SymbOS
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SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System (SymbOS) is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems.
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Within Vinony's link graph, SymbOS is referenced by 40 other articles, and connects out to virtual machine, MSX and preemption.
It sits within the topics Amstrad CPC, Hobbyist operating systems and MSX.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SymbOS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.