> ...the board format does not matter much. > It's the CPU model/generation that matters.
NOT. AT. ALL. each Intel/AMD CPU produced the last 20 years is able to execute the same way that the previous versions did. (with the exception that there might be CPU sepcific microcode updates necessary,but this is completely aside and above this discussion) it's the (FlashEprom) firmware on the motherboard that makes it 'BIOS' or 'UEFI' compatible. In 2021 virtually ALL available motherboards support both ways to provide service to the rest of the world, both BIOS and UEFI. However some one (Microsoft?) has announced that from now on 'modern' firmware needs no longer to provide 'BIOS' support ** to make that clear: there is no 'UEFI' or 'BIOS' firmware. there is only firmware (a program in some EPROM) which provides either 'BIOS' style or 'UEFI' style services to summarize: unless you have special needs, just every mainboard produced the last 40 years should work with ANYDOS. Don't ask for sound... Tom _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
