https://barelybooting.com/log.html Build log for the NetISA project. Open-source WiFi and TLS 1.3 for vintage ISA PCs. en-us Mon, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-14c https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-14c Mon, 14 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Quality-gated the DOSBox-X automation tools (capture.ps1, dosrun.py, dosbuild.py, relay batch). 3 rounds, 40 issues fixed including atomic lockfile, PID recycling, tool discovery, zombie processes, silent black GIFs, ERRORLEVEL baseline. Automation now production-grade. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-14b https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-14b Mon, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 End-to-end quality gate on 14,300 lines across 7 components. 8 Fatal + 16 Significant issues found. DOS-side fixes committed. Firmware security hardening plan documented. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-14a https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-14a Mon, 14 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 Adversarial quality gate on TAKEOVER: 5 rounds, 12 issues fixed. Pool exhaustion, midnight tick wrap, OPL2 channel validation, LFSR safety, stack/DGROUP pressure, palette tearing, cracktro OPL2 reset, climax music, input sizing, control level reset, integer overflow. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13f https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13f Mon, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ground-up Discord client rebuild: 939 lines to 2,400 lines, 14KB to 37KB EXE. 128 msgs/channel, multi-line compose, Ctrl+F search, PC speaker notifications, CP437 reactions, thread indicators, help/user overlays, settings persistence. 8 channels, 64 realistic messages, 10 modules. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13e https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13e Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Development relay system for automated DOS testing via DOSBox-X (quality-gated, 7 review rounds). Used it to test Cathode against 11 real websites, found and fixed 3 parser bugs: HTML entity table expanded from 7 to 90+ entries, missing head-close handling, and 16-bit int overflow on pages over 32KB. All 12 tests pass. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13d https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13d Sun, 13 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Major Cathode browser upgrade: streaming HTML parser, HTTP/1.0 fetch with redirects, UTF-8 to CP437 mapping, find on page, bookmarks, word-boundary wrapping, scroll bar. Renders real websites (text.npr.org, man.openbsd.org, barelybooting.com) in DOS text mode. 38.5KB EXE. Quality-gated: 5 rounds of adversarial review, 34 issues resolved. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13c https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-13c Sun, 13 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Eight demoscene-inspired features: beat-synced visuals, OPL2 stingers, sine wave text distortion, state transitions (dissolve/wipe/fade/glitch), per-AI Mode 13h climax sequences, living status bar, VGA palette cycling, and a hidden cracktro with raster bars, DYCP scroller, starfield, and 9-channel chiptune. 58KB EXE. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-12b https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-12b Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 Built CLAUDE.EXE, a Claude AI chat client for DOS with 3-mode agent system (Chat/Ask/Auto), far-heap message pool, word-wrapped rendering, and command execution via [EXEC] tags. Quality-gated with adversarial review. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-12 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-12 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 barelybooting.com is live. Project page, build log, RSS feed. The site exists because the project reached a point where a README isn't enough. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-11 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-11 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 ESP32-S3 firmware hit production quality after 8 rounds of adversarial review. WiFi manager, HTTP client with 4 concurrent TLS sessions, HTML-to-CP437 parser, embedded web config server, OTA updates. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-10 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-10 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Text-mode Discord client running in DOSBox-X. 6 channels, word-wrapped messages with author colors, compose bar, scrolling. Discord on an 8088. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-09 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-09 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Built Cathode, a text-mode HTTPS browser for DOS. Split architecture between DOS and ESP32. Link navigation, URL bar, back/forward history, CP437 box-drawing. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-08 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-08 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Full DOS software stack built and tested. TSR driver, launcher with WiFi scanning, screen library, INT 63h API, stub layer for DOSBox-X testing. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-06 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-06 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 All 160 Verilog testbench tests passing. Address decode, wait states, watchdog, IRQ state machine. Zero bus contention. Lint clean. https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-04 https://barelybooting.com/log.html#entry-2026-04-04 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Schematic and PCB layout finalized. ATF1508AS CPLD, ESP32-S3, Wiznet W5500 pads for v1.5 Ethernet. Parts ordered for prototype build.