I found writing a bootloader to be really fun. I didn’t get very far, only far enough to bootstrap from 16bit real to 32bit protected mode with an identity memory mapping and some vga colors. Even that gave me a much better understanding of the history of personal computers.
I highly recommend everyone do it if they get some spare time.
I found writing a bootloader to be really fun. I didn’t get very far, only far enough to bootstrap from 16bit real to 32bit protected mode with an identity memory mapping and some vga colors. Even that gave me a much better understanding of the history of personal computers.
I highly recommend everyone do it if they get some spare time.