CyborgZOSCII v20251030

ZOSCII Zero Overhead Secure Code Information Interchange.

An innovative character encoding system that eliminates lookup table overhead while providing built-in security properties through direct memory addressing.

Overview

CyborgZOSCII is an alternative to ASCII/PETSCII that uses direct ROM addressing instead of traditional character-to-value mapping. This approach provides significant advantages for resource-constrained systems while offering unique security properties.

Browser Applications

• ZOSCII BB, publicly open secure bulletin board
• ZOSCII CHAT, secure chat client and server
• ZOSCII MQ, message queue system for ZOSCII with replication and tools
• ZOSCII TRUMPETBLOWER, publicly open secure whistleblower platform

Browser Tools

• READER, read ZOSCII encoded text reader
• RENDERER, render ZOSCII encoded webpages
• VERIFIER, ZOSCII encoder / ROM entropy verifier
• VIEWER, ZOSCII encoded text viewer
• ZOSCIICOINKEYENCODER, Cryptocurrency key encoder

Commandline Tools - ZOSCII Encoding

• zencode, ZOSCII encoder for AmigaOS, CP/M, Linux and Windows
• zdecode, ZOSCII decoder for AmigaOS, CP/M, Linux and Windows
• zstrength, ZOSCII analyser for AmigaOS, CP/M, Linux and Windows

Commandline Tools - ZOSCII Tamperproof Blockchain (ZTB)

• ztbcreate, ZTB genesis block creator for Linux and Windows
• ztbaddblock, ZTB add block for Linux and Windows
• ztbaddbranch, ZTB add branch for Linux and Windows
• ztbfetch, ZTB block fetch and decode for Linux and Windows
• ztbcheckpoint, ZTB checkpointer for Linux and Windows
• ztbverify, ZTB verifier for Linux and Windows

Key Benefits

Performance & Memory

1. Zero ROM overhead - No lookup tables required (ASCII/PETSCII tables eliminated)
2. Faster execution - Direct addressing eliminates base+offset calculations and even open to stack abuse for fast text printing
3. Perfect for 8-bit systems - Optimized for systems where every CPU cycle matters

Security Properties

1. Zero cryptography, maximum security - 100% secure when reference ROM unknown
2. Fault tolerance - ROM corruption causes typos, not total failure
3. No traditional cipher vulnerabilities - Uses addressing, not mathematical transformations

Technical Approach

• Uses 16-bit addresses per character (vs 8-bit character codes)
• Characters reference direct ROM memory locations
• Same message generates different encodings each time (random address selection)
• No mathematical operations required for decoding

Use Cases

• Visit https://zoscii.com/ for more information
• Visit https://zoscii.com/zosciibb/ for a realworld demonstration
• Visit https://zoscii.com/zosciichat/readme.html for secure chat
• Visit https://zoscii.com/zosciimq for the message queue
• Visit https://zoscii.com/zosciitrumpetblower/readme.html for more information

• Visit https://zoscii.com/ztb/ for tamperproof blockchain

• Embedded systems with severe ROM constraints

• IoT devices requiring lightweight secure messaging
• Retro computing (Z80, 6502, etc.) applications
• Corporate communications requiring server-side content protection
• Invite-only websites with content invisible to hosting providers and unwanted users

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• Julian