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SymbOS MP3MSX Demostration

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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A demonstration of SymbOS, a preemptive multitasking operating system with a graphical user interface, running on an 8-bit Z80-based MSX turboR.

Demostración de SymbOS MSX de Podatron en conjunto con la tarjeta MP3MSX de Yobi y DD en un MSX turboR con Sunrise CF IDE. This is a real MSX turboR capture, not emulation. Productor: Carlos Milán Figueredo

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What people say. Recommended as an impressive demonstration of a modern multitasking GUI operating system running on extremely limited 8-bit hardware.

agumonkeyon Hacker News • Recommends

On “SymbOS: preemptive multitasking OS that can play mp3s, video on 8-bit Z80 PCs”

After finding about pico8, I got interested in low res, low color depth UX, this couldn't come at a better time. Beside the flickering, it's pretty neat. link to this video
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…out process that led me to list these. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - SymbOS ( link ): preemptive multitasking, windowed GUI, storage on devices up to 128GB, runs on home computers using the Z80 (starting at 4MHz) with up to (_ up to _) 1MB of RAM. (I found this rambling but very interesting demo of what it can do with one of the more capable machines it supports: link to this video ) - kOS ( link ): limited-access…
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tluyben2on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Alan Cox announces Fuzix OS”

I have many Z80 machines in my 'museum'; happy to see people making software for them still. I am working on applications for Symbos1 which is really a show of force on these rather slow machines2. 1 link 2 link to this video
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