On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Matthias Wächter wrote:
About (2): I don't agree. I think, the BIOS and the BIOS programmers play a large role in the non-evolution of system startup but also of operating system design. It's time for everyone involved, especially the BIOS programmers, especially ones who want to do something "new", to discuss the mistakes from the past, and these mistakes have a lot to do with the processor "changes" and the way the BIOS changed with it... well, it didn't.
I don't think BIOS designers are to blame for the incredibly stupid hardware constructions of the IBM-PC compatible computers. I don't even think you can blame the Intel engineer for that, since they did what they had to do to keep their customers. Mostly it's all IBM's fault! ;)
So really there isn't much to discuss. If you want to make your BIOS IBM-PC compatible, you will end up with the same stuff as always before, but if you are ready to let the compability go you can do something much better.
/ Niklas
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