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What is LoseThos?
Long mode on x86_64 computers has eight additional general purpose registers and all 16 of the registers are 64-bit sized. LoseThos runs in long mode and uses 64-bit pointers. With LoseThos, all tasks on all cores can directly access all
RAM memory at all times with no banking, protections or segmentation. Essentially, in LoseThos there are no virtual addresses, just physical, because
PAGING IS NOT UTILIZED.
LoseThos is like nothing else -- I wrote all of it, entirely from scratch, including the compiler/assembler. We're not in Kansas any longer -- I changed the language. See Language Differences from C/C++. No point doing an operating system if it's not different and better.
See the LoseThos Constitution and LoseThos Features.
Your assumption is that LoseThos is for pathetic hardware because of the graphics? Nope, it requires a minimum of, like, a x86_64 2.0 Ghz CPU. It's the best you can do without GPU acceleration. See LoseThos Graphics. Emulators are like running on pathetic hardware, so run it directly or use VMWare. It's not very power efficient for laptops, either.
LoseThos' Features
* 64-bit x86, preemptive multitasking, kernel with multicore support. For Core_i7, Core_2_Duo, Pentium_D... nothing worse than a Pentium_4_Extreme_Edition.
* 64-bit compiler/assembler. Nothing is "interpreted."
* Free, public domain, and 100% open source.
* Source files and the command line window can have graphics, links, icons, trees, colors, super/sub scripts, margins. everything is seamless through-out the tool chain. No need for separate resource files.
* Just-in-time compilation. No need for object or exe files.
* Graphics in source code. No need for resource files.
* 64-bit pointers. All memory, even more than 4 Gig, can be directly accessed by all tasks on all cores at all times.
* Highest CPU privileged mode at all times. No off-limits instructions. No time lost changing modes or address maps. Switches tasks in half a microsecond.
* CD/DVD reading and writing, ISO9660 file system.
* 640x480 16 color VGA graphics.
* Boot loaders for CD-ROM and hard disk.
* Keyboard & mouse support.
* Hard drives, support for FAT32 and LoseThos native file systems with file
compression.
* 2D/3D Graphics library
* Real-time fancy differential-equation solver (physics engine) for use in games. Adaptive step-size Runge-Kutta, interpolated for real-time.
* Tools/utilities including profiler, merge and diff.
* HD Audio and many songs.
* Demos and documentation.
* All source code included. Only compiles with the included LoseThos compiler and assembler.
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