From 32ae013dd1e0f660e80aea5928dba4064f5843e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eleni Maria Stea Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:59:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] step 3: wait for keypress --- bb.asm | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bb.asm b/bb.asm index b3ef814..fee43e4 100644 --- a/bb.asm +++ b/bb.asm @@ -17,20 +17,37 @@ start: 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 -- 1.7.10.4