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> standardized hardware interface that isolated the OS from the hardware Exactly the point of having a BIOS. CP/M had one as well.
by musicale 1y ago
> standardized hardware interface that isolated the OS from the hardware
Exactly the point of having a BIOS. CP/M had one as well.
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoOf course, but it confers the same advantage to the clone maker that it did to IBM, which is why it might be regarded as a weakness in terms of preventing clones (although I've no idea if that was something that IBM was anticipating).