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Even x86 PCs have long since dropped any pretenses of having native back-compat with the legacy "IBM PC" platform.
by Retr0id 3y ago
Even x86 PCs have long since dropped any pretenses of having native back-compat with the legacy "IBM PC" platform.
- treyd 3y agoIt's still very possible to install classic real mode PC OSes on modern hardware.
- Retr0id 3y agoNope! Modern systems don't ship with BIOS CSMs anymore, and won't even let you boot 32-bit applications let alone 16. Intel also wants to drop real mode entirely https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/envisioning-future-simplified-architecture.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/t...