X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,c6e481008dbdedf3 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-11 10:26:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: "Tom Bampton" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: alt.ascii-art ASCII-OS Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:26:07 -0000 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: edendev.demon.co.uk X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1037039168 26913 193.237.172.117 (11 Nov 2002 18:26:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 18:26:08 +0000 (UTC) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20545 "Harry Mason" wrote in message news:slrnasvs0v.438.spam@prodigy.ecs.soton.ac.uk... > On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:10:47 -0000, Tom Bampton wrote: > Someone had an idea for AsciiOS a while back. Search Google Groups for > "AsciiOS" for the thread. > > Someone should really get round to actually implementing this. I pondered it, then I thought "unix, linux, dos ... all ascii on the most part" so figured whats the point? :) I might be tempted to write an ascii OS simulator or something. > _________________ _______ > | AsciiOS Error |______________|- + x| > | | > | Segmentation fault (core dumped) | > | Illegal Instruction at 0xdeadbeef | > | | > | .--------. .-------. .-----------. | > | |[ OK ]| | Debug | | Go Insane | | > | '--------' '-------' `-----------' | > | .--------. .-------. .-----------. | > | | Cancel | | Swear | | Call Cops | | > | '--------' '-------' `-----------' | > |____________________________________| Diddled :) > No doubt this'll be useful... Hah, yes :)