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Ken, are you drunk? :D

>If you use C, (or C++, C#, OR Java), your OS is going to rwquire Windows anyway.<

How's that? :cool:

>You're going to need at least the first year of calculus if you're going to make an OS.<
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Bubba:

I did not know that. Very interesting indeed. I'll have to take a closer look at this when I get time.

>As far as boot instructions go, I think all of those are contained in the boot sector on your boot device ( i.e. your C drive, or a network boot prom/module/thingy ).<

When I said "boot...

>WHat exactly does the BIOS do?<

BIOS - Basic Input/Output System

It is either stored on a ROM chip on the motherboard or (in new mobos) on a flash chip on the motherboard.

The basic...

>I'd be interested in seeing an OS w/o using interrupts. I don't know the Windows internals and most of it is prob undocumented anyways - does it use interrupts?<

Yes. When you press down a key on...

Hehe, same here, except my first language was really C++. It's funny because, I don't code in C++ much anymore...it's more C.

No problem, dirkduck. :)

To everyone: Just for the record, I didn't mean to come off as a smart-ass. After I read my post, it seemed to me like I was trying to be a smarty. I wasn't. I was just...

>the linux source is like huge ...<

I'm not sure if someone has posted this since then, but search for the v0.10 code. It is very easy to understand and good to learn from.

Another OS that...

>3. What are interrupts? <

A hardware interrupt happens when a hardware device tells the computer it needs attention. A software interrupt happens when the programmer calls one in the code (okay,...