> > 
> > Is there a way of triggering it to do PIO?  Or what are any
> > recommendations...
> 
> Try a 1.4.2 boot floppy ? I fixed a bug in the downgrade code some 
> time ago but I can't remember if this was before or after 1.4.1

That was in fact the solution.  All is well with 1.4.2.  I was
rather glad to get it running this machine is a dual PII and 1
GB of ram.

Thanks!



Andy


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