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The '''Basic Input-Output System''' or '''BIOS''' is computer interface code that locates and loads the operating system into RAM. It provides low-level communication, operation and configuration to the hardware of a system, which at a minimum drives the joypad and provides primitive output to a display. The BIOS is usually written in Assembly language native to the processor.
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The '''Basic Input-Output System''' or '''BIOS''' is computer interface code that locates and loads the operating system into RAM. It provides low-level communication, operation and configuration to the hardware of a system, which at a minimum drives the joypad and provides primitive output to a display. The BIOS is usually written in the Assembly language native to the processor.
  
 
==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==

Revision as of 10:37, 29 August 2005

The Basic Input-Output System or BIOS is computer interface code that locates and loads the operating system into RAM. It provides low-level communication, operation and configuration to the hardware of a system, which at a minimum drives the joypad and provides primitive output to a display. The BIOS is usually written in the Assembly language native to the processor.

Screenshots

http://www.emulationgalaxy.co.yu/images/systems/SATURN_bios.jpg Sega Saturn BIOS.