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Ask HN: What are some impressive software projects that fit in 512 bytes?
- eimrine 4y agoSectorLisp has been reached their claimed goal of one 512-byte sector recently.
- lioeters 4y agoAlong that line.. • SectorForth - https://github.com/cesarblum/sectorforth https://github.com/cesarblum/sectorforth - sectorforth is a 16-bit x86 Forth that fits in a 512-byte boot sector. • TetrOS - https://github.com/daniel-e/tetros https://github.com/daniel-e/tetros - Tetris that fits into the boot sector. • BootMine - https://github.com/io12/BootMine https://github.com/io12/BootMine - Bootable minesweeper game in a 512-byte boot sector • Invaders game in 512 bytes - https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders https://github.com/nanochess/Invaders The author has written a book called Programming Boot Sector Games. > A crash course into 8086/8088 assembler programming, in an easy way with practice at each step. You will learn how to use the registers, move data, do arithmetic, and handle text and graphics. You can run these programs on any PC machine and no program exceeds 512 bytes of executable code! https://nanochess.org/store.html https://nanochess.org/store.html Examples from the book: https://github.com/nanochess/book8088 https://github.com/nanochess/book8088