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[[Image:symboscpc.gif|320px|thumb|Screenshot of the SymbOS desktop running on the Amstrad CPC]]
[[Image:symbos-msx.gif|320px|thumb|SymbOS MSX running on a MSX2 computer; all applications are platform independant]]
''Parts of this article have been copied from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SymbOS english Wikipedia article].''
'''SymbOS''' is a free multitasking operating system for Z80 based 8-bit computer systemswritten by [[Prodatron]]. At present it is available for the computers of the Amstrad CPC as well as for all MSX models starting from the MSX2 standard. Contrary to early 8-bit operating systems it is based on a microkernel, which provides pre-emptive and priority oriented multitasking and manages RAM memory with a size of up to 576 kB. SymbOS contains a MS-Windows like GUI, supports hard discs with a capacity of up to 128 GB and can already be booted on an unexpanded Amstrad CPC-6128 or a 128K-MSX2.
** [[Task Manager]] (system monitor)
** [[SymShell]] (command line interface)
=== SymStudio ===
[[SymStudio]] is a Windows-based IDE (integrated development environment) by [[Trebmint]] for SymbOS similiar to MS Visual Studio. SymStudio makes it possible to develop SymbOS applications in Assembler or Basic ("SymBasic"). It is also possible to convert PC graphics and videos into the SymbOS format (SGX, VID). Have a look at [[SymStudio|its article]] for more information. Currently there is only a beta version available.
