GentleOS/32: A hobby operating system for vintage 32-bit PCs and retro hardware tinkering
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GentleOS/32 is a hobby operating system designed for vintage 32-bit PCs, specifically targeting retro hardware enthusiasts. It requires minimal specs (i386 CPU, 4MB RAM, VGA display) and supports standard PC devices like VGA/SVGA, keyboard, PS/2 mouse, serial mouse, and PC speaker. The OS is monolithic, compile-time configured, and aims to provide a simple platform for running graphical interactive apps on bare metal. Future plans are limited to bugfixes, optimizations, and adding more apps, with no major architectural changes planned.
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· 4 pulledIts goal is to provide a simple platform for tinkering with retro hardware and running graphical interactive apps on bare metal.
At minimum, it only requires an i386 CPU, 4MB of RAM, and a VGA display capable of 640x480x16 mode.
By design it's entirely monolithic, mostly configured at compile time, and only supports standard PC devices: VGA/SVGA, keyboard, PS/2 mouse, serial mouse, PC speaker.
The only future plans are bugfixes, optimizations, and adding more apps.
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