[Tfug] OS written in Assembly

Matthew T. Eskes meskes.mailinglists at gmail.com
Thu Aug 20 23:14:24 MST 2009


Jordan.... I know for a fact that there was something like this back
then but I think it was called minuteOS instead... This may have been a
fork or something... The only reason I remember the year is because I
was still living in Houston at the time... *shrug*

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 11:28 -0700, Jordan Aberle wrote:
> Something like this would have be more useful 20 years ago when space
> was more of an issue.  Still, it is quite an accomplishment.  How many
> people can say they have written a network aware OS in assembly? 
> 
> 
> The idea of this being used in parking meters is very interesting, why
> not light bulbs?  1mb OS with ipv6 support running for every light
> bulb in the US to let a server know when it's about to go out so a
> replacement can be shipped before it goes out? hmmm
> 
> As far as knowing about this in 2001, it clearly states the first
> release was 22.06.2005, maybe you were thinking of something else?
> 
> 
> -Jordan
> 
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Judd Pickell <pickell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Thanks Don,
>          
>         But I think you are trying to make my answer too exact. There
>         were a lot of vagueries in my answer as well as in my example.
>         I could delve into answering all of your points, but really
>         that isn't the point here. It is just that there is definitely
>         potential for this OS for applications. With no ISO standard
>         certification or testing results showing there are no
>         guarantees to anything presented on the products site. 
>          
>         I have been around PLCs for long enough to know that getting
>         the right tools for the right job is half the battle. Just
>         nice to know there is more tools out there to find the right
>         jobs for. 
>          
>         Sincerely,
>         Judd Pickell
>         
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