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Mike Gonta

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Mike Gonta 28 Dec 2010, 02:48

This is the 16 bit real mode MikeOS translated to run as 32 bit protected mode.

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28 Dec 2010, 02:48

Domi2Show

Joined: 11 Jan 2011
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Domi2Show 11 Jan 2011, 17:57

Hey,

can you Zip all files together so that i can download it?
sry, i am German Wink

Edit: thank you Smile

11 Jan 2011, 17:57

tom tobias

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tom tobias 13 Jan 2011, 22:34

Thank you Mike, well done.

Smile

13 Jan 2011, 22:34

roboman

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roboman 03 Mar 2011, 04:48

I like MikeOS, did a translation of MikeOS Basic to DexOS. I hadn't thought about the idea of making a 32 or 64 bit ver of MikeOS. Taking a quick look at the source and your line "aeBIOS - case study - MikeOS" this only runs after you start aeBIOS, right?

03 Mar 2011, 04:48

Mike Gonta

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Mike Gonta 02 Aug 2013, 17:13

Here is the latest version of MikeOS32 (and the latest version of aeBIOS)

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02 Aug 2013, 17:13

dogman

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dogman 05 Aug 2013, 09:37

Mike Gonta wrote:

Mike Gonta
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http://mikegonta.com

How true! I looked at your website but couldn't see anything Razz

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05 Aug 2013, 09:37

Shirk

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Shirk 19 Aug 2013, 09:57

Quote:

look and see --- many look but few see

Nice one - you should add a "if you can read this you don't need prescription glasses"
but what are TWOTHBRUSHES??

19 Aug 2013, 09:57

sid123

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sid123 21 Aug 2013, 10:10

If this is really Protected Mode then I think that you could access more than 64K of memory right? Question

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21 Aug 2013, 10:10

Mike Gonta

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Mike Gonta 21 Aug 2013, 20:35

sid123 wrote:

If this is really Protected Mode ...

That's very simple to verify.

Code:

use32 ; PM32
org 0x400000 ; MikeOS32 loads apps to 4Mb
times 0x80000 db 0x90 ; NOP - file size at least 1/2 Mb
  mov esi, hello ; 32 bit registers
  call print
  mov ah, 0x10
  int 0x16 ; standard BIOS functions
  ret
print:
  mov ah, 0x0E
.1:
  mov al, [esi]
  lea esi, [esi+1]
  test al, al
  je .2
  int 0x10
  jmp .1
.2:
  ret
hello: db "This is a big app!", 0

Assemble this as big_app.bin, copy to the root directory, boot MikeOS32, select it from the menu and press any key to go back to MikeOS32.

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21 Aug 2013, 20:35

sid123

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sid123 24 Aug 2013, 12:30

Mike Gonta wrote:

sid123 wrote:

If this is really Protected Mode ...

That's very simple to verify.

Code:

use32 ; PM32
org 0x400000 ; MikeOS32 loads apps to 4Mb
times 0x80000 db 0x90 ; NOP - file size at least 1/2 Mb
  mov esi, hello ; 32 bit registers
  call print
  mov ah, 0x10
  int 0x16 ; standard BIOS functions
  ret
print:
  mov ah, 0x0E
.1:
  mov al, [esi]
  lea esi, [esi+1]
  test al, al
  je .2
  int 0x10
  jmp .1
.2:
  ret
hello: db "This is a big app!", 0

Assemble this as big_app.bin, copy to the root directory, boot MikeOS32, select it from the menu and press any key to go back to MikeOS32.

AWESOME!
That's great Mike Gonta
As Mike Saunders made MikeOS-16
Mike Gonta takes it to 32.... Razz

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24 Aug 2013, 12:30

z0q

Joined: 17 Mar 2015
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z0q 13 Jun 2015, 20:35

I have a question about the bootloader. How does it look for the file? It first looks in the root directory and then reads the FAT?

I'm not sure if I understand correctly how this works.

Any help is greatly appreciated Smile

13 Jun 2015, 20:35

Mike Gonta

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Mike Gonta 14 Jun 2015, 08:24

z0q wrote:

I have a question about the bootloader. How does it look for the file? It first looks in the root directory and then
reads the FAT?

The file name is found by checking each root directory entry in the root directory table one entry at a time. That
root entry contains the first cluster of the file. That cluster number is used to locate the next cluster number in
the FAT and so on until the last one is found and loaded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_the_FAT_file_system

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14 Jun 2015, 08:24

z0q

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z0q 14 Jun 2015, 12:19

Thank you very much Smile

I have another question. I could not find in the comments why it starts in 32-bit mode. Could you explain this to me? I thought bootloaders always start in real mode.

14 Jun 2015, 12:19

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