Magneto beta is out!

codemastersnake · Post by **codemastersnake** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:16 am

K folks, I have released the first version of Magneto.... it's beta.

PLz test it and tell me any thing you find that could help me..... I would like you people to review the GFX section of Magneto specially.... 'cause I am not satisfied with it...

http://magneto.110mb.com/modules/wfdown ... id=1&lid=1[/url]

M-Saunders · Post by **M-Saunders** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:10 pm

Fraid that already 404s

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http://mikeos.sourceforge.net

codemastersnake · Post by **codemastersnake** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:27 am

Sorry for that....

I have updtaed the site.... download is running fine now...

codemastersnake · Post by **codemastersnake** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:56 am

It would be gr8t if you people could review my OS!

I could therefore make modifications

os64dev · Post by **os64dev** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:13 am

gr8t would be ....?

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:20 am

os64dev wrote:gr8t would be ....?

It looks like "teen" slang to me.. gr8t = gr(eight) = great..

I hate such obscure dialects of English..

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:58 am

Brynet-Inc wrote:
os64dev wrote:gr8t would be ....?
It looks like "teen" slang to me.. gr8t = gr(eight) = great..

I hate such obscure dialects of English..

I would guess a double T, or "great-t", pronounced like grated.

inflater · Post by **inflater** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:38 am

It seems like a fine OS, except it doesn't run properly on QEMU, it displays some weird characters after "Testing vbe... Done" and it didn't switch to VESA properly.
On Bochs it shows a black screen after "Testing vbe...".

Tested on QEMU 0.8.1, Bochs 2.3

inflater

codemastersnake · Post by **codemastersnake** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:36 am

Yeah... it is because I haven't developed anything much in it....

But you can edit the source code to run it the way you want. Those wierd screens were just test the functions.....

I would appreciate if you people could review the arch. of my OS. I am asking that because I have used OOP with C++ for developing it. I think OOP can provide better security for any OS....

inflater · Post by **inflater** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:44 am

Anyway, you tried PortixOS? It is a very stable system, even it is 16-bit

inflater

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:48 am

inflater wrote:Anyway, you tried PortixOS? It is a very stable system, even it is 16-bit

inflater

Looks like inflater desperately wants someone to test his OS

inflater · Post by **inflater** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:57 am

Looks like inflater desperately wants someone to test his OS

No no

, combuster had already that OS tested, but I didn't see PortixOS crashing either on QEMU, Bochs (2.2.6 & 2.3), VMware Workstation, Virtual PC 2004 and on 2 real hardwares

so you can *very gently* show off your work, either it is simple or complicated

inflater

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:22 pm

Hits an infinite loop after the "testing vbe..." screen

codemastersnake · Post by **codemastersnake** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:10 am

It seems that you people are thinking that Magneto doesn't work!

Well, It does work. The only thing is that I haven't used any INTERACTION in it. I have only developed the functions and tested it if they are working or not. I released it this way because I wanted to realease a version of it soon

I am working on it and will release a stable version really soon.... More over I planned a diff. architecture of my OS which I found nowhere, therefore I wanted you people to review the source code and it's arch. and tell me if it's good or not? So that I could continue to develope further or whether I should chnage the arch or not!

Sorry if you people didn't find anything useful....

inflater · Post by **inflater** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:21 am

Well, It does work.

All I see after booting from Bochs is a black screen after Testing VBE. I typed something to the keyboard, moved the mouse and nothing happened, except BOCHS panics after 2-3 minutes of idle time - SIGNAL 2 caught...

The only thing is that I haven't used any INTERACTION in it.

Yes, I understand, you tested the functions if they work or not. But not all people on this forum can program in C++ and they wanna see full power of your operating system, not by modyfing the code...

I am working on it and will release a stable version really soon....

That's good, keep up the good work.

or whether I should chnage the arch or not!

If your OS isn't targeted to machines like Macintosh, GBA, or even MT firmware

, i think Intel's x86 (i386,i486,i586) architecture is good for your OS.

inflater