What next?

[thejpster]

What should I work on next?

• The application API and file format
• ANSI support so the applications can do more than just print text
• UART support for serial terminals

Comment below!

[thejpster]

So, we've been working on the Neotron API and a matching Neotron SDK. The API is shared between the OS and the SDK, and the SDK is the library that applications use to talk to the OS. It is our libc, I guess.

This has prompted some more thoughts about the format of paths, and how drive names work.

I also wrote a HardFault handler that is a bit like a blue screen of death, and a bit like a Guru meditation error. You can see that running at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FQH9BkhrEY.

[pferreir]

Commenting below.

[thejpster]

We now have an ELF parser so ELF is our official application format. The Entry Point should be a function that takes a *const Api (or &'static Api) as the first and only argument. The Neotron SDK and its linker script set this up for you.