I took an OS in college in 2006 and the big project that my prof required us to do was to make modification of visopsys. The software was primitive at that time but still had UI interface.

I emailed the author to ask some questions in my project. The author had connection with my prof and informed my prof about this. My prof told me that I was not allowed to ask the author regarding this project. So I had to figured out on my own.

It was fun to play around with and learnt how things work at deep OS level. It was a good memory for me :)

And you guys notice anything about my username? :)

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7thaccount 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I can't tell if OP just really enjoyed the experience or if he is the actual author of the OS.

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visopsys 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

No, I am not the author. I just liked the project and the name that I chose it for my hackernews account 14 years ago. No intention to misrepresent the project or the author.

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phendrenad2 4 days ago | parent [-]

> liked the project and the name that I chose it for my hackernews account 14 years ago

Some people name themselves `__xXx_ultimatEWeapon420_xXx__` and some people name themselves after a random toy operating system.

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visopsys 4 days ago | parent [-]

Classic nerd habit.

	▲	genvmunix 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Indeed… says the guy who named himself after a Dec Unix kernel some 30 years ago..,
	▲	jsrcout 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Absolutely.

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ilaksh 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

He just named himself in honor of something he remembered fondly.

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tsoukase 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Reading your post until the end was like watching a movie...

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ctxc 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like an insane ride xD