From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   On 20/12/2023 01:55, Paul Edwards wrote:   
   > 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".   
      
   good for you, but non of my clients would accept such exotic hardware.   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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