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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com
Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS
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>Speaking of the three-stage boot stuff, I'd like to hear from some/anyone
>that has a set of screen, serial and disk libraries that interact directly 
>with the BIOS in the state that it's in when the bootsector is loaded.

What's wrong with the routines in the boot loaders except they are not a
library (there is already too much duplication)?

Bruce