Talk:83Plus:OS:TIOS Alternatives

Nostalgy

Well, I was on the team for that, and as far as I knew it died. I've not touched my parts of the code for about two years now. I'd be willing to take it back up if it's going to go anywhere, but... I just haven't touched it in so long I'd probably want to start over, especially since I've learned some things since I started working on it. Andy Janata 10:31, 27 March 2006 (PST)

Vera = exokernel?

In regards to Vera: this architecture is very similar to that of an exokernel operating system. Having briefly read up on Vera, it doesn't seem to me to be an exokernel. Even in its current form the operating system seems to do more than securely export hardware resources. However, I'm not intimately familiar with the project, so I'm leaving some time for someone to correct me before I change the text. --Dan Englender 12:25, 27 March 2006 (PST)

Vera seems to have died in her cradle... Anyway, the idea is to provide a filesystem (possibly integrated with memory management), a plugin system that would enable user code to extend the assembly interface, user program execution (naturally) and maybe a common link protocol and a customisable ISR at $0038. Everything above that, including the UI and maths capabilities is not an integral part of the system. CoBB 13:09, 27 March 2006 (PST)

Yeah, but providing a file system and memory management is beyond exokernel. Plus it doesn't seem to grant access to and revoke hardware resources. I would say it's more microkernelish than exokernelish, although probably provides more OS support than even a microkernel. --Dan Englender 13:29, 27 March 2006 (PST)