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From: Steffen Sobiech <ssobiech@cityweb.de>
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Subject: Re: Minix on a PS/2 Model 30
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Kees J Bot wrote:
> 
> In article <380A1F11.FBBC3160@cityweb.de>,
> Steffen Sobiech  <ssobiech@cityweb.de> wrote:
> >
> >With hd=bios Minix can succesfully access the hd,
> >BUT as soon as the first access occurs the keyboard stops working.
> >Bad luck (and bug in Minix?)...
> 
> Bug, missing feature, who knows.  It looks like your PS/2 doesn't like
> it if Minix changes the A20 line through the keyboard controller, as is
> normally done on any other PC.  To avoid that use 'processor=86'.  Minix
> will now think it is a lowly 8086, but at least it will work.
Well, does that mean 640K memory only?
As I said, bad luck ...
