[TriLUG] upgrade BIOS on old PCs?

Jim Ray jim at neuse.net
Thu Dec 4 14:36:49 EST 2003


i use my old 486 as a door stop and didn't need any bios upgrade.

sad to say, new hardware or even used hardware is so cheap these days that
spending an ounce of energy looking for a bios upgrade for a 486 may be
futile.

good luck just the same, though.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
> Behalf Of Douglas Kojetin
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:26 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: [TriLUG] upgrade BIOS on old PCs?
>
>
> Hi All-
>
> Anyone know if there is some sort of repository or BIOS project for
> old, old computers?  I've got an elderly Packard Bell 486 that could
> use some help ... :)
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
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