (F1, F2, Del, Ctrl-Alt-Esc, etc).

Checked with FDISK, and it does have a 1MB Non-DOS partition, so it might need an external program.

If this is the case, does anyone know where I could get it from? I looked on Sharp's main site and if it's over two years old you can forget it. :x

Hope someone can help,

Sean

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 9:39 pm
by SRS
Not to worry, I figured it out. "Ctrl-Alt-S" during the memory test. :D

Unfortunately it only has ASKIR in the setup, not HPSIR so I don't think it will work. :cry:

Unless anyone knows where I can get a BIOS update for a Sharp PC-8900 that may include HPSIR support?? :wink:

Current version is 1.0E

Thanks,

Sean.