I am currently doing some work on a 32-bit BIOS, that is _not_ IBM-PC compatible. It will work together with Linux and other free, open source=20 OSes. Although, since Windows is 16-bit, this BIOS will not be able to support it. Ofcourse this can be a big drawback for the usability of this BIOS, but I still think it is the way it should be done, since if=20 you want a 16-bit (old and crappy) IBM-PC compatible BIOS, you just keep the one that is in your computer right now.
So because of this I believe that your project won't benefit from my work= =20 since you will need an IBM-PC compatible BIOS, right?
Actually, for booting a 32-bit OS, your BIOS may work. I have no problem having an optional 32bit only BIOS.
We definitely a 16-bit one though for MS stuff though.
Actually, please join the developers list for freemware, and post something there about it. 16-bit stuff complicates our development, since we first have to virtualize 16bit stuff, then move to 32-bit. If we had a 32bit BIOS, perhaps we could start right out with the good stuff! Then work backwards. Just a thought.
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