Open source 8088 BIOS version 1.0 released, 12 years in development #IBMPC
Developer Sergey Kiselev has been working on an open source BIOS for select 8088 devices for about a dozen years, and this month Kiselev decided the 8088 BIOS code was stable enough to graduate to version 1.0.0 status.
Version 1.0 also adds official support for the Book 8088, which actually ships with a pirated copy of an older version Kiselev’s 8088 BIOS installed. How do you pirate open source software? By failing to comply with the open source licensing terms: in this case, the maker of the Book 8088 strips references to Kiselev and the GPL license.
Folks who want to use the official version of 8088 BIOS on the Book 8088 can now buy a replacement BIOS chip for $10 from Kiselev’s Tindie store to get a GPL-compliant version of the software, as well as the latest version, which includes “several bug fixes and enhancements.”
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