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Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386
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Os8088 is a hobbyist operating system written in assembly that brings a Macintosh-style graphical interface to vintage IBM PC hardware. It features multitasking and window management, capabilities that were not standard on the original 1984 Macintosh.
A Macintosh System 1-style desktop for the Intel 8086, written entirely in real-mode assembly and booted from a floppy. Overlapping windows, pull-down menus, a serial mouse, loadable programs -- and pre-emptive multitasking, which the real 1984 Macintosh never had.
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