;=====BASIC OS Example =====;
;---Copyright Kris Occhipinti---;
;--License GPLv3 https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt --;
;--useage -
;nasm boot.asm -f bin -o boot.bin && qemu-system-i386 -fda boot.bin
BITS 16
start:
;---Commented out because it runs fine without it---;
;mov ax, 07C0h ; Set up 4K stack space after this bootloader
;add ax, 288 ; (4096 + 512) / 16 bytes per paragraph
;mov ss, ax
;mov sp, 4096
mov ax, 07C0h ; Set data segment to where we're loaded
mov ds, ax
;----Print String---;
mov si, text_string ; Put string position into SI
call print_string ; Call our string-printing routine
text_string db 'Welcome and Hello World!', 0; set string and end it with a '0'
print_string: ; Routine: output string in SI to screen
mov ah, 0Eh ; int 10h 'print char' function
.repeat:
lodsb ; Get character from string
cmp al, 0 ; check if 'text_string' char is zero
je .background_colors ; If char is zero (from previous cmp), end of string go ti background_color
int 10h ; Otherwise, print char from 'text_string'
jmp .repeat
.background_colors:
mov ah,0Bh;set cursor position
;mov bh,0 ;select page
mov bl,20;set background color (20 is red)
int 10h ;tell bios to execute these commands
jmp .cursor_pointer
.cursor_pointer:
mov ah,2h ;set the value to "ah" to move the cursor pointer
mov dh,15 ;set row position of the cursor
;mov dl,0 ;set column position of the cursor
add dl,1 ;set column position of the cursor
int 10h ;tell bios to execute these commands
jmp .character_read
.character_read:
mov ah,00h ;remeber set the value to "ah" now you are going to read a keyboard input
int 16h ;this interrupt is given to control keystrokes of keyboard
jmp .print_input
.print_input:
mov ah,9h ;set the value to "ah" to print one character to std out
;mov bl,1 ;set color of font
inc bl ;change the color attribute of the font to be print on each key press
mov cx,1 ;set the value how many time the character in "al" should be print
int 10h ;tell bios to execute these commands
jmp .cursor_pointer
.done:
ret
times 510-($-$$) db 0 ; fill up the rest part of the boot secotr with 0 s
dw 0xAA55 ; The standard PC boot signature