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Hello all. I plan to make this place my new 'home' as a plan to progress in OS Development. I am the leader of an indie game design team called gag-studio. I am very interested in operating system development, and have just recently finished 'Hello World' tutorial at OSdever.net I have TONS of questions and would like to get many experience and knowledgeable user's MSN or AIM names so when I am stumped or have questions, I can ask quickly.
Right now, I am programming a tool called Osclay. It basically does what NASM does but makes it more simplified. For example, the command 'End Matter' will put this in your source: I have some trouble understanding some parts of this language, but some is familiar. I would just like people to give me their contacts so i can speak with them quickly! Thanks alot

A Few Suggestions:

• If you have tons of questions you haven't done enough research. Don't forget that we have a wiki.
• You'll find that quick answers are not highly regarded here, and having patience is a must.
• The 'language' you're referring to is assembly. (If you didn't already know...) You'll need to know it before you get into osdev. There are several good tutorials on the net.
• Oh, and by the by, a CAPS title is not bound to get you many contacts.

Good Luck!

Alboin wrote:A Few Suggestions:

• If you have tons of questions you haven't done enough research. Don't forget that we have a wiki.
• You'll find that quick answers are not highly regarded here, and having patience is a must.
• The 'language' you're referring to is assembly. (If you didn't already know...) You'll need to know it before you get into osdev. There are several good tutorials on the net.
• Oh, and by the by, a CAPS title is not bound to get you many contacts.

Good Luck!

1.i have been on the wiki for a while now
2.yes but a tutorial can't explain everything. Somethings it takes an actual person to teach you something
3.Yes i know, i was saying i am programming my own program to compile ASM quicker.
4.sorry and edited

Read the http://www.osdev.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14961 post.

-JL

So you're making a program that makes it "easier" to add the boot signature to, what I can only assume will become, the boot sector?

hmm.. wasting time to save time.. a puzzling concept

madeofstaples wrote:So you're making a program that makes it "easier" to add the boot signature to, what I can only assume will become, the boot sector?

hmm.. wasting time to save time.. a puzzling concept

that was simply an example of one line of code

djtrickdog wrote:

madeofstaples wrote:So you're making a program that makes it "easier" to add the boot signature to, what I can only assume will become, the boot sector?

hmm.. wasting time to save time.. a puzzling concept

that was simply an example of one line of code

As such, is it not a concept that you plan to implement? I maintain my original comment.

i plan on using my tool i make to pass to others.

BTW i am looking for tutorial on switching to protected mode, starting the kernel, and programming the kernel in plain ASM (not c or c++)

thanks alot

Again:

piranha wrote:Read the http://www.osdev.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14961 post.

There are asm tutorials on the wiki. Including the one you are looking for.

i looked and i found something to help me about setting up Pmode, i am not sure if its in pmode or not, so i guess i got that down. now i cant find a tut on making kernel in strictly ASM or how to start the kernel.

what is there in "STFW" that you don't understand?

now i cant find a tut on making kernel in strictly ASM

Instead of looking for somebody elses code or them telling you how, just read the manual and figure it out yourself.
I find that looking at everybody elses code blocks creativity a ton. Figuring it out is more challenging too.

http://www.nondot.org/~sabre/os/articles has a lot of good information.
http://www.osdever.net/index.php has a lot of good tutorials.

djtrickdog wrote:Hello all. I plan to make this place my new 'home' as a plan to progress in OS Development. I am the leader of an indie game design team called gag-studio. I am very interested in operating system development, and have just recently finished 'Hello World' tutorial at OSdever.net I have TONS of questions and would like to get many experience and knowledgeable user's MSN or AIM names so when I am stumped or have questions, I can ask quickly.
Right now, I am programming a tool called Osclay. It basically does what NASM does but makes it more simplified. For example, the command 'End Matter' will put this in your source:

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times 510-($-$$) db 0	; Fill the rest with zeros
dw 0xAA55		; Boot loader signature

I have some trouble understanding some parts of this language, but some is familiar. I would just like people to give me their contacts so i can speak with them quickly! Thanks alot

You may be interrested by the language Forth. It's doing what you re trying to do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_%28p ... anguage%29