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87 lines
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# PonyDOS
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### What is PonyDOS?
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PonyDOS is a hobby 512-byte operating system, designed for ponies like you!
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### Is PonyDOS a DOS distribution?
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No! PonyDOS uses its own 512-byte kernel, built from scratch.
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### Screenshots
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### Building from scratch
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To build PonyDOS from scratch, on an environment with `nasm` and `python3`,
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run `make`. `make run` runs the floppy disk image `ponydos.img` with QEMU.
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By default, `qemu-system-i386` is invoked. If you want to use a different
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backend, use `make QEMU=<backend> run`.
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### Build options
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You can configure the build using build options passed to the build system using
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the `BUILDOPTS` variable, e.g. `make BUILDOPTS='-DBLINKY'`. It is advised to run
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`make clean` before changing the value of `BUILDOPTS`.
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* `-DBLINKY` builds an image which restricts the number of colours to 8. This is
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for compatibility with BIOSs which use the highest bit of background colour to
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signal that a cell should blink.
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### How do I contribute?
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There is a model `hello.asm` file to demonstrate how best to use the
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multitude of features the kernel provides. Build your own program on top–write
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an assembler, an audio mixer, a `ponysay`, whatever your heart desires!–and
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contact us to merge it in.
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### Credits
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This is a parody of [klange](https://github.com/klange)'s wonderful
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[PonyOS](https://ponyos.org/). The creators of this project,
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[CrazyEttin](https://ahti.space/~crazyettin/),
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[nortti](https://ahti.space/~nortti), [shikhin](https://shikhin.in), and
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[wolf](https://oriole.systems) hang out in `#offtopia` on
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[libera.chat](https://libera.chat/).
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### What are people saying about PonyDOS?
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Nothing so far.
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## FAQ
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#### Does PonyDOS work on real hardware?
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Yes! PonyDOS works on many different machines. The kernel can run on any
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80286-compatible CPU, and the applications on any 8086-compatible CPU.
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#### Is this _really_ not a DOS distribution?
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PonyDOS is not a DOS distribution–it's also not a BSD, or a Hurd, or a
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Minix, or a [Sortix](https://sortix.org/)!
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#### How do I resize windows?
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If the top-left corner of the window is the ↨ symbol, you can click and drag
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the symbol to resize.
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#### How do I adjust the mouse sensitivity?
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Tweak `X_SENSITIVITY` and `Y_SENSITIVITY` in `ponydos.asm`. Lower values mean
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higher sensitivity.
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#### I started an application and it doesn't have a title bar, how do I exit it?
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You don't.
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#### How do I install PonyDOS?
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At the moment, PonyDOS is only offered as a live floppy disk image with no
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installation option, for your safety.
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#### How do I stop my entire desktop from blinking?
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Build with the [build option](#build-options) `-DBLINKY`.
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