XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Sat, 23 Oct 2021 10:50:54 -0700 (PDT)   
   "muta...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
      
   > On Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 2:17:56 AM UTC+11, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   >   
   > > >Let's assume we have a real CDROM and a real hard disk   
   > > >and a real BIOS, but I'm writing the real BIOS and I'm making   
   > > >up my own specs for the BIOS, which OS vendors will need   
   > > >to comply to.   
   >   
   > > No chance that any OS vendor would be at all interested.   
   >   
   > I am an OS vendor myself, and I am interested.   
   >   
   > > >Hard disks and CDROMs will be less than 2 GiB in size.   
   >   
   > > That's not particularly useful. And hasn't been for two   
   > > decades.   
   >   
   > 2 GiB is enough to contain all the source for an OS, a   
   > compiler for the OS, the rest of the toolchain, and BBS   
   > software, which is everything I actually want.   
   >   
   WIWAL 2M was plenty (*not* xposted to alt.fan^wfolklore.computers)!   
   Oh alright then.   
      
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