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PPCBoot by Hyperion is finished and handed out to existing (35-40 or so) betatesters
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Just *how* are those "Frieden Features" applied to PPCBoot? I'm wondering since PPCBoot is a GPL project...
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If the PPCBoot they are using is indeed the GPL version, they only have to release the source when they start selling the boards, so it will be a few weeks before we can play with it (I *like* the fact that I'll be able to monkey with the BIOS ). Since they're still in the process of beta-testing, I'd rather wait until they're happy with it before I start looking at it. I'm personally curious to see if they only implemented the cpu's 'real mode' (8086-80286) or 'protected mode' (80386-), and which other parts of a PC's hardware they wrote in as well.
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The reason I'm curious is because *all* PCs, even mighty P-4's, start off in 8086-compatibility mode when reset - you have to enable all the advanced (post-286) stuff by writing into a CPU register. So it's possible that you only need 8086 mode to init the graphics card...
I think MAI has bought a licence for the BIOS, so the BIOS Hyperion is making is not under the GPL licence! (if I'm right ;-) )
