page_title: SymbOS
hierarchical_section_title: SymbOS
caption_attribution_description: English: Desktop screenshot of the SymbOS operating system, running on an Amstrad CPC Русский: Скриншот рабочего стола операционной системы SymbOS запущенной на Amstrad CPC
context_page_description: SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems.
  Contrary to early 8-bit operating systems it is based on a microkernel, which provides preemptive and priority-oriented multitasking and manages random-access memory with a size of up to 1024 KB. SymbOS contains a Microsoft Windows like graphical user interface, supports hard disks with a capacity of up to 128 GB and can already be booted on an unexpanded Amstrad CPC-6128, a 128K-MSX2 and an Amstrad PCW.
  As of August 30th 2017 it is available for the Amstrad CPC series of computers, all MSX models starting from the MSX2 standard, MSX with V9990 graphics chip, all Amstrad PCW models, CPC-TREX, C-ONE and the Enterprise 64/128 computers.
context_section_description: SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System (SymbOS) is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems.
  Contrary to early 8-bit operating systems it is based on a microkernel, which provides preemptive and priority-oriented multitasking and manages random-access memory (RAM) with a size of up to 1024 KB. SymbOS contains a Microsoft Windows like graphical user interface (GUI), supports hard disks with a capacity of up to 128 GB and can already be booted on an unexpanded Amstrad CPC-6128, a 128K-MSX2 and an Amstrad PCW.
  As of August 30th 2017 it is available for the Amstrad CPC series of computers, all MSX models starting from the MSX2 standard, MSX with V9990 graphics chip, all Amstrad PCW models, CPC-TREX, C-ONE and the Enterprise 64/128 computers.
caption: Screenshot of the SymbOS desktop on the Amstrad CPC
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