From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 10:39:09 PM UTC+10, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > > Are you saying you intend to enable the A20   
   > > line via the BIOS Int 15h, AX=2401h call, so   
   > > as to make PDOS hardware independent? ...   
      
   > Yep, exactly.   
      
   BTW, does an OS being hardware-independent actually   
   open up any possibility?   
      
   It just "seems nice" to me that there isn't a skerrick of   
   hardware that is required other than the 80386 and   
   some memory.   
      
   But is there some hardware (or non-hardware?) where   
   such an OS design would be useful?   
      
   I know other people who state that the hardware is   
   more reliable than the BIOS, but what do you actually   
   find if you go the BIOS-only route? (Or use UEFI   
   exclusively). Is there some niche market opened up?   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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