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		dTal on Oct 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft no longer signs Windows drivers for Proc... It's not the instruction set - it's the IBM PC-compatible standard that gave us our golden era of desktop computing. Standard bootloaders, standard ports, standard keyboard layouts. We owe it so much.

ddingus on Oct 24, 2021 [–]

Yes, I agree and just made the reference off hand.

We do!

[Looks over at Apple //e and IBM XT]

We need another open effort. Soon.

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