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@cybek: That chunky text makes me nostalgic!
If you would like to know, it's this font:
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Press+Start+2P I wanted to enable 13h mode before entering protected mode, and be able to print some text, so I was looking for pixelated font, which can be rendered as small as possible.
I'm happy that you like this font
I have made a program that renders whole ascii table, compress it to bitwise array and creates ASM file which can be included in kernel. It's huge compared to rest of the kernel.
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I wanted to make a 16-bit OS too, but now I'm not so sure either. If I 'just' make a Forth system, I might put it into unreal mode and make a "double-indirect threaded" interpreter.
Yea, 16-bit OS feels more nostalgic, but making it is a pain. It's more difficult because of architecture, but it's easier because you have BIOS routines. 32-bit is simpler because of linear memory, but harder because of lack of BIOS. Maybe some ARM OS then?
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BTW, everyone's experienced at least one really frustrating bug. If that was your first, welcome to the club, you're a real programmer now!
Haha, thanks
But unfortunately it's not my first bug, just recent one