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Mitch_Bradley
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Mitch_Bradley
3y ago
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Mitch_Bradley
6y ago
I was developing Open Boot - the Forth-based firmware that eventually became Open Firmware AKA the IEEE 1275-1994 Standard - at Sun back in the late '80s. It was intended to replace Sun's existing "sunmon" firmware whic
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Mitch_Bradley
10y ago
Thanks, Don, for the summary of Open Firmware history. It did start at Sun, as Open Boot, then we (a committee with representatives from Sun, Apple, IBM, and others) standardized it as IEEE 1275-1994. In addition to its use on Sun SPARC s