mov es, ax
mov ss, ax
-; save dx value
+; save dl value
+; bios sets in dl the num of the drive that
+; loaded you so if you overwrite dl you can reuse it
mov [saved_drive_num], dl
; service 0: set videomode ah
; param: which video mode (13h: 320x200, 256 colors) al
; ax: ah (high 8 bits), al (low)
+; call 0 = set_videomode it expects the video mode in al
+; ah : 0, al: 13, ax:ahal
mov ax, 13h
; calling video bios
; software interrupt 10h
+; what's the value of ah? al=video mode when ah=0
+; which set which video mode
int 10h
mov ax, 3
call clearscreen
+; waiting for keypress
+; x86 has 2 special instructions to read/write from I/O
+; devices: in and out (because some processors have different
+; address spaces for devices and for memory, arm not)
+.key_wait:
+ in al, 64h ; 60h = keyb data port, 64h = keyb status port
+ and al, 1 ; 1 = OUTBUF_FULL = the keyb controller out buf is full
+ jz .key_wait
+
+ in al, 60h ; reads the keyb that was pressed to reset the flag
+
; load 2nd sector from boot device and jump to it
; bios helpers, 13h = disk io
mov ax, 0