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   James Harris to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: com port   
   12 Dec 23 20:12:29   
   
   From: james.harris.1@gmail.com   
      
   On 29/08/2022 19:44, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 9:57:57 AM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   >>> The big problem with UEFI is that it is 64 bit   
   >>> when my os and compiler are 32 bit as they   
   >>> have been for 3 decades.   
   >> No, there is 32 bit UEFI also.   
   >   
   > I believe it doesn't exist on most new machines.   
   >   
   > So all software that transitioned from   
   > bios to 32 bit UEFI has been obsoleted   
   > as part of a scam.   
      
   Where the processor supports 32-bit as well as 64-bit modes, 64-bit UEFI   
   boot code can, after loading a 32-bit OS, switch to 32-bit mode and   
   start the OS.   
      
   IOW you can still use your 32-bit OS via 64-bit UEFI boot.   
      
      
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   James Harris   
      
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