Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using interrupts

Re:Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using inter... by The_Colonel on Thursday November 30, 2023 @03:40PM (#38478760)

> I think the project missed an opportunity by tying itself so tightly to x86 assembly.

What sort of "opportunity" did authors miss? They're not a business.

Or is writing ARM assembler necessarily more fun than writing x86?

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Re:Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using inter... by Karrot_Kream on Thursday November 30, 2023 @04:19PM (#38479277)

> What sort of "opportunity" did authors miss? They're not a business.

From GP:

> Except you're not going to find a lot of PC hardware this under-powered; these kinds of systems are actually getting more expensive, as they're slowly getting relabeled as "vintage"

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Re:Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using inter... by The_Colonel on Thursday November 30, 2023 @05:11PM (#38479911)

I think that not having enough x86 hardware is the least of authors' worries ...

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Re:Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using inter... by Cannabat on Thursday November 30, 2023 @05:50PM (#38480359)

Yeah but it’s hard to find the hardware this OS is designed for. There’s little need for it. Compared to the oodles or low powered arm boards out there that would love this. So the missed opportunity is just that a lot of effort has gone into a very narrow platform that would probably be more appreciated on a diff platform

Super cool project though of course

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