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FSF - Campaign for Free BIOS (1285 words)
The BIOS was impossible to replace because it was stored in ROM: the only way to to put in a different BIOS was by replacing part of the hardware.
The BIOS in ROM was, indeed, not a problem.
Today the BIOS is no longer burned in ROM; it is stored in nonvolatile writable memory that users can rewrite.
BIOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1276 words)
The primary function of BIOS is to prepare the machine so other software programs stored on various media (such as hard drives, floppies, and CDs) can load, execute, and assume control of the computer.
BIOS can also be said to be a coded program embedded on a chip that recognises and controls various devices that make up the computer.
The BIOS runs off the PROM, EPROM or, most commonly, flash memory when the computer is powered on and it initializes and sometimes performs the Power-on self-test, a set of diagnostic tests on the hard drive, memory, video, chipset and other hardware.
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