This is the DROPS demo disk, it shows some applications which are developed within the DROPS project, a microkernel based system targeting real-time and quality of service systems. DROPS is short for "Dresden Real-time OPerating System". Specifically, this disk contains the GRUB boatloader, the Fiasco microkernel, the DOpE real-time capable windowing system, and some small "toy" programs. To use the diskette, just copy the image to a floppy and boot a computer with it. Once booted, a GRUB menu with several entries will show up, just choose one you like (use the arrow keys and the ENTER key for this). After choosing, the GRUB will load all the components and start the system. To choose another entry, please reboot your system (with the reset key). Please note that the programs on the diskette do not access any harddisks installed on the computer on which the diskette is started. For more information about DROPS, please visit http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/drops/ for more information about the Fiasco microkernel, please look at http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/fiasco/ Diskette compiled by Adam Lackorzynski