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The bootloader for Sparc systems @ Sun is still OpenBoot, written in Forth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmw
by fra 11y ago
The bootloader for Sparc systems @ Sun is still OpenBoot, written in Forth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Firmware
I worked on it a bit, though it doesn't change much beyond bug fixes these days.
Peripheral vendors still routinely provide FCode drivers in the server space.