Inside "..\VMware\VMware Workstation\bin-debug\vmware-vmx.exe"(5.386.306 Bytes) [VM Workstation 4.5] the VMWare-Phoenix-BIOS can be found in following area:

0x0048FB98-0x0050FB98

After extracting the mentioned area to a new file this can be opened with Phoenix-BIOS-Editor.

Well, I do not still know the meaning of: "..\VMware\VMware Workstation\bios.44.rom".
Can you help?

Why

-has the BIOS-file(which will be installed together with the other VMware-files) this "stupid" size(525.362 Bytes)????
-can this file not be opened in Phoenix-BIOS-Editor?
-is it in the VMware install package, if it cannot be used?
-what is the sense of this file which has this stupid size and which cannot be used by VMware?

Please answer the questions about the "original" installed bios.440.rom(525.362 Bytes).
Has this "nonworking" bios-file something to do with the colored logo
(http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/images/borgbios/vmware/vmware4_logo0-b.png)?
This logo can be found if you dump the whole vmware-workstation 4.5-process while the emulation is running, but it seems to be that it will never be displayed in VMware Wkst 4.5.
Here is the original uncompressed PGX-file:
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/images/borgbios/vmware/vmware4_logo0-b.pgx

You can watch it with:
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/ ->abr g2

3.)
Well, this works:

extract the 0x80000 Bytes of BIOS-code from the "vmware-vmx.exe",
modify it
and store it to: bios.440.rom.

VMware loads with my custom BIOS...without modifying the VMware-binaries. Thank you very much for the undocumented switch:
bios440.filename = ""

4.)
Now, I am planning to translate the whole BIOS and the whole VMware Wkst. including the help-files into German.

Am I allowed to do this and will it be helpfully for you at all?

The fullscreen logo is a new one(selfmade) and it is based on exactly the same colors from this logo.
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/images/borgbios/vmware/vmware4_logo0-b.png

Here is a static screenshot:
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/images/borgbios/vmware/vmware_biosmod_01a.png

here you can get the translated BIOS:
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/VMware_Wkst_4_5_8848_bios440.rar

Well, now I am really thinking about translating the whole VMware including the docs and manuals into German language.

Will I get (more than normal "public-forum-styled" ) support?

With support I do not mean money.
Please mail me.

This happens if the System-BIOS was not correctly compiled:
http://bnobtc.pix-art.com/images/borgbios/vmware/vmware_biosmod_00a.png

Only the VGA-BIOS posted its message.

@VMware Developer:

Thank you very much for this:
http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html

VMware Workstation is powerful virtual machine software for developers and system administrators who want to revolutionize software development, testing and deployment in their enterprise. Shipping for more than five years and winner of over a dozen major product awards, VMware Workstation enables software developers to develop and test the most complex networked server-class applications running on Microsoft Windows, Linux or NetWare all on a single desktop. Essential features such as virtual networking, live snapshots, drag and drop and shared folders, and PXE support make VMware Workstation the most powerful and indispensable tool for enterprise IT developers and system administrators.

Now VMware can be used for BIOS-development too.

@VMware Developer: thank you very much!!!
In future I hope you will add further such good features which are related to development and which are more than usefully.

PS: Please, do not publish the "Phoenix FirstBIOS Editor download link" which you will get on/at the above mentioned page!!!

2.)
My first step is to translate VMware into German.
After this I intend to build Award, AMI, Open/Linux-BIOS for VMware...If the VMware developers agree with me.