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OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-08-07 06:28:38)
Developing a windowed OS for a homebrew Am29000 computer

Once upon a time in the mysterious lands of Mexico, starting in Fall 1996 and through Spring 1997, I coded a windowed operating system in 32-bit machine code, fit it into a floppy, and jumped in excitement as it boot up.

Of course, I knew it was a great thing because you couldn't boot Windows 3.1 or GEM from a floppy disk

https://www.osnews.com/story/145696/developing-a-windowed-os-for-a-homebrew-am29000-computer/

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