'Collapse OS' Is An Open-Source Operating System For the Post-Apocalypse

'Collapse OS is a new open-source operating system built specifically
for use during humanity's darkest days. According to its creator,
software developer Virgil Dupras, Collapse OS is what the people of
the future will need to reconfigure their scavenged iPhones. For now,
though, he's hosting the project on GitHub and looking for
contributors. Motherboard reports: According to the Collapse OS site,
Dupras envisions a world where the global supply chain collapses by
2030. In this possible future -- kind of a medium-apocalypse --
populations won't be able to mass produce electronics anymore, but
they'll still be an enormous source of political and social power.
Anyone who can scavenge electronics and reprogram them will gain a
huge advantage over those who don't. Dupras believes that the biggest
problem for tech savvy post-apocalyptic people will be
microcontrollers -- tiny computers embedded in circuit boards that
control the functions of computer systems.

Collapse OS will work with Z80 8-bit microprocessors. Though less
common today than 16- and 32-bit components, the 8-bit Z80 can be
found in desktop computers, cash registers, musical instruments,
graphing calculators, and everything in between. In a Reddit Q&A,
Dupras explained that the Z80 was chosen "because it's been in
production for so long and because it's been used in so many machines,
scavenger have good chances of getting their hands on it." According
to the product page, Collapse OS currently can run on a homebrew
Z80-based computer called the RC2014, and on Reddit Dupras said it
could theoretically run on a Sega Genesis console.'

-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/19/10/08/2036204

Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
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