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The graphical operating system that could have been for the IBM XT. A MacOS-like desktop for the Intel 8086, written entirely in real-mode assembly (with Claud

by jggonz 2mo ago

The graphical operating system that could have been for the IBM XT. A MacOS-like desktop for the Intel 8086, written entirely in real-mode assembly (with Claude). Verified to run on real hardware, with FAT12/16 support, ported apps, games, Sound Blaster support and upcoming Hard Drive support.

ozymandiax 2mo ago
Just discovered the videos (https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiaPCTV https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiaPCTV) ...and the source code on github reads like a book. Amazing.
- ozymandiax 2mo ago
  Apple might sue you though, like they did DRI :-)
WillAdams 2mo ago
Well there was GeoWorks (which AOL used the GUI of to their advantage): https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos https://github.com/bluewaysw/pcgeos
- lepicz 2mo ago
  when i'm feeling blue i go read and toy with geoworks source.. it's kinda weird to read TODOs from 1900 :) and one wonders what could have been if there were not incompetency of microsoft etc..
- erwan577 2mo ago
  PC GEOS was much later circa 1990, the company spends years maintaining the first version targeting the C64 and Apple II. I also remember fondly the quality of prints produced by PC GEOS which included lots of home printer drivers. The system used an alternate vector font system not Truetype. Its SDK is probably still very interesting, but i suspect the complexity level was one of the reasons so few third party apps were developped for it.
- anthk 2mo ago
  >The SDK requires "sed" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sed) and "perl" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl) to be installed. Perl can do sed(1).