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Word Processor OS
aidan_cage:
Does anyone know of something pre existing, or would it be possible to create a simple operating system that can be booted from the BIOS, and that simply launches a fullscreen notepad that can save files to the root harddrive? It's pretty key that it offer nothing more; any distraction would ruin it. If the user wants to load a browser to check a definition, then facebook, then play a quick flash game, etc., onward to procrastinationland, then they would first have to shutdown and boot back into the main OS.
This is a dream of mine: to push my computer to do only what I need to do, despite what I might want to do, or just decide to do, etc. Typewriter soundsets, like in WriteMonkey, would be an added bonus ;)
Any thoughts on feasibility, or similar concepts in the wild?
Renegade:
The first electronic typewriters were like that.
I've not seen anything like it since though.
aidan_cage:
I've thought to chase one down, but it seems silly when something so simple should be emulatable on a netbook
Target:
what about booting to the command line?
you can EDIT, and no doubt there are other CLI editors...
no distractions (unless they waste time drawing ASCII art...)
aidan_cage:
That's worth looking into, but I don't know computers like that. I grew up on an LC II and entered PCs post windows xp..
It's probably not too difficult to figure out, though...
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