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MrBIOS on any chipset more new than Triton II ?

theelf

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Hi,
I’m looking for MrBIOS that works on chipsets newer than Triton II.

I’ve already searched, for example on The Retro Web, and I only see motherboards up to Triton II only

Does anyone know if it exists or has been tested on later motherboards?

Thanks!
 
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There is an archive here. 430TX was the last Intel chipset supported.

Yes thanks, in fact I uploaded some mrbios in past to share in vogons

But im still looking for maybe exist some beta, not officially released etc for some new chipset than triton II

After using mrbios for many years, is so a pain to use a board with stock ami or award bios, but im still looking to update my main retro PC, that use a triton chipset
 
Anything later than 430TX would be a Unicore BIOS.

A former MR BIOS executive contacted me and gave me a very different timeline from what we previously understood. He told me Unicore Software bought MR BIOS in 1995, much earlier than we’d previously believed. Subsequently, in June 1997, Unicore merged with Award Software. Award’s BIOS was very common by 1997. And then, in April 1998, Phoenix Technologies bought Award.

This timeline explains a few things. MR BIOS basically ended with the first generation of Pentiums, and Unicore switched to modified Award BIOSes for the Pentium II onward. The BIOS industry consolidated during the Pentium II era, so by the time the MR BIOS product line was phased out around 2001, it had changed ownership three times. The trio of mergers could also explain any corporate amnesia that seems to have occurred after 2001.
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Anything later than 430TX would be a Unicore BIOS.


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Thanks! i dont know if you tested some unicore bios, i just tested one, but is not like mrbios. Is was just like a "patched" award bios, with some new options, bigger HDD support etc but not a new replacement bios like was mrbios, specially with the options i love, like instant boot

Is amazing when i power on any computer with mrbios and in one second in in DOS...
 
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