512-byte OS Contest

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Re: 512-byte OS Contest

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Sounds fun!

Chainloading, as in multiple sectors? Not allowed.
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Chainloading, as in multiple sectors? Not allowed.
No, not for the OS itself. All of its code is in the 512-byte MBR. It can chainload other OSes if they are installed, but it doesn't require anything to be on the disk to run (other than the MBR).
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Ahh, nifty, kind of like my second-stage bootloader.
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Heres my entry, a bootable CD Player with clock, i thought we had less than a week so i rush it.
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sorry guys take me out, i really am into main os right now. i will be in the next one though. have fun, i will have fun testing the entries
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Dex: Thanks, good luck!
Ghost: Sorry to hear that, the next one will probably be still one sector, but might be a protected or long mode CD sector for more room and intense coding!
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thats cool, maybe then i will have a better background on osdev, any way lets stay on topic and get some entries and decide who gets the um prize?
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Hmmm... What is the prize? Free code exclusively licensed to the winner with no copyright notices?
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sounds good, but there are many people here who already have the knowledge and background in osdev and programming, i dont know if it will be worth it for them, but its a start :)
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Okey, so either free code or something else. Ideas, people!!
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Intership with microsoft? hmmm. not worth it. a new computer and troy will buy it ha ha
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I ain't buying nothing, I'm flat broke! :D

How 'bout this: a free copy of my already free and open source OS! :mrgreen:
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sounds great, can i be a judge, btw i can help you write programs. i will judge by what it can do and if its features are very unique and cool in a way, as in what the os does.
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Sorry, but we're going by public vote to make everything fair and equal for everyone!
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eh its ok, i dont need to be one, and it depends a fat "writing" driver?
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