SqueakNOS is back!
This is part of an article written almost four years ago (2006), telling some history of the evolution of SqueakNOS, with some updates mixed up in red. SqueakNOS has evolved a lot since that time but...
View ArticleA little history of the implementation
The people originally in the group only knew low level PC stuff, so we started with this, however there is already people participating that want to give Apple/PowerPC a try!There are two incarnations...
View ArticleImplementation idea
We want to get rid of the operating system backends of Squeak/Pharo. For this we know we will need to implement lots of low level things, we are not afraid, but we want to take a little different...
View ArticlePhase 1: Make it boot [Done]
Make it boot and start interpreting the .image with text output for tracing and debugging.The old SqueakNOS used a custom made mutant boot loader, borned from mixing LILO, the Linux kernel boot loader,...
View ArticlePhase 2: Make it breath [Done]
Add graphics mode support, and native IRQ setup and handling Graphics modeAfter the nice suprise that GRUB had graphic mode switching almost ready to be used, we jumped into making it work for us, and...
View ArticlePhase 3: Give it awareness [Almost done]
Make keyboard and mouse work. This let us actually try SqueakNOS. Make hard drives work, this will let us code SqueakNOS from within SqueakNOS.Having keyboard and mouse opened the door to playing with...
View ArticleGetting started with SqueakNOS
The idea of this article is to explain what are the different bundles that are available to deliver SqueakNOS.You probably already know that SqueakNOS is(n't) an operating system. Then, the way to use...
View ArticleAccessing Squeak's image from the outside
After some time playing with SqueakNOS, you'll notice you can't save the image from the inside of the VM. Also, you may want to introduce some code from the outside, and if you are like me, you...
View ArticleBuilding new releases of SqueakNOS
We roll new versions of SqueakNOS periodically by using a really simple automated process, and this article explains how it works. So, after reading this, you'll know how to rebuild SqueakNOS Object...
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SqueakNOS release updated!
We are glad to announce that we have just uploaded an updated version of SqueakNOS to our site. You can find the updated download links here.This release adds the following items to the previous...
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