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Message-Id: <199703211724.SAA13023@magigimmix.xs4all.nl>
From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
To: "OpenDOS" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: 32bit BIOS
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 18:20:18 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0

Some guy posted something about why the bios creators (Award, AMI) don't
create 32bit bioses.
Well It just occured to me, that that's because the CPU's natural state is
16bit.
So first the CPU should boot up (or start or whatever) in 32bit mode, then
the bios can be 32bit and we shall all be happy.
Ofcourse....unless the bios sets the CPU in 32bit mode, before doing
anything else....hmmmmm...

	Yeep

(Please correct me if I'm wrong about the CPU's natural state, I got this
info from a rather weird text file)

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