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2024, july 15. - XCOM Live floppy
An XCOM Live Floppy based on FreeDOS, and other free utilities are released as downloadable image.
The XCOM Live Floppy uses a compressed XCOM exe file which is functionally identical to the
normal release, but compressed to fit on a floppy. Its recommended to run this release on
real 32 bit machines above 200 MHz with an ISA sound card, and a PS2 or COM port mouse.
(USB PS2 mouse emulation is bugous on most modern 64 bit computers). Please refer to the
readme stored on the floppy, once the disk is booted. To write this image to floppy, use
dd in Linux, or any disk imaging tool under Windows.
The main advantage of the XCOM Live floppy compared to other single-floppy operating systems is
the ability to run all DOS programs and games with the help of well-established DOS based
drivers which allow good hardware compatibility. Combined with XCOM, which is a GUI system
focusing on functionality and productivity instead of filling decorative and design purposes
as some of the DOS based GUI systems, combines modern desktop usage with DOS into a true
DOS GUI experience on a single bootable floppy.
2023, jan 24. - Milestone
The DOS version is nearly finished. There are still some bugs and missing features, which
are being constantly repaired. The program will leave the pre-alpha stage, and entering
the alpha-stage very soon. Xcom is a cross-platform GUI system, and in the next phase, most
of the development will go into the under-the-hood parts, and there will be not too many
release in the near future. This does not means the dos version being abandoned, it means
the focus is now goes to the *nix support code, and the new features will be compiled for DOS
later on, if a feature can be deployed for DOS.
2022 june 24.
The program is still in pre-alpha stage. Despite of this, i have fixed multiple bugs.
Please note: this program can be run under Dosbox, but its designed to be run on real
hardware. The user experience under older Dosbox versions are going to be very bad.
2022 april 19.
Website is ready.