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SymbOS MP3MSX Demostration

karloch · demo · Watch on YouTube

Demoscene & retrocomputingOperating systems & kernels

What it is

A demonstration of SymbOS, a multitasking operating system for 8-bit Z80 machines, running on a real MSX turboR with an MP3MSX card and a CF IDE interface. It shows the OS playing audio and running a graphical desktop on very old hardware, captured from the real machine and not an emulator.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a vivid showcase of how much a modern-feeling GUI OS can do on slow 8-bit hardware.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “Beside the flickering, it's pretty neat.”

    Neat low-res UX demo despite flickering.

    agumonkey, 2015-12 · Recommendation · in “SymbOS: preemptive multitasking OS that can play mp3s, video on 8-bit Z80 PCs”

  2. “I found this rambling but very interesting demo of what it can do with one of the more capable machines it supports”

    Rambling but very interesting demo of SymbOS capabilities.

    exikyut, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Looking Glass, a revolutionary window manager revealed in 2006”

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Topics: symbos, msx, z80, 8-bit, retrocomputing

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