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Datalisk · Oct 22nd, 2005, 6:27 PM

I am trying to pull an OS together called SerpentOS. I need team members or people to just help me code, so if interested just post here. The project will be an OS with DirectX support, a graphical user interface written by me in DirectX, and several programs (which would also be windows compatible) that come with it. This would be booted off of a DOS floppy and then run through the autoexec automatically. I'd eventually attempt to code my own (or find a public domain version of) DOS to run it on. This project would provide a very mobile gaming and programming platform with support for DirectX based games! If interested, as I said, post here (or in any other posts I make asking for help or members). Thank you!

Arevos · Oct 22nd, 2005, 6:59 PM

Seems... ambitious. WINE took about a decade to get DirectX support perfect, and Linux took a similar amount of time to get into a robust, mainstream OS. I suppose you could rip elements from both, but we're talking a project that would last years, even with a team of expert programmers working full time.

nindoja · Oct 22nd, 2005, 6:59 PM

wow, sounds like i'll do it, just hand me a check for $1,000,000 and i'm your man. I'll drop out of school too if you want. Seriously though, think about your request, and how much time it would take. Also, DirectX support would be hard as anything, and it would take many years, yes YEARS, to get it working. Look at the wineX project, it is functional, but no where near perfect. On top of that, programming an OS isn't the easiest thing in the world. And saying you have experience in Gamemaker has no relevance.

EDIT: Please don't cross post.
EDIT2: Nice timing averos, and nice comment, sounds like mine.

tempest · Oct 22nd, 2005, 7:38 PM

DO NOT CROSS POST! Read the forum rules or don't post.... your actions show that you are a person of very little respect.

iignotus · Oct 22nd, 2005, 9:45 PM

If you keep cross-posting, you WILL be banned. It doesn't help that you barely have any idea what you're talking about in regards to your OS idea.

niteice · Oct 22nd, 2005, 9:49 PM

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Originally Posted by tempest

your actions show that you are a person of very little respect.

And/or intelligence.

frankish · Oct 24th, 2005, 1:01 PM

Why use DirectX. DirectX only works with Windows. What if you wanted your OS to be portable. Here's what I'd do:

First download a graphical library like Allegro and use pure dos to boot the OS.

frankish · Oct 24th, 2005, 1:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tempest

DO NOT CROSS POST! Read the forum rules or don't post.... your actions show that you are a person of very little respect.

What is "cross posting"?

DaWei · Oct 24th, 2005, 1:03 PM

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use pure dos to boot the OS.

I've been programming for 35 years. What does that mean?

iignotus · Oct 24th, 2005, 2:41 PM

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What is "cross posting"?

Making multiple threads with the same topic.

And don't multi-post!!

Oct 22nd, 2005, 6:27 PM	#1
Datalisk Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	SerpentOS I am trying to pull an OS together called SerpentOS. I need team members or people to just help me code, so if interested just post here. The project will be an OS with DirectX support, a graphical user interface written by me in DirectX, and several programs (which would also be windows compatible) that come with it. This would be booted off of a DOS floppy and then run through the autoexec automatically. I'd eventually attempt to code my own (or find a public domain version of) DOS to run it on. This project would provide a very mobile gaming and programming platform with support for DirectX based games! If interested, as I said, post here (or in any other posts I make asking for help or members). Thank you! __________________ DevPortal - My website!

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tempest Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,041 Rep Power: 6	DO NOT CROSS POST! Read the forum rules or don't post.... your actions show that you are a person of very little respect. __________________

Oct 22nd, 2005, 9:45 PM	#5
iignotus Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nowhere Special Posts: 466 Rep Power: 4	If you keep cross-posting, you WILL be banned. It doesn't help that you barely have any idea what you're talking about in regards to your OS idea. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) % rc4 hexkey < input > output #define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file / unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)charv;{++v;while(++i)s[ i]=i;for(c=0;(v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i] +k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;}

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Oct 22nd, 2005, 6:59 PM	#2
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	Seems... ambitious. WINE took about a decade to get DirectX support perfect, and Linux took a similar amount of time to get into a robust, mainstream OS. I suppose you could rip elements from both, but we're talking a project that would last years, even with a team of expert programmers working full time.

Oct 22nd, 2005, 6:59 PM	#3
nindoja Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 92 Rep Power: 4	wow, sounds like i'll do it, just hand me a check for $1,000,000 and i'm your man. I'll drop out of school too if you want. Seriously though, think about your request, and how much time it would take. Also, DirectX support would be hard as anything, and it would take many years, yes YEARS, to get it working. Look at the wineX project, it is functional, but no where near perfect. On top of that, programming an OS isn't the easiest thing in the world. And saying you have experience in Gamemaker has no relevance. EDIT: Please don't cross post. EDIT2: Nice timing averos, and nice comment, sounds like mine.

Oct 24th, 2005, 1:01 PM	#7
frankish Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 177 Rep Power: 0	Why use DirectX. DirectX only works with Windows. What if you wanted your OS to be portable. Here's what I'd do: First download a graphical library like Allegro and use pure dos to boot the OS.

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