OS that fits on 1x 1.44MB Floppy

[Deviant]

That's right, a whole OS, GUI based like Windows, browse the web and more from 1x 1.44 MB floppy disk.

It's called QNX and it's quite neat to play around with and it's a fast download.

The 1.44MB version has some demos's, and web software and you can even run it off a floppy drive. There are also more elaborate versions too.

Here's their website:
http://www.qnx.com/

[_N_]

i had a look at it a while ago, but I think I had problems setting it up,

are you using it?

[Geek4Life]

hmm interesting, might have to give it a go.

[CmdrChris]

pretty cool huh, I played around with the first few versions of that one.

They also have a full software supported version of it, has qutie few more apps with it.

But amazing that they can do even that much from a floppy.

Another fun alternative os is BEOS.

Anyone else played with it, I think Paul Okenfold uses it as most of his music sounds like its from the samples you get with an app that comes for beos (I think is called beatmix or something similar).

But anyway its pretty sweet, has native OpenGL support (cant find any games tho, just demos), and a couple of good free video and audio editing tools.

[Artifice]

reminds me of my younger days as a spotty geek playing with my amiga. :D

[Deviant]

I don't use it, just had a play with it. I wonder if it would crunch seti faster and windows.

[Humantuckshop]

Originally posted by Artifice
reminds me of my younger days as a spotty geek playing with my amiga. :D


Oooh, Amiga I remember them - I had teh 500. Silkworm forever. :cool:


*goes off to start fire by rubbing two sticks together*


QNX doesn't like my system - or vice versa, i'll stick with ME.

[Geek4Life]

I gave that demo a go :). All that I can say is "damn crappy winmodem POS". There ain't a lot that can be done without having web access. :(

[Ripping]

this must be the same QNX that is used for industrial applications ?
Probably just a cutdown versions huh? I remember seeing a guy at work tooling around with the OS. It was being used on a PC collecting machine data... like voltages, movement etc.

[Deviant]

Originally posted by Ripping
this must be the same QNX that is used for industrial applications ?
Probably just a cutdown versions huh? I remember seeing a guy at work tooling around with the OS. It was being used on a PC collecting machine data... like voltages, movement etc.

That will be it, perfect for an app like that.

[Grrr!!]

I am confused. It fits on a 1.44mb floppy, yet the download is 200mb http://apolyton.net/forums/images/smilies/eek.gif

Can someone link to a smaller download. My 28k rural connection doesn't like big files :D .

[Deviant]

There is a demo version that fits on 1 1.44MB floppy disk