README

   1 Bare Metal BlackBox
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   3
   4 BlackBox Component Builder ported to bare x86 PC and runs without any host os.
   5
   6 Project goals:
   7 - Make BlackBox to be fully independent environment;
   8 - Make BlackBox easy to port to other os;
   9 - Learn BlackBox internals and possibly port it to new architectures.
  10
  11 Building
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  13
  14 Requirements:
  15 * GNU/Linux or any other *nix
  16 * BlackBox 1.7.1
  17 * GNU Binutils
  18 * Wine
  19 * Qemu
  20
  21 Firstly copy files from this repo to clean BlackBox 1.7.1 environment.
  22 See [ http://blackboxframework.org/stable/blackbox-1.7.1.zip ].
  23 Than just sequentially execute commanders from Docu486/Build-Tool.odc.
  24
  25 Current state
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  27 Currently BMBB in early alpha stage. It can boot on hardware that have at least
  28 16 MiB Ram. Kernel implements everything exept coroutine support procedures.
  29 Currently graphics not supported, but implemented simple textmode shell based
  30 on StdInterpreter. Host subsystem mostly not implemented.
  31
  32 You can call Init.WinterWrapUp and enjoy music on you pc speaker. :)
  33
  34 Implemented drivers:
  35 * ATA
  36 * PS/2 Keyboard
  37 * PC Speaker
  38 * Minix File System (Read Only)
  39 * VGA Text Mode (Temporary in Kernel)
  40 * Serial (Kernel logging)
  41 * Serial (CommV24, Not Tested)
  42
  43 Todo:
  44 * Page allocator
  45 * VGA/VESA driver
  46 * Mouse driver
  47 * PCI support
  48 * Networking
  49 * Writable file system
  50 * Full Host implementation
  51 * System-independent controls
  52
  53 Hints
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  55 Press Pause/Break to interrupt executed command.