<s>
The	O
Personal	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
Communicator	I-Operating_System
(	O
PIC	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
consumer	O
device	O
released	O
by	O
AMD	O
in	O
2004	O
to	O
allow	O
people	O
in	O
emerging	O
countries	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
AMD	B-Device
Geode	I-Device
CPU	B-Device
and	O
uses	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Windows	I-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fanless	O
PC	O
runs	O
the	O
low-power	O
Geode	B-Device
x86	B-Operating_System
processor	O
and	O
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
128	O
MB	O
DDR	O
memory	O
and	O
a	O
10	O
GB	O
3.5-inch	O
hard	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
stopped	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Personal	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
Communicator	I-Operating_System
project	O
after	O
nearly	O
two	O
years	O
of	O
planning	O
and	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2006	O
AMD	O
transferred	O
PIC	O
manufacturing	O
assets	O
to	O
Data	O
Evolution	O
Corporation	O
and	O
the	O
device	O
was	O
then	O
marketed	O
as	O
the	O
decTOP	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
companies	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
development	O
include	O
Seagate	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decTOP	B-Operating_System
's	O
original	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
allow	O
any	O
human	O
interaction	O
during	O
POST	B-Protocol
at	O
boot	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
attempts	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
different	O
OS	O
,	O
even	O
when	O
extracting	O
the	O
disk	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
chassis	O
fail	O
,	O
since	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
would	O
look	O
for	O
WinCE	B-Operating_System
's	O
main	O
boot	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
's	O
PIC	O
50x15	O
was	O
originally	O
delivered	O
with	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
5.0	O
pre-installed	O
in	O
two	O
partitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
working	O
(	O
bootable	O
)	O
partition	O
was	O
allowed	O
to	O
boot	O
normally	O
,	O
but	O
when	O
it	O
failed	O
,	O
the	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
would	O
recover	O
the	O
partition	O
's	O
base-installation	O
from	O
a	O
backup	O
recovery	O
disk	O
in	O
a	O
small	O
partition	O
in	O
the	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
re-flashed	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
forgiving	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
decTOP	B-Operating_System
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
install	O
any	O
x86-compatible	O
operating	O
system	O
desired	O
(	O
32	O
bits	O
only	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
any	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
other	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
