My project:

[QwertySoft]

First, my website, http://www.geocities.com/qwertysoftware was supposed to have a seperate section devoted to my OS project. But 1) I can't write HTML to save my own ass and 2) I have no time for that anyway. So, I keep everyone updated through a message board, qb45.com(http://www.qb45.com/forum ). Right now it ain't much, i'm programming it in QBasic to run over dos, kinda like win 3.1 but without the crashing. right now the raw code is over 500kb, so i gotta get that down to about 10% of that before i can compile version 1.1, but version 1.0 is out now(1.1 will be the first one that's got REAL OS-type features, i.e. PROGRAMS) you can get it from http://www.geocities.com/qwertysoftware/qs1_000.zip (you have to take this link, copy & paste, geocities doesnt let you remotely link to files, and i'm too cheap to get anythign else) here's a list of features to come in 1.1:
-Kernel/Script engine(whatever i can fit in it)
-Skinning
-DotQS Programming Language

and coming to the following versions:
-Wave/mp3 support
-svga modes
-color/graphical printing

believe it or not, the top 3 are gonna be easier to finish before the bottom 3 things, just due to the nature of qbasic. i'll keep this updated.

[Master of Reality]

will it run on top of FreeDOS?
why do you want the raw code to be under 500kB?
You could try netfirms.com for hosting. They provide hotlinking and are a good provider (and free).

[ September 11, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

[Master of Reality]

is it opensource?, will you be releasing the source code. Will it be licensed under the GPL? Are you the only one developing it?
If it was opensource i might offer my service/skills to help you and so would many others.

Why did you choose Qbasic to write it in?

[ September 11, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality / Bob ]

[mobrien_12]

Dude, that background on your web page has got to go.

[Master of Reality]

you really werent join when you said you arent good at websites...
your whole project seems to be to windows-based.

[hm_murdock]

Your link to the 1.0 d/l doesn't work, and when I tried to run the 0.4whatever release that's on your site, it hung in VPC5.

it looks promising... just slightly unstable in that build perhaps?

keep it up, it looks good!

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: The Jimmy James ]

[Calum]

i haven't gone and got it yet, but alarm bells ring when i hear about an 'OS' that is a FRONTEND for DOS. (i was excited until i realised that shitty old DOS is the real OS here) Also, the fact that you can't be arsed to write html doesn't fill me with confidence about your other code writing skills, you cannot even be bothered to write a pointer page to the latest release of your zip file. Also, the fact it is written in basic makes me a little hesitant too. Plus i see here that it is closed source so in 20 years time, you might be the next Microsoft.

Don't get me wrong, i can't program in any language (yet), so i am not in any way criticising, but the above list shows you why i.and perhaps many others, might not be as enthusiastic about this as perhaps they otherwise would have been.

MoR, netfirms would be no use for this project, they cap filesizes at 1/4 of a megabyte. Geocities is the best for this type of thing.

[Gooseberry Clock]

netfirms.com provide hotlinking

Not for files over 256K they don't. Oh, and:

a. In the instance of the NETFIRMS FREE HOSTING PLAN

[Master of Reality]

you fucking dumb piece of shit. What the hell is wrong with your brain. Whe the hell cares what kind of bandwith netfirms gives you if you cant have files over 250kB.

[QwertySoft]

The source is available, http://www.geocities.com/qwertysoftware/Source ,then click on qs1_000.bas to download. i've shoved this project aside for a while to make room for my rpg, Xerol's Quest(there's a little info about the storyline in xerolpt1.doc) i've mostly been working on the 3d engines for it so i havent had much time to get the code down under the 64k/module limit that QB has for compiling it(the only module i cant get under 64k is the engine itself, because it's all one routine and its about 150kb. i'm not releasing code for this yet because 1) its totally unreadable and 2) doesnt work at all and 3) i'm not workin on it anymore anyway)

[pkd_lives]

Okay lets get this straight.

You are writting code in QBasic.

From qbasic.com

QBasic ("QuickBasic") is a language published by Microsoft. The current (and last) version is 4.5, and version 1.1 is distributed with DOS in place of GW-BASIC.

What the FUCK do you not understand about FUCKMICROSOFT.com? Qbasic runs under a M$-DOS controlled OS. It can only run under systems that support it (and to the best of my knowledge most people here either DO NOT USE THE M$-DOS system - they have gotten rid of M$, or they are currently trying to).

Why would you try to advertise your product (however experimental) on a M$ based system, HERE OF ALL PLACES? Go to fucking WindowsBS or some other pro M$ forum.

If you wish to write under one of the many developmental environments available for say Linux, then you may get an audience.

However do not be suprised if you get flamed for promoting M$ (I mean even alan sugar had a better version of BASIC).


**cough***dipshit***cough**

[ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: pkd ]

[hm_murdock]

he never said it had to run on MS-DOS.

What about FreeDOS?

[Kintaro]

Its alright, it runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP dos emulation so it means its 16 bit which means IT WILL RUN ON DOS. Try it.

It has no potential because of the language.

[Kintaro]

i haven't gone and got it yet, but alarm bells ring when i hear about an 'OS' that is a FRONTEND for DOS. (i was excited until i realised that shitty old DOS is the real OS here) Also, the fact that you can't be arsed to write html doesn't fill me with confidence about your other code writing skills, you cannot even be bothered to write a pointer page to the latest release of your zip file. Also, the fact it is written in basic makes me a little hesitant too. Plus i see here that it is closed source so in 20 years time, you might be the next Microsoft.

Don't get me wrong, i can't program in any language (yet), so i am not in any way criticising, but the above list shows you why i.and perhaps many others, might not be as enthusiastic about this as perhaps they otherwise would have been.

MoR, netfirms would be no use for this project, they cap filesizes at 1/4 of a megabyte. Geocities is the best for this type of thing.

It is open source, and his QBasic coding skills are much the same as mine in the was of coding skills. It has several problems...

• Cant run on any drive except C:
• Written in qbasic.
• Nice try but its to monolithic.

That could be fixed if the system is given a powerful scripting language. But even my Dotnet 2.1 has its own scripting language for the credits. So thats easy, feel free to use my source.