Talk:Phoenix Technologies

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Fair use rationale for Image:Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility.jpg[edit]

Image:Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 00:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Instant Boot BIOS[edit]

This is pretty cool and should be added to the article.

Cloning the IBM PC BIOS[edit]

I doubt the accuracy of most of what is in the Cloning the IBM PC BIOS section. I really doubt that IBM originally published the source code of the BIOS in its Technical Reference manuals. I know it did later (I have a copy) but not originally. Sam Tomato (talk) 20:22, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Most people reading your comment probably didn't see any point in replying, but for anyone interested in this subject, I will: David Bradley, who wrote the BIOS for the IBM Personal Computer in 1981, said himself that he put all of the "modules" together in one assembly file specifically for inclusion in the Technical Reference Manual. You can find that reply on this webpage: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/about/ (look for "Bradley"). Anyone can 'doubt' something, but where did you look to find the original documentation that came with the first IBM PCs that were sold? One site, https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/, is a repository for almost all early IBM PC documents; you can download the earliest TRMs from there. Others may be interested in reading the comments of the man who actually wrote most of Phoenix's first clean "IBM compatible" BIOS code here: Ira J Perlow's answer to What is the coolest thing you have ever created alone as a programmer? - Quora Daniel B. Sedory (talk) 15:31, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge from iolo Technologies[edit]

That company acquired by PT seems to have trouble passing WP:NCOMPANY. Any objections to a merge and redirect here? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:54, 23 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Recent Acquisition of Phoenix[edit]

It looks like in January 2021, the company was acquired and will be rebranded as "Santera Limited". As there will likely be a rebrand, I replaced the PNG logo with an SVG version. — RossO (talk) 23:48, 15 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]