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Re: Operating System Stored Inside x86 CPU
« on: December 13, 2006, 10:11:22 PM »
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asian1 wrote:
If an x86 CPU vendor buy the license and put non volatile memory inside their CPU, is it possible to store Operating System inside the new CPU?


If there was enough memory available I shouldn't see why not.

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If this idea possible and AmigaOS is ported to x86, is this CPU with bundled AmigaOS a good solution?


Those are two very big ifs, the first, not going to happen, AmigaOS is EOL, it is a dead parrot. As to the latter, who in their right mind would bundle it with an OS that beyond a tiny subset of computer enthusiasts no one would use?

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1. Use ordinary x86 boards. The computer can also be used for Linux, Windows XP etc.
2. Prevent piracy, perhaps the OS will check the CPU serial number.

Is this idea possible?


Like so many of your ideas, it is possible, but so impractical and hinging on so many ifs buts and maybes that it'll never happen.
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