step 1: boot from floppy and clear screen

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+bin = bootboot
+# build flat binary (no headers)
+ASFLAGS = -f bin
+$(bin): bb.asm
+       nasm $(ASFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+floppy.img: $(bin)
+       dd if=/dev/zero of=$@ bs=1024 count=1440
+       dd if=$< of=$@ bs=512 conv=notrunc
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+       rm -f $(bin)
+
+# floppy disk A (fda)
+.PHONY: run
+run: floppy.img
+       qemu-system-i386 -fda $<

diff --git a/bb.asm b/bb.asm
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+; org: all instructions from now on start in 7c00h
+; 7c00h is where the bios loads the 1st sector
+; assembler formatting:
+; column 0: labels
+; tab: commands
+       org 7c00h
+; at boot: real mode (like it's 8086)
+; we have to tell assembler that code is 16bit mode
+       bits 16
+
+start:
+       mov sp, 7c00h
+
+; service 0: set videomode ah
+; param: which video mode (13h: 320x200, 256 colors) al
+; ax: ah (high 8 bits), al (low)
+       mov ax, 13h
+
+; calling video bios
+; software interrupt 10h
+       int 10h
+       call clearscreen
+
+; infinite loop
+end:
+       jmp end
+
+clearscreen:
+; video ram is mapped in a0000
+; first 64000 bytes appear immediately on screen
+; mem addresses in real mode have 2 parts: segment and offset
+; bits overlap: segment is shifted by 4 and is added to the
+; overlapping offset (20 bits number = x86's addressable space = 1MB)
+; segment register for the segment: es, ds, cs, ss (and: fs, gs)
+; default register = ds (data segment), es = extra segment
+; cs = code segment cs:ip (it points where to read instructions and is
+; automatically set to 7c0 (7c00h)
+; offset can be paired with any register
+; pair the registers
+       mov ax, 0a000h
+       mov ds, ax
+       mov di, 0
+; counter cx
+       mov cx, 64000
+       mov ax, 3
+.loop_begin:
+; dereferrence[] address
+       mov [di], al
+       inc     di
+       dec cx
+; when cx is 0, 0 flag is set
+       jnz .loop_begin
+       ret
+
+; assembler trick: write as many 0 needed to fill 510 bytes
+; $ <- means here
+       times 510-($-$$) db 0
+       dw 0aa55h