----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Cable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 2:10 PM
Subject: [ql-users] Menuet OS
> Got this off slashdot. Figured motorola assembly writers would get a kick
out of
> this. At least it is small and should be fast and maybe could replace
windows.
> Should appeal to QLers that have to use an x86 machine.
>
> Eugenia Loli-Queru writes: "OSNews is hosting an interview with Ville
Turjanmaa,
> the creator of the Menuet Operating System. Menuet is a new, 32-bit OS
under the
> GPL and it fits to a single floppy (along with 10 or so more applications
that
> come as standard with the OS). It features protection for the memory and
code,
> it has a GUI running at 16.7 million colors (except with 3Dfx Voodoo
cards),
> sound at 44.1 khz stereo etc. And the most important and notable feature?
The
> whole OS was written in 100%, pure 32-bit x86 assembly code!"
>
> Interview at www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=93
>
QNX too will boot from a single floppy and works very well: see
http://www.qnx.com
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Peter S Tillier
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