From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 11:35:45 PM UTC+10, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > BTW, does an OS being hardware-independent actually   
   > open up any possibility?   
      
   It occurred to me - with no manipulation of the hardware,   
   it means that no hardware virtualizer is required.   
      
   You only need the OS to allow you to install interrupt   
   handlers.   
      
   Although that won't help under Windows, because although   
   it will allow you to install interrupt handlers, it won't let you   
   switch to/from protected mode.   
      
   So the layer needs to exist. And once you have the layer   
   (that PDOS-generic would use), you can bypass the need   
   for interrupts too.   
      
   So not manipulating I/O ports probably doesn't buy you   
   anything.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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