From: ATH@kruemel.org   
      
   On 10.08.25, djheydt@kithrup.com   wrote:   
   > In article , Mickmane  wrote:   
      
   [Humans born as blank slate with just hardware, upbringing adds   
   software]   
      
   >> Like you may have a 286, 386, or a 486 motherboard with fitting CPU,   
   >> 4MB to 16MB RAM, 5MB MFM harddrive or 800MB seagate,... (I once had   
   >> a 286 board with 386 CPU. :) )   
   >>   
   >> As far as firmware, at most I'd permit (in my analogy) bios.   
      
   > [Hal Heydt]   
      
   Put that into the address somewhere.   
      
   > A BIOS is firmware, but there are other forms of firmware. You've   
   > limited your list to one particular line of processor chips.   
   > There are, and have been many others.  One that is sold at a rate   
   > many times the x86 chips these days are ARM processors.   
      
   I didn't limit anything. It's examples.   
      
   >> Software is then, DOS, Linux, or DOS with windoze 3 (the poor folks   
   >> where the parents and environment are basically a handicap).   
      
   > What you've listed are operating systems, and your list if far   
   > from complete.  OSes are, indeed software, but so are   
   > applications programs.   
      
   And I forgot OS/2, too.   
      
   Doesn't matter. It's examples, not a complete list. Do you just want to   
   argue?   
      
   So you don't like my analogy. For me it works.   
      
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   Mickmane   
      
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