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DiabloD3 | 6 days ago

They were using OpenFirmware, the standard that EFI is built on, but their first x86 CPU was a Core 1 iirc, which had shipped with a UEFI on real PCs.

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LargoLasskhyfv|5 days ago

Are you sure their early EFI contained anything from OpenFirmware, except for conceptual inspiration, maybe?

DiabloD3|4 days ago

Intel wanted to rip OpenFirmware off and wanted to EEE it without paying lip service to Sun et al.

It isn't an accident that both, for example, use Forth.