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Wow. It's kinda strange to even consider that I am taking part in the creation of an operating system... It really wasn't that long ago that I wasn't even capable of writing a functional program... I owe a good portion of my achievements to you posters here on DANIWEB (especially Ancient Dragon). Now on to my question(s): 1) A couple of friends and I have taken on the challenge ...

Would this work to output a character? Help with Code Tags c Syntax ( Toggle Plain Text ) void output ( int c ) { * ( unsigned short * ) 0xB8000 = 0x0F00 | c; } void output(int c) { *(unsigned short *)0xB8000 = 0x0F00 | c; } I found this while searching, and it looks useful.

• • • • And u should know what is ur target hardware(uProccessor). before proceeding. Exactly. Work out those details before commencing this big a task.

Sorry for stealing others thread. <<And u should know what is ur target hardware(uProccessor). before proceeding What does this mean? I am so dumb that I don't understand. EDIT: I ask this because I know very little about OS. WinXP works well with various hardware configuration, So is not an OS hardware independent

• • • • Sorry for stealing others thread. Then don't do it in the first place.

OS is like a layer between ur hardware and ur application program. OS is very close to hardware. So it is not wrong to say that OS is hardware dependent. As far as WinXp is concerned it is developed in such way to work with uProccessors which are dominating the market like: intel, AMD etc. But still it will not work with 8-bit uprocessors.

Oh Now I get it. To make the OS independent of hardware is in the hands of the programmers. Thanks

• • • • Originally Posted by Prabakar Sorry for stealing others thread. Hehe. No kiddin'! Not complaining... I have been a bit... inactive, so even if I wanted to, I really couldn't complain.