Re: bedrock platform

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From	not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject	Re: bedrock platform
Newsgroups	comp.misc
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Date	2026-05-10 08:44 +1000
Organization	Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net

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Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:
> On 2026-05-08, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> FreeDOS itself relies on the PC BIOS for hardware interactions,
>> instead of having its own chipset-specific drivers. Even if DOS is
>> running in an emulator on top of an OS such as Linux which can use
>> its own specific hardware drivers (if those exist for the specific
>> chipset used, which often requires that the chip manufacturer wrote
>> the Linux driver themselves), you still need the BIOS to initialise
>> the hardware first and boot that OS. The BIOS is therefore an
>> "external resource" required by FreeDOS, and unless an open-source
>> replacement such as Coreboot has been installed, it's got the same
>> "copyright issues" the author is proposing to avoid.
> 
> You can install FreeDOS in DOSBox or qemu, which both provide BIOS.
> That's how HP ships FreeDOS on UEFI-only laptops.

And you could run an emulator for a Raspberry Pi just the same, yet
the author rules that platform out.

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    Re: bedrock platform Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> - 2026-05-09 13:29 +0000
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