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   hardware abstraction   
   12 Dec 21 01:35:09   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   Scott pointed out that the IBM PC is the exception for   
   using a BIOS.   
      
   But the existence of the BIOS allows me to boot from a   
   USB stick as a hard disk. That is fantastic.   
      
   There is a hardware device that converts RS232 into   
   Wifi.   
      
   But surely the proper solution is to put not just this but   
   also the printer into the BIOS and abstract the hardware?   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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