Re: Explaining what is the LIC -- MIDRANGE-L

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Subject: Re: Explaining what is the LIC
From: Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:42:03 -0700
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On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The purpose being to insulate the OS from the hardware, right?

That seems like a reasonable high-level explanation of the purpose. Frank
Soltis depicts software and hardware layers as follows:

Applications.
--
Operating System.
--
Machine Interface.
--
Licensed Internal Code.
--
Amazon 64-bit Mode.
--
Hardware.

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RE: Explaining what is the LIC , Justin Taylor
Re: Explaining what is the LIC , Nathan Andelin

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