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<h1>DreamOS</h1>
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<b>Download the latest version of DreamOS:</b> <a href="/cgi-bin/wiki_joey/dreamos20120208.tar.gz">dreamos20120208.tar.gz</a>
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On Linux, use the following to write to a floppy disk:
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gunzip dreamos20120208.tar.gz
tar -xvf dreamos20120208.tar
cd dreamos
dd if=dreamos.floppy of=/dev/fd0
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Once you boot the floppy, you will find yourself in the read-eval-print loop of the Dream Scheme Interpreter.
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Files are stored on the floppy disk using a rudimentary flat file system.
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<b>(sys-file-list)</b> will return a list of their names.
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The files "bootstrap.scm" and "init.scm" are loaded automatically when the Dream Scheme Interpreter starts.
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There is a primitive clone of the 'vi' editor, coded in scheme in the file "edit.scm" (loaded automatically by "init.scm").
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Type <b>(edit "README")</b> for example, and use the keys 'h', 'j', 'k', and 'l' for navigation, ':q' to quit.
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All of the source scheme files are included.
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<b>(load "make.scm")</b> will recompile.
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<b>(sys-write-floppy)</b> will save changes to floppy (and only then).
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<b>(sys-boot)</b> will reboot.
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Have fun! :-)
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Hard-disk installation is possible. Do not call <b>(sys-save)</b> unless your hard-drive data is expendable!
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To install on your hard-drive <span class="red">(but only do this if you don't mind overwriting your hard-drive entirely!)</span>:
<br>use <b>(sys-copy)</b> to read everything from the floppy into RAM,
<br>use <b>(edit "make.scm")</b> then change the value of BOOT_FLOPPY to #f,
<br>use <b>(load "make.scm")</b> to recompile,
<br>use <b>(sys-save 0)</b> to save the image to the hard drive, then eject the floppy and use <b>(sys-boot)</b> to reboot.
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This version works on my Dell Inspiron 7500, 5000 and Dell Latitude CPi laptops, but there is no telling whether it may work on anything else. Good luck!
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My son Matthew has used DreamOS to code a number of games.
Here is the latest copy of his programs: <a href="/cgi-bin/wiki_joey/matthew.img">matthew.img</a> (bootable DreamOS using SVGA)
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Not all of them are yet in working order, but definitely try <b>(load "robot-war.scm")</b> and <b>(load "blockade.scm")</b>.<br>
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