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On 10.08.25, djheydt@kithrup.com  <djheydt@kithrup.com> wrote:
> In article <H6c3l6vqczB@ATH>, Mickmane <ATH@kruemel.org> wrote:

[Humans born as blank slate with just hardware, upbringing adds  
software]

>> Like you may have a 286, 386, or a 486 motherboard with fitting CPU,
>> 4MB to 16MB RAM, 5MB MFM harddrive or 800MB seagate,... (I once had
>> a 286 board with 386 CPU. :) )
>>
>> As far as firmware, at most I'd permit (in my analogy) bios.

> [Hal Heydt]

Put that into the address somewhere.

> A BIOS is firmware, but there are other forms of firmware. You've
> limited your list to one particular line of processor chips.
> There are, and have been many others.  One that is sold at a rate
> many times the x86 chips these days are ARM processors.

I didn't limit anything. It's examples.

>> Software is then, DOS, Linux, or DOS with windoze 3 (the poor folks
>> where the parents and environment are basically a handicap).

> What you've listed are operating systems, and your list if far
> from complete.  OSes are, indeed software, but so are
> applications programs.

And I forgot OS/2, too.

Doesn't matter. It's examples, not a complete list. Do you just want to  
argue?

So you don't like my analogy. For me it works.

-- 

Mickmane

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