| From: | Michael Broadwater <neon@******.BACKBONE.OLEMISS.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: ASIST assistance? |
| Date: | Sat, 2 May 1998 13:25:54 -0500 |
>> I stand by my earlier definition, though I guess it's probably
>> closer to a video card than a driver. The OS is the platform on
>> which the programs run. Calling ASIST an OS is like calling my
>> keyboard and monitor an OS.
>
>Note the important part there...the keyboard. ASIST is more than
>just the output driver, it's also the INPUT driver. Okay, so it's
>not an OS....but it is at least the BIOS. And a lot of the OS is a
>layer above the BIOS that does the same function.
>
>-=SwiftOne=-
The bios doesn't deal with direct I/O. That's the keyboard and monitor,
as was already said. BIOS may do some I/O control, but that's as far
as it goes. ASIST just does input/output. It's not software that dictates
how memory is allocated, drive access, runs software, etc. You would, most
likely, need an OS to _run_ ASIST.
Mike Broadwater
Member of the Blackhand and Dwarven Illuminati
http://www.olemiss.edu/~neon/
