5 Nov
2007
5 Nov
'07
11:34 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Haven't you ever written any OS-less software for
a PC that simply
boots from a floppy? Given that there's a BIOS in ROM, such things
are pretty easy to do if you don't like OS-es. One could easily
write a PC terminal program that didn't use DOS or any other OS for
that matter. For that matter, one could replace the BIOS with a
terminal program and throw away the disks entirely.
Not really. The BIOS functions SUCK. The whole point of a OS is to
do all that. A PDP-8 with OS/8 vs DOS. To me the PDP-8 is more modular.
Cheers,
Chuck