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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.                     --       James Harris              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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