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  1. Apr 15th, 2001, 10:16 PM #41
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    I am currently trying to use normal DOS mouse drivers to help CTOS use a mouse, only there are some problems. I got the mouse to work in VESA modes, but the operation is VERY messy(cursor leaves trails, very buggy. Draws cursor using set pixels ), and only works for half of the screen... This HAS TO WORK PERFECTLY before I do any more work on CTOS's GUI. What's the point of a GUI without a mouse, eh?

    If ANYONE at all, has ANY idea/sample on how I can fix this problem, please tell me. What will you get? A gui that won't crash as often . If you prefer, email me:

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  2. Apr 16th, 2001, 01:54 AM #42
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    good looking CTOS project

    i think that this OS that warmarsters workin on is great ! saw the pic, not bad from a OS that is made from scratch, and hasnt cost anyone any money! ill be sure to want to test it whenever warmaster wants it to be tested! congratulations....
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  3. May 2nd, 2001, 03:42 AM #43
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    just an idea so don't get upset or anything ... but rather than a dos based OS and having to deal with all kinds of copyright issues and have your project end up no more stable than dos ... why not use a linux base? seems to me that linux being 32 bit and having drivers for most hardware, not to mention loadable modules to make the kernel smaller would be a more logical choice. And there is no denying that linux is really a programmers first choice for an OS, everything you need to develop linux applications is free. But as I said, it's just an idea and I'm just a lowly VB programmer that dabbles in c/c++ in a linux environment. In any case, I'd be glad to beta test your OS if/when you get it that far.
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  4. May 21st, 2001, 10:31 PM #44
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    The OS is looking really good. Keep up the good work. In case You need some good source code examples, You can mail me. I'll XDrive it.
    And WarMaster, As RebelDev suggested The OS should be able to able to run Win32 programs as well. Pl see to it, as it seems to be a great idea.
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  6. May 22nd, 2001, 06:53 AM #45
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    I haven't been on VB-World for what seems like a few months! Well... anyways, KrishnaSantosh, I don't think you can X-Drive it anymore. They got rid of X-Drive Express(The free X-Drive), and made an X-Drive "Enhanced"(~$20 a month).

    Rebel Dev: I haven't had DOS crash on me even once. It seems pretty stable to me, but yes, we will have to deal with copyrights. How about when we get the GUI, mouse, and some of the O.S. functions done and then we'll go for 32-bit. I think we should go for a new 32-bit O.S., but then we'll have to design a whole new boot-block, I/O functions, drivers, filesystem, etc...

    Sure, we can do that, but let's get the Windowing system working first...
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  7. Jun 10th, 2001, 08:54 PM #46
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    This post looks pretty old, but I just wanted to throw in my support on this project. You guys are doing a superb job in actually getting this done. I've never seen an OS get made, about how many lines of code are you at?

    As I was sayng before, this thread is pretty old, how are you guys doing now? Any new updates to share?


    Good Luck!
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  8. Jun 26th, 2001, 11:46 AM #47
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    Originally posted by SteveCRM
    This post looks pretty old, but I just wanted to throw in my support on this project. You guys are doing a superb job in actually getting this done. I've never seen an OS get made, about how many lines of code are you at?

    As I was sayng before, this thread is pretty old, how are you guys doing now? Any new updates to share?


    Good Luck!
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