orion70 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:05 pm
Very nice effort to bring a simple, yet sophisticated, complete ecosystem to the unexpanded VIC. Will test it ASAP. Congratulations on this Triangular!
Thanks orion70. It's not yet final version of TRIANGULAR OS v1.10, but nothing will change in functionality other than bugfixes.
Progress:
- I located few minor (visual) bugs in RC and fixed them today. Right now I don't see other issues.
What's plan:
- Further testing
- Changing cyan loading massages text back to black
- Add SDIEC code to disk database (if possible)
- Adding code to prevent change upper/lower case (Shift + Commodore key), blocking Run/Stop key.
- After test: creating system disk this time with more packed program (lines renumbered, instructions more packed) for slightly smaller programs (and faster loading time - just few %, but always)
- Finish manual
- Creating more interesting video for final release.
Also, in meantime, I will be upgrading PET version 1.03 to 1.04. It will mostly be changing CMD, MONITOR, WORDS to version 1.10 standard, bring SIMCITY in change for LUNAR LAND and probably add DISK program + add some very minimal visual changes to OS (some icons and names). I will release it before final 1.10 or in the same time.
After that I will be moving my OS BASIC version to C64.
I have 2 questions:
1. Can somebody with VIC-20 with SDIEC give me feedback how my OS display this drive (UKNNOWN, SD2PET, 1540 or other) in BIOS Setup (press F1 in launching screen with big TRIANGULAR logo). Please press Run/Stop key and give me value of peek(905) (if SDIEC is set as drive #8). That will show what kind of M-R code OS is receiving back from it.
2. I'm contemplating changing slightly name of my OS to μOS (spelled Micro OS with micro symbol). So it will be TRIANGULAR μOS. I thought about this in February, but carried on old name. Since it is probably smallest GUI OS in the world it would better reflect it's purpose. Plus it would differentiate better: by just saying μOS, one would know that this is TRIANGULAR μOS and just OS is more broad.
Below are screen launching logo and name variants:
1. old TRIANAGULAR OS
2. TRIANGULAR μOS 2 graphic chars
3. TRIANGULAR μOS 2 graphic chars rounded
4. TRIANGULAR μOS 1 custom char (micro symbol - it will be on VIC-20 cart version, C64 BASIC and later).
Screen: