DJMoffinz 2025-12-09 03:00
Ever since I discovered InsaneOS I've wanted to port the NX to it. That should be pretty easy assuming insane adds SDL2 support soon, or if not I'll have to wade through the hell of backporting. As part of this I'd like to develop an REPL for NX BASIC so that it can be used as a custom shell for the OS. If/when I do, what would you guys like to see out of it?
Timo 2025-12-10 17:28
InsaneOS looks interesting! But seems that SDL2 is still missing…
What is a “shell” in InsaneOS? Like a command line interface?
insane 2026-02-14 02:35
thank you djmoffinz!
@Timo: the shell in insaneOS is the default user interface.
You can either use a commandline interface or a file selector.
I plan to finally release the C/C++ SDK in the next 1-2 months.
Still SDL1 for now (as well as native calls) but SDL2 will come ASAP after the SDK release.
The next release will also support setting the monitor refresh rate live to anything the monitor supports. Which is important for emulators.
Next steps for insaneOS are: new sound core, new USB core, Pi4+Pi400 support and then SDL2 support. In that order.