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Overview
LiX is a new 32 bits operating system (well, something that may looks like an operating system...), that runs on PC.LiX is a preemptive multi-tasking operating system. It currently support up to 64 process at the same time. To do so, LiX uses the protected mode of x86 processors.
History
I suppose you want to know why I am developping a new operating system... Well, at the beginning, it was just an attempt of playing with the protected mode of my processor (a Cyrix one, not an Intel :) ). I found an old article explaining how the 286 worked (yes, I know, it's a very old one...). So, I tried. In assembly language. Then, in C, a very nice and portable assemnly language :).Features
LiX is a very small kernel, but I hope it will soon change. Features already implemented:- preemptive multitasking
- memory management
- keyboard management (hopefully...)
- some basic low level system calls, like operations on semaphores
- IDE hard disk driver (DOS FAT-16)