f/VM (Free Virtual Machine) / News: Recent posts

Thanks to the new development server, the first public f/VM server will be bought online at some point during the next few weeks. Watch this space for details (at this point, the first sample service will likely be "hello world").

well, things have been quiet for a while here, so quick update - we now have a new development server up (hosted on my home DSL line - go easy on it!) at mrsun.garethnelson.com, nightly builds are available for download from the httpd at http://mrsun.garethnelson.com

Due to medical reasons I haven't been able to work much on f/VM but got back to work today and started on network consoles. Currently only available from CVS. Watch this space.

Yes, full threaded console I/O with sockets now works on *nix (tested on Linux).

WOOHOO
party time

Work on console output is complete and working on linux. I am currently working on the console input and charn is working on porting to win32. This code should be ready for general use by the next release. For now, you may download the latest CVS code in the usual way.

We are currently working on an internal exception handling system within the VM, increasing stability and security.

I have begun work on rewriting the Console I/O code by moving it into a seperate thread. This will pave the way for network consoles, a better debugger and daemonising f/VM on the host OS.

We now have the site for f/VM up. You may be reading this news item from the site now ;)

The project roadmap is now available in the docs section of the SF site. This document should make the aims of the project more clear.

Added simple support for multitasking. More to come...

the f/VM root VM emulator now has the beginnings of a debugger built in. This feature is still considered under development and may be accessed from the CVS.

I have just uploaded the first public release of the f/VM assembler and emulator. We are still working on a stack and then multitasking. Watch this space.