ponydos/README.md

PonyDOS

What is PonyDOS?

PonyDOS is a hobby 512-byte operating system, designed for ponies like you!

Is PonyDOS a DOS distribution?

No! PonyDOS uses its own 512-byte kernel, built from scratch.

Screenshots

[todo: insert screenshots here]

Building from scratch

To build PonyDOS from scratch, on an environment with nasm and python3, run make. make run runs the floppy disk image ponydos.img with QEMU.

How do I contribute?

There is a model hello.asm file to demonstrate how best to use the multitude of features the kernel provides. Build your own program on top– write an assembler, an audio mixer, a ponysay, whatever your heart desires! –and [todo: ???].

Credits

This is a parody of klange's wonderful PonyOS. The creators of this project, CrazyEttin, nortti, and shikhin hang out in [todo: redacted].

What are people saying about PonyDOS?

Nothing so far.

FAQ

Does PonyDOS work on real hardware?

Yes! PonyDOS works on many different machines. The kernel can run on any 80286-compatible CPU, and the applications on any 8086-compatible CPU.

Is this really not a DOS distribution?

PonyDOS is not a DOS distribution---it's also not a BSD, or a Hurd, or a Minix, or a Sortix!

How do I resize windows?

If the top-left corner of the window is the ↨ symbol, you can click and drag the symbol to resize.

I started a window and it doesn't have a title bar, how do I exit it?

You don't.

How do I install PonyDOS?

At the moment, PonyOS is only offered as a live flopp disk image with no installation option, for your safety.

TODO

Basic stuff

• be able to click on asm/text files in file listing to open
• delete the TODO from release README

Nice to have

• ponysay