Introduction

The SBC-596/599 system BIOS and custom drivers are located in a 128 Kbyte, 32-pin (JEDEC spec.) Flash ROM device. A single Flash chip holds the system BIOS, VGA BIOS, and network Boot ROM image. The display can be configured via software. This method minimizes the number of chips and eases configuration. You can change the display BIOS simply by reprogramming the Flash chip.

Utility with IDE Bus Master Driver

The SBC-596/599 is supplied with a software utility with IDE Bus Master driver which provides better system performance. The IDE Bus Master driver supports OS/2, Windows 95 and Windows NT O.S.

Utility with VGA BIOS (SBC-599 only)

The SBC-599 is supplied with a software utility with VGA BIOS. This CD-ROM contains the necessary files for setting up the CD- ROM VGA display. Directories and files on the CD-ROM are as followed:

VGA BIOS: README.DOC

AWDFLASH.EXE

599_CRT.BIN

599_TFT.BIN

599_STN.BIN

599_MON.BIN

599_EL.BIN

CBROM.EXE

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