joexbayer

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1. 31.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   Oh I doubt that, probably will never be even close. But, it was never the goal to create a “real” product. Just a hobby project for myself to tinker with.
2. 32.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   Had a rule for myself that I wanted to write everything myself, and it had always been a “goal” of mine to build one. So it just kinda fit together
3. 33.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   There is no magic interaction between the compiler and OS. It simples compiles to the same machine code (i386) and uses interrupts for system calls. Structs are handled as a memory region with a size based on its members, and the member acc
4. 34.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   Oh I’d love to, but good UI is apparently my biggest weakness. I’ve rewritten it so many times. And I’m probably gonna rewrite it soon again.
5. 35.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   I’d love to hear about you project! Seeing what other people make is a big inspiration. I have not tried Zig, for the kernel I don’t think anything will beat C for me personally. But for userspace applications I’d love to try it!
6. 36.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   Thanks for the feedback! I think the biggest thing I’d do different is to have a plan. I just started out with the goal of doing the basic hello world OS, and that’s it. But then I kept adding new things, adding more and more working on mul
7. 37.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   WiFi is definitely on my todo list! Already have written some C WiFi code, just need to find time to writer the driver.
8. 38.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   Hehe, yeah was a Turbo was a big inspiration for the textmode editor.
9. 39.▲
   by joexbayer 1y ago

   Thanks! The feedback has been amazing. Motivates me to do more!
10. 40.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Thanks! Most of the window / graphics system is handled in the kernel, here are the two “services” which do a lot of the heavy lifting: https://github.com/joexbayer/RetrOS-32/blob/development/grap...
11. 41.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Yes! Love seeing other OS projects on here, always inspiring!
12. 42.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Appreciate your response! Will have a look at 16by16 fonts.
13. 43.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Thanks! It’s really liberating not having to worry about selling, marketing etc. Only reinvent the wheel till new ideas come. :D
14. 44.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Thanks for the info! Will have to look more into.
15. 45.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Yeah! It’s really refreshing, not having to think about it actually being “used” or the market. Simply just for fun and learning.
16. 46.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Yeah… kinda wish that too in hindsight. I have screenshots of the entire development process from the very start, and of course my git history. Never thought I’d get this far.
17. 47.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Thanks!
18. 48.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    I agree my current font is very sub optimal. It’s basically still the original font I got working when I started out. I have looked into rendering proper fonts, so it’s on my todo list. Just have been neglecting it.
19. 49.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Thanks! Appreciate the encouragement!
20. 50.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    I have an old eee pc myself! Tested it on that one too, performance is alright, not really optimized but since it’s so “basic” compared to real OSes it should be quite fast. Bigger problems are bugs and lack of functionality for real hardwa
21. 51.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    It started after finishing the operating systems class in university. The class was really “on rails” and I wanted to do my own thing.
22. 52.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Hehe, had to write some test programs. That’s one of them.
23. 53.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Thanks! Been my main hobby project since university, appreciate it!
24. 54.▲
    by joexbayer 1y ago

    Appreciate it!
25. 55.▲
    Show HN: My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad(github.com)

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