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 Apr 14 2005, 05:16 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 196 Joined: 12-April 05 Member No.: 3,899  |
It's amazing, but there's a real operating system that does multitasking, networking, provides a GUI and runs on a C64. It actually looks pretty cool. Check it out at http://www.sics.se/~adam/contiki/
You can see screenshots and get a file suitable for use on your C64 emulator should you wish. |
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Apr 15 2005, 07:59 AM
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Member - Active Contributor Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 31-January 05 Member No.: 2,453 |
I'm impressed! There's even ported version for VIC20 and Gameboy! This may not be practical for end-users, but geeks and researchers can have a field day with this. I especially like the little sensor board setup. Yow!
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Apr 15 2005, 08:11 AM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 11-February 05 From: Bangalore Member No.: 2,607 |
This is the kind of developmet that will bring on the age of 'small is big' poewr machines. Its increadable that an OS can be configured to use very low CPU resources. When you look at OS like Microsoft that is GUI frontended - OS usually take up a large chunk of Memory and CPU.
Will look forward to a time when an implant in my molars and a VDU implanted in my eye is all I require to access the internet, communicate with people worldwide and do complex computing processess in my mouth..  |
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Apr 15 2005, 12:31 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 196 Joined: 12-April 05 Member No.: 3,899 |
This IS practical for end users. For the few people still using C64, this is a nice, user-friendly environment that's far nicer than anything else except for maybe GEOS. But GEOS is older, bigger and has less features... The sensor usage is impractical, but on a computer like C64 or Apple II, it's great.
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 Apr 17 2005, 03:01 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 4-April 05 Member No.: 3,615 |
QUOTE(madcrow @ Apr 15 2005, 08:31 AM) This IS practical for end users. For the few people still using C64, this is a nice, user-friendly environment that's far nicer than anything else except for maybe GEOS. But GEOS is older, bigger and has less features... The sensor usage is impractical, but on a computer like C64 or Apple II, it's great.  I agree. I looked at the screen shots for it and the funny thing is that it looks a lot like the early days of Mac OS.  However, I didn't like the early Mac OS's so I doubt that I would like this one.. 
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Apr 21 2005, 12:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 196 Joined: 12-April 05 Member No.: 3,899 |
Structurally it's more like AmigaOS than it is like MacOS. And that's a VERY good thing.
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Apr 23 2005, 02:21 AM
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Member - Active Contributor Group: Members Posts: 91 Joined: 31-January 05 Member No.: 2,453 |
QUOTE(madcrow @ Apr 15 2005, 08:31 AM) This IS practical for end users. For the few people still using C64, this is a nice, user-friendly environment that's far nicer than anything else except for maybe GEOS. But GEOS is older, bigger and has less features... The sensor usage is impractical, but on a computer like C64 or Apple II, it's great. Yeah, I always forget that there are some of those still in some form of everyday use. I remember when Commodore in West Chester, PA shut down and they auctioned everything off. Sometimes I forget that they are still out there. |
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Aug 21 2005, 04:27 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 13-August 05 Member No.: 7,827 |
This one looks pretty cool, i must give a try
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Aug 23 2005, 02:43 PM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 66 Joined: 18-August 05 Member No.: 7,934 |
Woa, looks oldschool. Wonder what they will think up next?
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Oct 21 2006, 04:15 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 19-October 06 Member No.: 16,667 |
Does it a have a web browser... I have a very old system where I can install this and keep it for browsing the net or stuff like that!
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