Okee, I'v been thinking about getting back to programming for a bit now...and I see that some seem a bit bored here...sooo I was wondering if anyone is interested in forming some sorta language-specific-programming-learning-group??
Not sure if people are like me...but I get rather bored learning stuff by my self more often than not, and find it more interesting to work on stuff with others.
As for what language it could be Im not too sure yet... would anyone be interested in Fortran or Java??

I've always wanted to learn Java, but Fortran also sounds interesting. I'd do it. [addsig]

I still know some java guys [addsig]

I'm an osdever. I love all them oldtimer languages (like assembly). Fortran looks interesting, but as far as I know, you can't code an OS in Java.

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[ This Message was edited by: cowsarenotevil on 2003-09-24 11:40 ]

sure, why dont try it [addsig]

I know Java, so if you want me to lead a Java group... let me know

we do [addsig]

What about an osdev group? [addsig]

Yeah! Let's together write some "Hello World" bootsector code!

Or not. [addsig]

i hope you know I was being sarcastic!

Besides I already have a colored "hi" that runs in grub in bochs

im past the bootsector stage [addsig]

I wish I could that much [addsig]

I bet you could but you don't care

I just started bottomembly this week [addsig]

Look at your post dxprog - "assembly" is what we say here.

Also - asm is easier to type than "assembly". [addsig]

I told you I just started this week [addsig]

What asmbler are you using? Debug? As from djgpp? Go to http://nasm.sf.net/ for the only worthwhile asmbler on the planet. [addsig]

So whats with the Java Learning Group?

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On 2003-09-28 10:32, eosp wrote:
Look at your post dxprog - "assembly" is what we say here.


It's the autocensoring...

Well then type asm! It's quicker too! [addsig]

I'm using nASM in conjunction with DJGPP. I had some trouble getting started, but I'm not doing too bad now. I'm going to try to code my own OS. [addsig]

Good luck - I'm trying to also, and its harder than it seems. If you can write a decent printf function, please tell me. [addsig]

I'm just trying to figure out how to write stuff to the screen without using DOS\BIOS intterupts [addsig]

The text-mode video memory is at 0x0B800. Each character on the screen is two byte wide: 1 for the character, 1 for the attribute.

Let's do a java one. I think java applets are really cool! Who else in favor of java? [addsig]

What a "Learning Group" will consist in? I mean, "Let's make a Java learning group" is fine but... what will it do? have you considered this?

Java wouldn't be bad. I guess I agree. Anyone else in favor?

If we do have enough votes (the majority of 'em), we'll begin planning. [addsig]

I know Java pretty well and could be some kind of ressource.

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On 2003-09-30 20:36, Neu[Mann] wrote:
The text-mode video memory is at 0x0B800. Each character on the screen is two byte wide: 1 for the character, 1 for the attribute.


Yep, and heres the text colors (background then fg):
0 = black
1 = blue
2 = green
3 = cyan
4 = red
5 = magenta
6 = brown
7 = gray
8 = dark gray
9 = bright blue
a = bright green
b = bright cyan
c = pink
d = bright magenta
e = yellow
f = white

Sorry - this is BAD in bochs. Example good though: 0x14 is blue bg, red text.

Did you really use int 21? I know int 10 teletype, which is this:
mov ah, 0x0E
mov al, The Character in Ascii
mov bh, 0x00
mov bl, 0xCOLOR
int 0x10

Quick note: http://www.osdever.net/ is a great osdev site.
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[ This Message was edited by: eosp on 2003-10-01 10:16 ]

I know about Int 10. I just wanted to break away from any kind of BIOS or DOS routines (do it totally by myself). Thanks for the colors bit, though. [addsig]

Check out the website - It gives you a lot more than the colors.

By the way - no problem. I'm not much farther than you in the OS. [addsig]