jggonz

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by jggonz 28d ago
Yes, it has been really interesting running into the same blockers that the engineers building early operating systems must have ran into as well.
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by jggonz 28d ago
This SPEC.md is more of a memory dump that it chooses to use on some tasks. I was recently thinking of either: a. splitting it into sub-spec files that can be referenced. b. getting rid of it completely to prevent the LLM from hallucinating
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by jggonz 28d ago
Yes, some people have contributed screenshots: os8088.com/hardware 256kb is the official minimum amount of RAM. 128KB should work but that's just going to let you run the kernel and some very basic built in apps.
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by jggonz 28d ago
I have serial mouse support right now (auto detected on COM1/COM2), but PS/2 mouse support is coming. Someone was even able to get it running on a PC Transporter on an Apple IIGS. One of these: https://68kmla.org/b
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by jggonz 28d ago
Yes, I'm old now and have learned all the foundational computer and hardware engineering topics the hard way over 30 years. I've earned my AI tokens of freedom. :)
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Os8088.com: IBM XT OS now has a Browser, CP/M 2.2 with Z80 core and MS Word 1.1a(os8088.com)
120 points by jggonz 28d ago|57 comments
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by jggonz 28d ago
os8088 is an operating system written with AI tools in x86 16-bit assembly with an optional C/C++ app porting toolchain. It runs on anything with an x86 processor from the early 8088/8086 CPUs up to the latest CPUs. It supports CG
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by jggonz 1mo ago
Thank you for the idea! I was going to add a basic interpreter I've been working on in another project, but I think a port of Frotz is coming first now given how many resources are already available.
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by jggonz 1mo ago
I've removed the "hand-written" language that the LLM added. I added some information to the "What it is" section on the homepage that reads "The source is real-mode NASM assembly, written with AI, and it is on
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by jggonz 1mo ago
^ This... I am the "llm-driver"/"creator" for os8088 and my goal is this. Just to have some fun and make something useful for people (like me) that have dozens of old computers sitting in a room. And...I do know how
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by jggonz 1mo ago
Yes, you can see the hardware we tested here: https://www.os8088.com/hardware
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by jggonz 1mo ago
Yes, agree. I laughed at that when I first saw it last week. I went ahead and cleared all that up on the homepage and the README now.
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by jggonz 1mo ago
I am not sure I will ever get this to protected mode... The goal was to have something running on slower, older hardware, and once protected mode comes into play, we're letting go many of the constraints that make this an interesting e
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by jggonz 1mo ago
lol, so disappointing to see the attacks when I'm just having some fun.
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by jggonz 1mo ago
Many millions so far...
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by jggonz 1mo ago
I might even port over povray... :)
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by jggonz 1mo ago
I agree. We've just been spending more time on the operating system than the homepage. I'm making some updates, but it's still all going to be written "through" AI for now.
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by jggonz 1mo ago
If you want to try the operating system in the browser, you can try it by visiting here: https://os8088.com/demo/
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by jggonz 1mo ago
"Author" of os8088 here. That's no longer the case. Someone that is contributing to the project is using real hardware to validate the changes. You can check out some of the systems he tested it with here: https://
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by jggonz 1mo ago
We have built in driver support now, so we will be adding network driver support soon. We just added hard drive support that is potentially a bit buggy...
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by jggonz 1mo ago
Yes, it's easy to break. There's no memory protection. However, building packages, drivers, and kernel modules for it has been a fun and educational exercise in memory management.
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by jggonz 1mo ago
"Author" of os8088 here. I love seeing what these early limited system could do! Someone shared a video of GOS with me after seeing what os8088 looked like. I believe os8088 also boots now with just 128k of RAM, but it's very
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by jggonz 1mo ago
"Author" of os8088 here. That's unfortunate. This is a hobby, and yes, it's all written with Claude. I have a bunch of videos up showing the process. I'm updating the copy of the page to make it extremely clear that
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by jggonz 1mo ago
"Author" of os8088 here. You're right, it's hand-prompted. Claude's Opus and Fable have done a really great job helping me and another contributor shape this operating system. It's been a really interesting way
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by jggonz 1mo ago
Author of the AI written os8088 OS here... Thanks for sharing the promotional video for Visi On. It's cool to see how many different companies gave this a shot back in the 80s.
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Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386(os8088.com)
265 points by jggonz 1mo ago|168 comments
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by jggonz 1mo ago
The graphical operating system that could have been for the IBM XT. A MacOS-like desktop for the Intel 8086, written entirely in real-mode assembly (with Claude). Verified to run on real hardware, with FAT12/16 support, ported apps, ga
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by jggonz 5mo ago
Interesting timing and similarity with something I built last month! :) I built https://fishygram.com with a DSL you can copy and paste into ChatGPT to build diagrams for you. You can take a look at the examples to see what it c
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by jggonz 2y ago
I find this test interesting because I received an ACE score of 1, but I'm the oldest child in my household and I'm realizing that my siblings would probably score slightly higher than me... :-( I moved out when I was around 20 be
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by jggonz 3y ago
Citi is doing a great thing and it's charging a fair price. There is a benefit for all of us when businesses charge a fee for the products and services they provide: We don't take those products or services for granted. Just becau

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