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Show HN: A DOS-like hobby OS written in Rust and x86 assembly

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207 points krustowski | 1 comments | 19 Jun 25 13:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source

To try it out, simply build the project yourself from source, or use attached bootable ISO image of the system (in Releases on Github) and run it in QEMU.

https://blog.vxn.dev/rou2exos-rusted-edition

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DrNosferatu ◴[19 Jun 25 15:22 UTC] No.44319531[source]▶
DOS-like but not DOS-compatible, correct?
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DrNosferatu ◴[19 Jun 25 18:20 UTC] No.44321157[source]▶
...meaning MS-DOS compatible :)

I.e.: runs Alley Cat and Dune 2 - and Doom.

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JdeBP ◴[19 Jun 25 18:22 UTC] No.44321179[source]▶
And prevents Lotus 1-2-3 from running? (-:
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1. vardump ◴[19 Jun 25 19:06 UTC] No.44321538[source]▶
That's the litmus test. No version of DOS is complete until Lotus 1-2-3 no longer runs.