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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

is it in the source code, or is it just passed right to BIOS?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It was originally a BIOS interrupt, but eventually got captured by the OS. Here's Dave Bradley talking about inventing it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K_lg7w8gAXQ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Bill does not think that is funny.