https://ncot.uk/tags/operating-systems/ Recent content in Operating Systems on NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:06:31 +0100 https://ncot.uk/projects/helios/stealing-ideas-from-doom/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:10:09 +0100 https://ncot.uk/projects/helios/stealing-ideas-from-doom/ Part of the fun of making a game from scratch is desinging the systems that run in the background. This time I accidentally try to program a cooperative multitasking operating system. But it’s OK, this is how you do this sort of thing… #Sprites #Graphics #OperatingSystems https://ncot.uk/videos/1990s-web-culture-how-the-internet-used-to-be/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:26:16 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/1990s-web-culture-how-the-internet-used-to-be/ Let’s jack into the ‘net, surf the Information Superhighway and go visit the global village in this video taking a look at mid 90’s Internet culture. #Windows #OperatingSystems https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/ms-powertoys-remap-keyboard/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:06:51 +0000 https://ncot.uk/blog-posts/ms-powertoys-remap-keyboard/ I’ve got an IBM Model M keyboard and like using it on my PC, but one of its problems is the lack of Windows keys. There’s a bunch of keyboard shortcuts I use almost daily and not having a Windows key makes it annoying. Here’s how I fixed it… #Keyboards #Windows #PCHardware #OperatingSystems https://ncot.uk/videos/clever-engineering-on-a-budget-zx-spectrum-interrupts/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/clever-engineering-on-a-budget-zx-spectrum-interrupts/ How clever engineers made a cheap computer powerful #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Interrupts #RetroComputing https://ncot.uk/videos/memory-banking-dma-and-interrupts-how-8bit-computers-work/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:39:38 +0000 https://ncot.uk/videos/memory-banking-dma-and-interrupts-how-8bit-computers-work/ Let’s explore how 8bit computers worked, looking at their memory, interrupts and DMA. #SpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Interrupts #RetroComputing