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Want To Write Your Own OS?

Posted by Hemos on from the a-trivial-task dept.

DJSlakoR writes "Looks like the Nocturnal Network has a tutorial on how to get started coding your own operating system. A very interesting read!"

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  1. Typo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the article:
    (2 sides/diskette) * (80 tracks/side) * (8 sectors/track) = 2880 sectors/diskette

    should have 18 sectors/track

  2. Question for the article by ^Case^ · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I'm trying to get a grasp of this articly, but I'm having some difficulty with the assembly. Could somebody please explain the first two lines of code to me?
    TIMES 510-($-$$) DB 0
    DW 0xAA55
    They just don't make any sense to me :-/