a8n32 bios load problem

I wonder if anyone has had problems installing the newest (May
16) bios update for the a8n32? The bios file (a8n321205.rom) cannot
be loaded by afudos for some reason. I re-downloaded the file but got
the same results. Admittedly, the floppys I'm useing might be almost
as old as some of the folks reading this, but I don't think that's the
prob. Ken

In article , Ken Palmateer
wrote:

I wonder if anyone has had problems installing the newest (May
16) bios update for the a8n32? The bios file (a8n321205.rom) cannot
be loaded by afudos for some reason. I re-downloaded the file but got
the same results. Admittedly, the floppys I'm useing might be almost
as old as some of the folks reading this, but I don't think that's the
prob. Ken

I tried loading the 1205 ROM into mmtool, and it loads OK. That implies
the structure is acceptable. The length of the uncompressed file is
exactly 1MB, so that is OK. I compared it to a couple other A8N32 files
and it has the same kind of ident info inside the file (as checked by
looking for "AMI" with a hex editor).

If there is anything wrong with the file, it is the file name. The
file name should be shortened to be 8.3 compliant. Other than that,
the file passes the "smell test".

Paul

On Wed, 17 May 2006 22:25:30 GMT, (Paul) wrote:

In article , Ken Palmateer
wrote:

I wonder if anyone has had problems installing the newest (May
16) bios update for the a8n32? The bios file (a8n321205.rom) cannot
be loaded by afudos for some reason. I re-downloaded the file but got
the same results. Admittedly, the floppys I'm useing might be almost
as old as some of the folks reading this, but I don't think that's the
prob. Ken

I tried loading the 1205 ROM into mmtool, and it loads OK. That implies
the structure is acceptable. The length of the uncompressed file is
exactly 1MB, so that is OK. I compared it to a couple other A8N32 files
and it has the same kind of ident info inside the file (as checked by
looking for "AMI" with a hex editor).

If there is anything wrong with the file, it is the file name. The
file name should be shortened to be 8.3 compliant. Other than that,
the file passes the "smell test".

Paul

Paul:
As soon as I read your post it dawned on me that the
8.3 compliance was the problem. Dos hangs on and still haunts us.
Thanks for the brain jog. ken