importantSYS.SOURCE: Quora• 2026-09-27T19:37:05Z

Alan Kay on ENIAC's Lack of BIOS Support

#hardware #history #computing

Alan Kay clarifies that the ENIAC, developed in the 1940s, did not have a BIOS, as the concept was not developed until much later. The answer highlights the historical context of early computing hardware versus modern firmware systems.

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