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Does a BIOS have any special function that another program could not do?
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I just want to ask, when I was searching informations about BIOS, I found mostly outdated articles, so I just have a few simple questions about how it works today. If I am correct, main BIOS purpose is to load information from HDD to the CPU (some OS mainly). Later, they added small routines you co…
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The 'BIOS' bit of 'The BIOS' is indeed the compatibility layer between hardware and the OS. Yes, you could directly drive the hardware BUT you'd need to write driver code for every variant of motherboard design in order for your app to work on every…
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