Collapse OS

Collapse OS Bootstrap post-collapse technology Winter is coming and Collapse OS aims to soften the blow. It is a Forth (why Forth?) operating system and a collection of tools and documentation with a single purpose: preserve the ability to program microcontrollers through civilizational collapse. It is designed to: Run on minimal and improvised machines. Interface through improvised means (serial, keyboard, display). Edit text and binary contents. Compile assembler source for a wide range of MCUs and CPUs. Read and write from a wide range of storage devices. Assemble itself and deploy to another machine. Additionally, the goal of this project is to be as self-contained as possible. With a copy of this project, a capable and creative person should be able to manage to build and install Collapse OS without external resources (i.e. internet) on a machine of her design, built from scavenged parts with low-tech tools. Features Runs on Z80, 8086, 6809 and 6502 machines with very little ... Read full article.