XVME-682 Manual
October, 1989
Chapter 5
XYCOM INDUSTRIAL COMPUTER BIOS
5.1 INTRODUCTION
The XVME-682 uses a complete Industrialized BIOS computer package which consists of three
products from Phoenix Technologies. These products are the:
• Phoenix 80286 ROM BIOS PLUS
• Phoenix EGA BIOS
• Phoenix Utilities for 80286 ROM BIOS PLUS
5.2 CPU ROM BIOS PLUS
Two EPROMS on the XVME-682 contain the ROM BIOS PLUS firmware which controls many
of the basic functions of the XVME-682 including disk I/O, serial and parallel ports, keyboard
control, and power-up diagnostics. The ROM BIOS PLUS also contains a resident SETUP
facility which is used for placing default system parameters in CMOS RAM.
The AT-compatible ROM BIOS PLUS supports all devices that IBM's BIOS supports as well as
the following devices:
• 101/102-key keyboard
• 8 4 -key keyboard
• System without keyboard
• 3 . 5 inch diskette drives (720 Kb and 1.44 Mb)
• 4 7 hard disk types
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