SymbOS
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SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System (SymbOS) is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- operating system
- Country
- Germany
- Official website
- symbos.de
- Image
- Symbos-cpc.png
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- programmed in
- assembly language
- Commons category
- SymbOS
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Motivation and rationale
- Design
- Task management
- Memory and banking management
- Interprocess communication
- File system management
- Interface
- Applications
- Commands
- Development and release
- See also
- References
- External links
SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System (SymbOS) is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems.
Unlike early 8-bit operating systems, SymbOS is based on a microkernel, which provides preemptive and priority-oriented multitasking and manages random-access memory (RAM) with a size of up to 1024 KB. It has a Windows-like graphical user interface (GUI), supports hard disks with a capacity of up to 128 GB and can already be booted on an unexpanded Amstrad CPC-6128, a 128K-MSX2 and an Amstrad PCW.
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