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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]

Fraid that already 404s

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http://mikeos.sourceforge.net

Sorry for that....

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

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

I could therefore make modifications

gr8t would be ....?

os64dev wrote:gr8t would be ....?

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

I hate such obscure dialects of English..

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.

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

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....

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

inflater

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

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

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

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....

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