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$WW,1$$FG,5$$TX+CX,"Acknowledgements"$$FG$
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I am a for profit company, not an academic. I have never seen a commercial product with acknowledgements like an academic paper. Never-the-less, here are references. (I don't know the original sources on many of these.)
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1) The font, $LK,"::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Font8x8.CPP.Z","FI:::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Font8x8.CPP.Z"$, is taken from $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"FreeDOS","http://www.freedos.org"$$FG$.
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2) $LK,"::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Dsk/ATADef.HPP.Z","FI:::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Dsk/ATADef.HPP.Z"$ originally
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from Linux. I later got the spec.
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3) The heap algorithm, $LK,"::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Memory.CPP.Z","FI:::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Memory.CPP.Z"$, is adapted from one I saw at Ticketmaster when I worked on their VAX operating system.
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4) The LZW compression algorithm, $LK,"::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Compress.CPP.Z","FI:::/SparrowOS/OSMain/Compress.CPP.Z"$, came from a magazine and I implemented it when I worked for Ticketmaster.
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5) The adaptive-step-size-Runge-Kutta algorithm, $LK,"::/SparrowOS/Adam/MathODE.CPP.Z","FI:::/SparrowOS/Adam/MathODE.CPP.Z"$, is adapted from the book, $UL,1$Numeric Recipies in C$UL,0$.
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6) The random number generator is from the book, $UL,1$Numeric Recipies in C$UL,0$.
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7) The pilgrim game map is from $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"US Geological Survey","http://nationalatlas.gov/mapmaker"$$FG$. (Screen captured and edited with MS Paint and saved as $FG,2$.BMP$FG$ and imported into SparrowOS and converted with a program I wrote.)
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8) Tne sheep in AfterEgypt is from $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"http://www.public-domain-photos.com","http://www.public-domain-photos.com"$$FG$.
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9) The $FG,2$FAT32$FG$ file system is owned by MicroSoft.
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10) A few features were inspired by $FG,2$MATLAB$FG$, such as $FG,2$ans$FG$ in expressions at the command-line. There is a lot of $FG,2$MSDOS$FG$ , $FG,2$Windows$FG$, $FG,2$VAXTMOS$FG$ (VAX Ticketmaster O.S.) and $FG,2$Unix$FG$ inspiration, too, such as drive letters, command names, etc.
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11) I included $LK+HTML,"PCIDevice List File","FI:::/SparrowOS/Misc/PCIDevices.TXT.Z","http://www.pcidatabase.com/reports.php?type=tab-delimeted"$.
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12) Thanks to whoever wrote this $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"CppHtml.CPP.Z","http://web.archive.org/web/20100325153025/http://home.scarlet.be/zoetrope/cpphtml.htm"$$FG$. I'm a novice on web stuff and you helped me with html. See $LK,"ToHtml","FI:::/SparrowOS/Adam/ToHtml.CPP.Z"$.
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13) Yahoo Sitebuilder helped with some html code items.
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14) I used $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"MagicISO","http://www.magiciso.com"$$FG$ to burn test CD's to help me understand the ISO9660 file system format. I mostly used the $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"ISO9660","http://users.telenet.be/it3.consultants.bvba/handouts/ISO9960.html"$$FG$ spec.
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15) I looked at bootable CD boot sects, but didn't learn anything, finding it easier to make my own.
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16) I think I got my original PC speaker code from $FG,2$Borland C$FG$.
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17) I found PS/2 keyboard and mouse code on the net and documentation. My code is very different. I found VGA register info on the net.
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18) Thanks to $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"http://www.osdev.org","http://www.osdev.org"$$FG$ for a couple tips.
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19) God told me to stick with 640x480x16 color and kept me from blindly making child windows like $FG,2$Windows$FG$. Instead, I made one window per task with no child windows. He also guided my progress, very obviously.
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20) I got $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"Webster's Dictionary","http://www.sparrowos.com/files/DICTIONARY.TXT"$$FG$ and $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"The King James Bible","http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT"$$FG$ from $FG,4$$TX+HTML,"Project Gutenberg","http://promo.net/pg/"$$FG$.
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In short, I wrote every one of the $TX+D,"135,616","DD_SPARROWOS_LOC"$ lines myself, no $FG,2$GPL$FG$ code, no linkage or dependence on other code. Anyone who says otherwise is being an ass.
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$FG,8$
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* "MSDOS", "Windows", "MovieMaker" "MS Paint" and "FAT32" are trademarks of MicroSoft Corp.
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* "SiteBuilder" is a trademark of Yahoo! Inc.
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* "MagicISO" is a trademark of MagicISO Corp.
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* "MATLAB" is a trademark of The Math Works, Inc.
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* "$TX+HTML,"FreeDOS","http://www.freedos.org"$" is a trademark of Jim Hall.
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* "VAX" is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corp.
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* "Linux" is probably a trademark owned by Linus Torvalds.
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* "VAXTMOS" is a trademark of Ticketmaster.
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