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os8088 adds web browser, CP/M emulation, and Microsoft Word 1.1a to IBM PC XT environment
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A project building software for the 4.77 MHz 8088 IBM PC XT has added a working web browser, Z80-based CP/M 2.2 emulation, a C-compiled word processor, a port of Microsoft Word 1.1a, dual-monitor desktop spanning, and a Z-machine interpreter for Infocom games.
Only one feed carried this, so corroboration is limited. The most notable engineering detail is that on a 4.77 MHz 8088, rendering a window full of text takes longer than fetching a web page over Ethernet or parallel cable. The addition of a C compiler and Z80 emulation means the platform is no longer limited to hand-written 8086 assembly.
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The browser is 13,889 bytes and fetches real web pages over Ethernet or a parallel cable to a DOS machine, with screen drawing as the bottleneck rather than networking.
CP/M 2.2 runs through Z80 emulation written in 4,679 lines of C, bringing Microsoft BASIC, an assembler, and an editor to the 8088.
Microsoft Word 1.1a fits in 47,212 bytes, reproduces the 1990 menus, and saves Word .DOC files with bold and italics on a plain PC screen.
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