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Intel and other Chip Manufacturers
For information on processors generally, see the ChipList,
which contains info. on hundreds of processors (Intel, AMD, Cyrix, etc.)
including power consumption, number of pins, and other features. Also see
the Processor Clock Multiplier
Table, which includes clock speeds and correct multiplier settings
for AMD/Intel/Cyrix processors.
For more try Yahoo.
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Other Motherboards
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ABIT Computer Corp. and ABIT
Newsgroup
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Advanced Integration Research, Inc
(AIR)
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AOpen Inc.
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Arvida Technology Ltd
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American Megatrends,
Inc. (AMI) Motherboards - yes they make motherboards as well as (or
at least in addition to) BIOS
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ASUSTeK Computer Inc., ASUSTeK
Computer Inc. (alternate site), ASUS
US site, ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Gopher, ASUSTeK Computer
Inc. ftp site and Asus
Newsgroup
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Chaintech
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Diamond Flower Electric Instrument
Co.
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Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) (Taiwan)
or Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) (USA),
and Elite
Newsgroup
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EPoX International, Inc.
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Giga-Byte Technology Giga-byte
Newsgroup
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M-Technology, Inc. and M-Tech
Newsgroup
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Micronics is now part of Diamond
Multimedia
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Micro-Star International Co., Ltd
(Taiwan) and Micro-Star (US)
(MSI)
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Ocean Office Automation Ltd. (Octek)
and Ocean Information Systems,
Inc. (US), also have an Octek
Newsgroup
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QDI Europe and QDI
America, part of Hong Kong's Legend Holdings, make motherboards for
Pentium, Pentium Pro and Pentium II processors. BIOS updates and manuals
are available on the web sites. There is also a QDI
Newsgroup
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Shuttle Computer International Inc
with a UK mirror site at Shuttle
Computer International Inc.
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Soyo Motherboards
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Supermicro Computer Inc. and Supermicro
Newsgroup
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TMC
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Tyan, manufacturers of the Tyan Titan
series and Tyan Newsgroup
Scott Wainer's Motherboard
Information page also includes links to manuals for various motherboards.
There's also a good page on Motherboard
Specifications (now part of the COMPUFACTS:
Hardware Manufacturer's Product Support site) and I
also liked the selection of information and links on Michael
Verstichelen's
Computer
Motherboard Information page.
For more try Yahoo.
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BIOS Manufacturers
For general information, see the Bios
Survival Guide (older version also available for download).
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American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI)
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American
Megatrends, Inc. (AMI ftp site)
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AMI Bios Upgrades
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Access Undocumented
AMI Bios Settings -- AMI Setup v2.99
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ASUS Motherboard
Bios Upgrades, also available from the ASUS
US site
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Award Software International Inc.
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Manuals for Award Bios
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Award Bios Upgrades
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Giga-byte Flash BIOS updates
also available here
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Intel BIOS files for standard
Intel motherboards, also available from the Europe
mirror
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MR BIOS (Microid Research) Home Page
MR BIOS has shareware BIOS products available for many motherboards
including the Intel Zappa, Endeavor, ATX and other motherboards and various
ASUS, Edom, Elite, Gigagbyte, Micronics, SuperMicro, TMC and Tyan motherboards.
If you have any MR BIOS questions, please direct them to mrbios@mrbios.com
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Ocean Motherboard Bios
Upgrades
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Phoenix Technologies
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Phoenix ftp site
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Information on Phoenix Bios
from Micro Firmware "the developer
and distributor of Phoenix ROM BIOS Upgrade products since 1987"
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Tyan BIOS updates and drivers
For more try Yahoo.
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Computer Manufacturers
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Hard Drive and other storage manufacturers
For more information, checkout the Online
Drive Definition Database, Ontrack
Data's Technical Support Centre
,
or PC-Disk
,
each of which have jumper and other information for a large range of disk
drives,
or for other contacts try Yahoo.
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Sound and Video Card Manufacturers
For more try Yahoo,
which has separate sections for
DSP
Cards,
Graphics
Cards and
Sound
Cards.
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Monitors
For more try Yahoo
(for contacts) or The World
Wide Web Monitor Database for information about particular monitors.
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Modems and Networking Products
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3Com
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ADTRAN, Inc.
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Apex Data, (a division of SMART
Modular Technologies, Inc.)
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Cardinal Technologies, Inc.
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Cisco System, Inc.
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Communicate Ltd. (PCMIA Cards),
recently merged with Motorola
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Digicom Systems Inc. (a subsidiary
of Creative Technology Ltd)
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Dynalink (U.K.) Ltd
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Electronic Frontier
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Farallon Communications, Inc.
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Global Village (TelePort)
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Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.
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IBM Networking, including IBM
Cable Online System
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MaxTech, Inc
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Microcom, Inc.
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Messaging, Information and
Media Sector of Motorola, Inc.
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Multi-Tech Systems, Inc.
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Psion Dacom Plc
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Practical Peripherals
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Racal-Datacom, Inc.
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US Robotics in the US has an Online
Support section and there is also US
Robotics via Primenet (unoffical?)
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US Robotics official ftp site
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International support by Email at support@usr.com
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UK support by Email at uksupport@usr.com.
US Robotics now has a UK site - US
Robotics (UK) - which has details of their products available in the
UK, not the same as the US range
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Xircom, Inc.
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Zoom Telephonics Inc.
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ZyXEL Communications, Inc.
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And, if you're travelling and can't connect into the local network, TeleAdapt,
maker of international modem connectors, has a site where you can buy them
from.
For more try Yahoo
- modems or
Yahoo
- Networking.
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Keyboards, Mice and Scanners
For more try Yahoo
- Input Devices or
Yahoo
- Scanners.
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Printers
For more try
Yahoo.
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Memory
For more try Yahoo.
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Cases
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Other hardware Manufacturers
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