Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386

(os8088.com)

55 points | by jggonz 2 hours ago

9 comments

  • orbital-decay 1 minute ago
    Beveled-buttons Minesweeper (first appeared in Win 3.11 IIRC) running on a preemptive 8086 OS with a bootleg System 1/2/3 interface looks absolutely cursed.
  • Narishma 1 hour ago
    > Hand-written real-mode 8086. No C, no linker, no runtime library.

    More like hand-prompted...

  • jggonz 2 hours 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, games, Sound Blaster support and upcoming Hard Drive support.

  • LeoPanthera 35 minutes ago
    It's funny how virtually everyone on HN is using AI to write code and simultaneously dismisses all interesting new software as written by AI.
    • 1bpp 12 minutes ago
      Different groups, the spammers like to congratulate each other for how much hard work they must have put into their very impressive prompt engineering. Regardless, AI code is distinct from extremely blatant AI design. People dismiss things that had no actual design, just whatever fell out of the prompt they gave it. If you can't write a single human paragraph or put thought and care into how you are presenting 'your' project, it's not worth paying attention to. Why can't they present their own work honestly? Why would I spend energy looking at an OS made by someone who can't write an HTML file by themself?
    • superb_dev 14 minutes ago
      It’s almost like those are two different populations of people?
      • LeoPanthera 13 minutes ago
        Outside in the real world? Sure.

        Here on HN? I don't believe that.

  • anigbrowl 40 minutes ago
    Was not expecting the fractal viewer (in disk B/apps)
  • ozymandiax 1 hour ago
    This rewrites what-could-have-been history a bit... better get my IBM XT/286 out of storage! Is this for real?
  • internet2000 49 minutes ago
    Fun little toy. Wonder how much in tokens went into it.
  • cheema33 1 hour ago
    If it were available back then, Microsoft may be a small shop today or may have gone the way of Lotus.
  • theturtle 38 minutes ago
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