This category treats software-oriented aspects of BIOSs. BIOS is an acronym for: Basic Input/Output System, of personal computers (PC). The BIOS is a chip inside a computer that starts (boots) the computer, runs the Power On Self Test (POST), and holds the buffers for sending information from any software in Random Access Memory (RAM), to any hardware device (via slots and ports) that information [MORE] Device Drivers@ (43) Open Firmware (6) 1. OpenBIOS: FSF/GNU.org - Description, links, contacts. 2. BIOS Setup Information Guide - How-to guides, general information, upgrades, identifying motherboards, links! 3. FreeBIOS - Project goal: be a central gathering point for BIOS firmware code that can be used to initialize and boot various services. At first, due to the large scope of the project, it will likely only boot a Linux kernel on a few chipsets. Later, it may be a full BIOS substitute for many popular motherboards. 4. FreeBIOS: SourceForge - Project page: summary, developers, downloads, news, forum. 5. LinuxBIOS - Open source Los Alamos Laboratory project to replace normal BIOS with a little hardware initialization and compressed Linux kernel that boots from power-on, and have OS control a cluster node from power-on. Needs few parts to boot, fast (3 sec.), freedom from proprietary (buggy) code. Support by many vendors in performance and embedded computing markets. 6. The BIOS: Basic Input/Output System - BIOS memory timing, links.

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