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Date:	Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:00:05 PDT7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: BIOS settings

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Print Screen is a BIOS function, so it should work on most
machines with a printer attached to the parallel port.
There are so many BIOS settings theses days, that it becomes
impossible to remember them all. Harry's suggestion becomes
an imperative, if you wish to avoid reconfiguration heartburn.

Alas, parallel port printers are being pushed aside by USB
models. And WIN printers were NEVER a good idea.

I've completely switched over to network printing, and I
really like it. But I have to (temporarily) reattach the
printer to the parallel port to get a PrintScreen to work
from the BIOS setup pages. And re-enable the parallel port
in the BIOS! Today, I no longer need the serial or parallel
ports for everyday use. Sign of the times....

In 1987 PC magazine had CMOSGET and CMOSPUT, simple, short DOS
programs that redirected the _raw_ contents of CMOS to STDOUT.
They might still be useful, and I've got copies for anyone
who asks off list.

save: CMOSGET >a:\mycmos.dat
restore: CMOSPUT

I've not tried them recently. Needs a DOS boot floppy.

--Steve

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On 6/4/03, J. R. Fox wrote, in part:
>Harry wrote:
>> The MOST IMPORTANT think that I think you should do is
>> write down or copy/print your BIOS settings. I do this
>> everytime I install new hardware and its really saved me.
>> I've been able to go back to a previous configuration
>> without a problem (on several occasions the new hardware
>> just did not work out to my satisfaction).
>
>Yes, I always do that too. An important reference to have.
>
>> Fortunately for me I can print my BIOS settings, using Print Screen.
>> You may (or, may not) be able to use Print Screen on your
>> system for this. If you cannot, I would take the time to
>> write them all down.
>
>That doesn't work here, so I have to do it by hand.
>A bit of a drag, and my handwriting isn't very good.
>It would be nice if there was some utility that could
>capture and record this info for later printing out.
> ...

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