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Re: Debian

On 22 Feb 00, at 20:07, Al Hudson wrote:

> 
> Problem is, if Richard hadn't flashed the bios recently (i.e., WAS known
> working), sounds like the chip's a duffer. How big are bioses these days?
> I have to say, I'm used to burning the old 8k eproms on Beebs, or for z80
> type machines (thinking of the torch / tube here ;), but it's all similar
> technology. Best bet is probably to get a new BIOS chip - they're not that
> expensive. eproms are about 50p each at most..
> 

Many tend to be 1Mb (that's Megabit not byte).


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