Os8088
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“This is AI generated and it's impressive too”
“If you want to try the operating system in the browser”
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“This is great”
“I have a Pocket 8086 - I would love to give this a try next weekend.”
Caveats and dissent
“How are we supposed to trust that photo, when you've already demonstrated that you're happy to use AI”
“It's not a bad system, but it sounds easy to break.”
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“os8088 is an operating system written with AI tools in x86 16-bit assembly”
“Yes, you can see the hardware we tested here”
“"Author" of os8088 here.”
“"Author" of os8088 here.”
Threads where it came up
- Os8088: A powerful Mac-like OS for the IBM XT, 286, 386 9 mentions
- Open-source Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word replications 1 mention
- I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer 1 mention
- Os8088.com: IBM XT OS now has a Browser, CP/M 2.2 with Z80 core and MS Word 1.1a 1 mention
- OpenLogi 1 mention
Also written as os8088, OS8088, OS/8088. Data: os8088.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“This is AI generated and it's impressive too”
“You might be surprised at the developer documentation for OS8088”
“This guy just built a preemptively-multitasking OS for the Intel 8088 chip”
“How are we supposed to trust that photo, when you've already demonstrated that you're happy to use AI”
“If you want to try the operating system in the browser”
> If you don't have protected mode, can't any program just rewrite the interrupt handler? Yes? It's still possible to make it safe if you ensure that all programs are written in a memory safe language. Aside from throwing out a ton of existing code it's not as bad as it sounds. The Birth and Death of JavaScript touches on it towards the end. https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript
“It's not a bad system, but it sounds easy to break.”
“This is great”
“I have a Pocket 8086 - I would love to give this a try next weekend.”