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unusual facts about Open Firmware



Apple's transition to Intel processors

Intel Macs employ a different Intel technology for firmware, Extensible Firmware Interface, not the Open Firmware Apple had been using.

NetBoot

Alternatively, New World Macs can be started with the Command (⌘), Option (⌥), O and F keys pressed to enter the Open Firmware prompt.

Phoenix-RTOS

It was designed to run mainly on x86-based computers, but ports for ARM and PowerPC microprocessor architectures are under development (alpha versions for ARM7 TDMI core and PowerPC Open Firmware based architectures are available).

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

These systems used EFI instead of Open Firmware, which had been used on its previous PowerPC-based systems.


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