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Intellivision Operating System Revealed

Posted by simoniker on from the never-too-late-for-an-os-update dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the IntyOS site, which has released Version 0.2 Alpha of a "multitasked operating system for the Intellivision console." According to the site, IntyOS "..includes a powerful GUI which handles a mouse pointer, windows, menus, icons, etc", and was "..written from scratch in CP-1600 assembly language in order to fit exactly to the hardware specificities of the Intellivision. Its main goal is now to see how far it's possible to go with today's technologies on such a limited system from the early 80's" There's also a site mirror available, and the demo ROM is viewable in a Java applet.

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  1. Bye Bye. by OS24Ever · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bye Bye IntOS. Slashdotted in 0.33 seconds.

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    1. Re:Bye Bye. by TopShelf · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's what they get for running the site on an Intellivision as well...

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  2. The true test of an OS... by Savatte · · Score: 5, Funny

    can Doom run on it yet?

  3. A mountain called Intellivision by rdewald · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do this? Because it's there? I have a Tandy 102 without a working "P" on the keyboard someone could have. Maybe it would be neat to write a OS without using any P's.

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    1. Re:A mountain called Intellivision by tarquin_fim_bim · · Score: 5, Funny

      It could just work, when my right mouse button stopped working I invented the Mac.

    2. Re:A mountain called Intellivision by kguilber · · Score: 5, Funny

      My other keyboard only has working Ctrl, Alt, and Del buttons. I use it for windows.

  4. amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    whats next, getting linux to run on an abacus?

    1. Re:amazing by dasmegabyte · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'd like to see linux running on my Incan quipu strands. They are, after all, binary. I'm willing to donate to the project, but I'm broke, so all I can offer to the coder is a terrace farm and all the guinea pigs you can eat.

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  5. Who needs Mini-ITX now? by binaryDigit · · Score: 3, Funny

    The old Intellivisions didn't need a fan right? Just take the guts and stick it into a l33t case. It already has video out right, as well as audio. This could be a sweeet part of your home entertainment system or in your car. If you had a big enough cluster of them in your trunk, you might even be able to play a 8kbps mp3! I bet VIA is shaking in their boots, expect a lawsuit from them on these guys any minute now!

  6. What, no NetBSD? by sulli · · Score: 5, Funny

    I swear, this is still more proof that *BSD is dying.

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    1. Re:What, no NetBSD? by Surak · · Score: 4, Funny

      Of course, NOW someone will port it just to prove that *BSD isn't dying. :)

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  7. I bet he runs his web server on.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    YOU GUESSED IT! INTELLIVISION!! You win the right to GO OUTSIDE!

    lamefiltersuxlamefiltersuxlamefiltersuxitsnottoo manycaps

  8. Does that mean they finally released the keyboard? by nzyank · · Score: 5, Funny

    My first console was the Intellivision. Bought it so that I could program it when they released the keyboard. Still waiting.

  9. No penguins? by paroneayea · · Score: 5, Funny

    So wait, someone's installing an OS on a retro system... it isn't Linux... yet it's being posted on Slashdot?
    What's going on here?

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  10. Re:Hot damn. by gearheadsmp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I for one welcome our new Assembly Optimized overlords.

  11. Ig Nobel candidate by raistphrk · · Score: 4, Funny

    This sounds like an Ig Nobel Prize candidate to me. To quote the website, "Every Ig Nobel Prize winner has done something that first makes people LAUGH, then makes them THINK. Technically speaking, the Igs honor people whose achievements 'cannot or should not be reproduced.'"

    Sounds like we have a real winner, unless they've ported NetBSD to a toaster yet.