From: noemail@basdxcqvbe.com   
      
   On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 10:05:31 -0800 (PST)   
   "muta...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
      
   > Another principle.   
   >   
   > The BIOS layer, possibly in the C library, will by   
   > default take responsibility for echoing characters   
   > from the keyboard and displaying them on the   
   > terminal. This is until the OS sets setvbuf   
   > no-buffering to indicate it is taking over responsibility.   
   >   
   > Although at this point in time I can't think of any   
   > reason why the OS would take over responsibility.   
   > I can only see why an application would take that   
   > over, and then that request would dutifully be passed   
   > back up to the BIOS.   
   >   
      
   Well, it depends on your OS design.   
      
   Your OS recreates DOS and DOS uses the BIOS.   
      
   My OS doesn't use the BIOS.  My OS programs   
   the hardware directly.  There is no layer below   
   that of the OS proper.   
      
      
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