Intellivision Operating System Revealed

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.

But...

[Gibble]

Can I still use my old intellivision games with this?

Re:All those man hours...

[dekashizl]

All those man hours...could probably be better spent in any number of ways... Sorry, but I just don't see the value in a project such as this one.

And my time could be spent far better than by responding to your obnoxous flamebait post, but I just couldn't let it slide -- I despise this attitude, every time it pops up in technology, government, education, ...

There are smart and creative people out there. Every day, these people do things for no particular reason other than their own curiosity, education, and betterment. This is the human spirit at its finest. Sometimes these things become the foundation of new discoveries, sometimes they just get written up and provide inspiration, information, or amusement for others.

But the fact is, it's none of your business how these people you don't know spend their time. And since we're sharing our personal opinions here anyway, mine is that your time would be better spent learning HTML and doing something productive rather than posting anonymous ignorant criticisms of people who accomplish more than you could ever dream of.

Re:All those man hours...

[f97tosc]

could probably be better spent in any number of ways: #
improving open source software that people will actually *use*
raising money for your favorite charity
mentoring a kid who needs a role model

This post comes up every time somebody does a crazy project. Sorry for Karma-whoring, but I post the same reply every time.

This project is being done for fun. We people are odd beings - we do not want to spend all our time raising money for charity and writing useful code for somebody else. We like to spend both some time and money on having fun. It would be a great world if everybody was constantly productive... or maybe not.

Instead of complaining on the odd guy who actually is really creative with his leisure time, why don't you take a crack at all the people who are only sitting on their butts and watching TV or reading Slashdot.

Tor

Beware...

[Anonymous Coward]

Note the date that project was released... :-)

Re:Again?

[Anonymous Coward]

There is a fairly modern OS kernel written in assembly. It's called OS/2. And it is wicked fast on modern PC hardware. :>