From: mutazilah@gmail.com   
      
   On 19/12/23 18:50, wolfgang kern wrote:   
   > On 19/12/2023 10:16, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   >   
   > ...   
   >> > IOW you can still use your 32-bit OS via 64-bit UEFI boot.   
   >   
   >> If I had made my OS do 32-bit UEFI calls instead of 16-bit   
   >> BIOS calls, as advertised, then all that work would have   
   >> been wasted. 16-bit BIOS was more resilient. ie not   
   >> requiring a rewrite as 64-bit UEFI caused.   
   >   
   > 16bit BIOS unfortunately exists only on a few emulators now,   
   > but nothing on real hardware anymore.   
      
   Not true.   
      
   And this is why you shouldn't make your life   
   dependent on a Microsoft/Intel/AMD conspiracy   
   to force unnecessary upgrades.   
      
   I am currently using a Lenovo Kaitian N80Z   
   with a Zhaoxin processor which I bought (new)   
   a few months ago.   
      
   The BIOS is in Chinese so I needed to get a   
   translation from a friend/ex-colleague, but   
   legacy boot is supported and PDOS/386 works   
   perfectly fine.   
      
   I do my development on Windows 2000 running   
   under Virtualbox under Kylin Linux. Even   
   when I was using Windows 10 I worked from   
   the command line precisely so that I could   
   move machines as required.   
      
   I'm currently looking at moving to ArcaOS   
   for my Win32 needs.   
      
   And I stick with Win32 for a reason - that's   
   the reason.   
      
   A wise man (Robert De Niro in "Heat") once said "Don't let yourself get   
   attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds   
   flat if you feel the heat around the corner".   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)