Old version of BackOS.
NOTE: THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS BY INFINITEEXPLORER, I JUST MADE A THING OUT OF IT.
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BackOS is an backrooms operating system made by Almond Water Inc.TM and Research Group of Almond Water Inc.TM. The OS isn't finished yet. It looks similar to Windows 3.1x, however, it's not a copy. The OS itself is made for communication and as a source of information. The look in early stages of developement look realy poor, but later it got improved. It uses internet. It doesn't support mobile devices. The company said that they will make this OS in Level 1980. It's a useful information due to that everyone knows from where get it. The operating system is practically done, but there are testing sessions before release to make sure it's bulletproof. The only language for this OS is english.
The release date is not set yet, but the leaked images of the OS are looking like it's almost finished. Many people are hyped for this OS.
Noulamo's version of the BackOS, a beta version of his.
A old version, named Noulamo's BackOS was used a old version of the OS, it wasn't finished, and had tons of errors, noulamo was going to add a radio to it, but was quickly scrapped before the OS became scrapped and lost to time, a beta image can be found, though. Copies would be sold for 30 ฿,that's 10 more than the original!
The OS, according to announcements in the past, will be sold for 20 ฿ for each copy.
Requirements to install BackOS
Maximum
- 512 MB of RAM
- 64 MB of video memory
- 3 CPUs
- Floppy Drive (yes, we still use floppies)
- 1GB of free space on disk
Minimum
- 128 MB of RAM
- 16 MB of video memory
- 1 CPU
- A DVD drive
- Capture card
- 500MB of free space on disk
- Internet Card
Desing
Again, this OS is slightly based off Windows 3.1x. It has an Menu and InfoBar below the menu with wallpaper behind them.
In old version, BackOS used to be very similar to MS-DOS.
Functions in new version
Chat
Used as a way of communicating. You just need to search people what you want to chat with and have internet connection.
Accounts
To make an account, click the profile picture icon and choose "create new account", then give the account name and password and done! Also, the account creation window opens when you first use the OS on some device.
Note from a developer: Spamming accounts may lead to deleting them and even deleting your main account.
The accounts are used to chat with other accounts and make one device to use for many people.
Device administrator
The first account created on an device will become an device administrator. There must be atleast 1 administrator per device. His permissions are:
- View everyone else's files and manage them
- Kick an account from a device
- Give administrator to other accounts
- Block someone in chat on other account
- Change device settings
An device administrator can diss his status, but, when his account has only administrator status, he needs to choose what other account will be granted the status, incase if there is 1 account on a device, this account can't diss it's status.
Notes
You can write anything you want here and save it. Saved notes you will find in the file library.
Wiki
Source of information for levels and entities. You need internet connection to use it, but you can download articles as a files. This will allow you to see these articles without internet connection.
BackWeb
It's an web browser for the backrooms. Web address here is other than the address in The Frontrooms. Instead of www.example.com its 1!BackWeb:ExampleAddress
1 Stands for WebCode. In address, it will always be bold and its very important. BackWeb stands for identification of the address. ExampleAddress stands for the website name. All the 3 things here are necessary in the Website address.
The leaked image of the file library.
People predict the websites will mainly contain games and image editors.
File library
Contains saved images, notes, articles and that kind of stuff. When you open it, you see "recent files" and navigation tab. Using navigation tab will lead you to certain folders. The system files folder contains system files. The user property folder contains all files that belong to an currently used account. Unsupported folder contains all unsupported files. You can add files to "Important" and "secondary" folders. If you are a device administrator, you can view all files on an device you are logged in.
Note: you account will be a regular account on other devices.
Formats:
- nt - note
- wiki - downloaded wiki article
- img - image
- wbs - file hosting your website
- uns - unsupported file, ex. mp3 file, png file.
- fldr - folder
- sf - system file, very important
- scr - script, used to make websites
- bos - BackOS special file
- sp - system program
Options
You can customize your computer/OS with these options, ex. change wallpaper, volume, turn off internet connection etc.
You can also change the wallpaper to one of the following images:
Images of levels of The Main Nine
Image of The Promised Land
Image of Level 1980
Image of The Hub
Image of The End
Image of every level Of The Midrooms
DownBar
It contains helpful information.
Account
See above.
Internet connection
Shows your connection with the internet, which is necessary to do some things.
Level displayer
Displays the level you are in. This only works for discovered levels.
Notices
Notices are shown here. (ex. There are missing system files, OS needs to be updated, Someone messaged you etc.
Hour
possible hour in The Frontrooms.
History
2018:
Backroom Colonists announces that they need an operating system for their group, so they will host a contest, where you need to create best operating system for them to use. The reward is 100k ฿. Many people entered the competition, and many of them din't done the OS to this day. After a week, over 1000 people entered the competition.
After a month, The first OS was done and reported. However, it got quickly declined, due to this that this OS din't even work properly. After a few days from this event, many (rumours say that over 100) OS's got declined for the same reason.
Late 2018
Almond Water Inc.TM entered the competition. Over 400 OS's got declined, however, some people joined the competition. Backroom Colonists announces that there are 529 competitors left.
Early 2019
BackOS now looks like in the photo of the old version. It was originally planned to make it very similiar to MS-DOS and make it private only for Backroom Colonists. However, the look was really poor, and the commands we're really hard to code. They just keep coding until late 2019.
Late 2019
The company decided to change the look of the OS to more futuristic and give it more functions.
Middle 2020
The OS now looks like on the photo of the new version. The Almond Water Inc.TM asked Backroom Colonists if they could make their OS public, and they said yes.
Then, The Almond Water Inc.TM announced that they are working on an OS called BackOS and they told that they almost finished it. They will sell it 20 ฿ for each copy.
Noulamo's BackOS is scrapped around this time.
2021
Only 100 competitors left. The BackOS is almost finished. Backroom Colonists told that the competition will end soon.



