i am making a 32bit pmode Os eg: runs in ring0, no multitasking, nopaging, Like a pmode 32bit Dos, But will have better graphics and more memory (upto 4GB) etc.
I want to make a VERY SMALL OS, Like the one above, How small and what does it need to include to be considered a VERY SMALL OS for the things it does ?.
ASHLEY4.
How small,Is small
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TheUbu
RE:How small,Is small
ASHLEY4,
With those requirements you should be able to do that in under 20K including a few basic disk drivers.
-Christopher
With those requirements you should be able to do that in under 20K including a few basic disk drivers.
-Christopher
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TheUbu
RE:How small,Is small
yeah that is pretty small I mean if you want to try and trim it down to 5k good luck 
-Christopher
-Christopher
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TheUbu
RE:How small,Is small
Ashley4,
Nah... So any reason you aren't going to support multitasking?
-Christopher
Nah... So any reason you aren't going to support multitasking?
-Christopher
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ASHLEY4
RE:How small,Is small
It can support multi-tasking even at run time by loading a module, You can get lots of good multi-tasking OS ,So Y make another one, What you can not get (because i tryed to find one) is a OS that is 32bit pmode with lots of functions to make programming easier and good graphics, That boot's to a menu and runs one program + bmp etc. and is about 20-30k.
This will be good for people who want to make a mp3-player for there car or from an old pc, program robot's, game's etc.
It's a bit like a XBOX that boot's your program and we all know the XBOX does not have multi-tasking.
ASHLEY4.
This will be good for people who want to make a mp3-player for there car or from an old pc, program robot's, game's etc.
It's a bit like a XBOX that boot's your program and we all know the XBOX does not have multi-tasking.
ASHLEY4.
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Seraph9
RE:How small,Is small
Is it 10k flat binary or is it some kind of object file ? In either case hats off to you if it has a good feature set and still remains inside the 10-20k boundary. When/where will you be releasing it (or have you) ?
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ASHLEY4
RE:How small,Is small
Give or take a couple of byte's, It's in two parts the boot is a bin file,The kernel is a mz exe that is loaded by the bin file.
The kernal includes pmode drivers for atapi, floppy, vesa ,keyboard,It has functions for time/date print,cls,hex,show 640x480x24bit bmp,vesa fonts,put pixel,gaming keyboard,built in cdplayer,it sets up GDT.IDT,remapp's pic,A20.
All the vesa,keyboard etc are in include file in the mane kernal.asm
All the include file's will be made into module's and will be able to load from a list or at run time.
i will be putting out a demo when i have done the command interrupter.
Its made with fasm.
This is not optimised, for instance the int's, Are all hand coded 256 of them,even thou most are the same.
ASHLEY4.
The kernal includes pmode drivers for atapi, floppy, vesa ,keyboard,It has functions for time/date print,cls,hex,show 640x480x24bit bmp,vesa fonts,put pixel,gaming keyboard,built in cdplayer,it sets up GDT.IDT,remapp's pic,A20.
All the vesa,keyboard etc are in include file in the mane kernal.asm
All the include file's will be made into module's and will be able to load from a list or at run time.
i will be putting out a demo when i have done the command interrupter.
Its made with fasm.
This is not optimised, for instance the int's, Are all hand coded 256 of them,even thou most are the same.
ASHLEY4.