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humble linuxer
03-09-2002, 12:27 PM
I just cannot hold this within gys. Using the tutorials at www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigops, (http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigops,) I have been able to write an application that does not need an OS to run!!!
It doesn't do much though. After the computer boots up, it scolls the screen up one line and displays my wonderful message :D
I have been hearing a lot about hardware/software scolling, but don't know the difference. With a hard guess I should say I'm using a hardware scolling, since I am directly mapping the characters to the video memory(ignore this if I'm not making sense).

My problem is the cursor. I have read so much about how to move it, but have not been able to. Any help?

I'll keep you up to date with my progress :cool:

[ 09 March 2002: Message edited by: humble linuxer ]
lazy_cod3R
03-09-2002, 08:22 PM
Hey that is pretty cool but when i tried to compile the code i got a makefile error, i fixed that then i got a compile error, did you get that also ?
sasKuatch
03-10-2002, 10:21 PM
IMHO, people should stop trying to make these little, one-disk, operating systems. they should instead concentrate on improving the existing ones (linux, if possible). now, it's all nice and dandy if you are learning (heck, Linux was), but if we already have a good, working OS (no, windoze does not count) we should pull together instead of being divided over little measly differences and flaming each other whether *BSD is better, slackware is better, etc

what i'm trying to peck together here is that we should pull together and rip billybob gates's head of :)
Energon
03-10-2002, 11:59 PM
Based on that idea, we'd all be using whatever the first open OS was... not a good idea, not fun, and anti-progressive...
humble linuxer
03-11-2002, 07:20 AM
Originally posted by lazy_cod3R:
<STRONG>Hey that is pretty cool but when i tried to compile the code i got a makefile error, i fixed that then i got a compile error, did you get that also ?</STRONG>

I did experience that problem for a very long time. I don't know if it makes a difference, but to get it to work, i had to untar the files with linux instead of unzipping with windows :confused:
humble linuxer
03-11-2002, 07:29 AM
it's all nice and dandy if you are learning (heck, Linux was)...

Yeah you're right. I am learning. Besides I would like to contribute to the enhancement of Linux. But how can someone do so without the knowledge of how the operating system does things?
I am a linux lover, not only because of the stability and the freedom it gives me, but am also inspired by the fact that a student just sat down and wrote it!!!
So in a way I'm in a way imating his example - not competing!