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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: I/O port 0 == autoconfig? - RESULTS
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 17:15:37 -0700 (MST)
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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)?

They cannot be accessed by the kernel (the VM86 problem).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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