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> On Aug 8, 2026, at 2:43 PM, Brian L. Stuart via 9fans <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 07:49:20AM -0700, ron minnich wrote: >> "It turns out that you can break SMM ? the secure, ultra privileged >> execution environment running invisibly in the background of every x86 CPU > > For those who don't want to read a greybeard yelling at the kids > to get off the lawn, now is the time to type the delete command > (or if you're into that sort of thing, point to your cave painting > and say 'ugh,' sorry icon and click). > > If you're still reading, you've been fairly warned and disagreements > will likely be ignored, but I just have to vent my spleen here. > > I simply cannot fathom why people still use that steaming pile > of garbage. The x86 was a disgustingly ugly architecture from > day one, and it has aged like a jug of milk sitting in the Texas > sun. No one with any engineering taste would have chosen it > over the 68000 or the z8000 or pretty much anything else available. > For that matter, any of us could have designed a nicer machine > with a 6809 and a handful of TTL for a MMU than that thing that > "legitimized" something, though I still haven't figured out what. > That so many happily accepted SMM without taking it as a sign > to run away as far and as fast as possible, I can only attribute > to brain damage. > > Several of you have heard me say that I've been a Windows-free > zone for a while and intend to become an x86-free zone. But > I'm rapidly closing in on the conclusion that the only sane > course of action is to put a CPU architecture of my own into > an FPGA and become a computing hermit. > > BLS > I don’t know if you can still get the Oberon Station FPGA…. But it’s Wirth a look? (Sorry. Not sorry) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T496d301e510c8cf1-M6db3141f34babefc3ab1b6d1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
