Re:Fomos: Experimental OS, built with Rust
by jacquesm on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:12AM
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It was called 'Unite', some of the details: QnX clone for x86/32 which at the time wasn't available (nor would Quantum commit to releasing something like that). Pre-emptive multi-tasking, multi-user micro kernel based on the QnX API calls. It worked quite well, we built a bunch of devices that used it internally as the firmware (mostly: internet bandwidth management in the context of a hosting facility). Some HN'er has been trying to revive it in a virtual environment.
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Re:Fomos: Experimental OS, built with Rust
by PrimeMcFly on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:23AM
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Sounds interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Re:Fomos: Experimental OS, built with Rust
by jacquesm on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:01AM
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You're welcome. One of these days I should try to revive it myself, it's been decades since I last worked on the code though. But I still have the installation media that I made (floppy images) so it should be possible to bring it back to life.