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echo: 80xxx
to: MATIJA TERZIC
from: JOHN STEPHENSON
date: 1998-04-05 20:58:00
subject: OS making

 MT> I am writing a little operating, but i have a little problem. When i
 MT> try to execute this
 
 MT> SEG_A        SEGMENT BYTE PUBLIC
 MT> ASSUME CS:SEG_A, DS:SEG_A
 MT> ORG 100h
 
Now, I don't know *anything* about making a operating system, but are you
sure about org 100? Isn't that org 100h because the PSP takes 255 bytes?
When an OS loads, there is no PSP.
And out of curiousity how are you making the disk bootable and loading
your code to the boot sector?
                                       - DarkFire 
[John Stephenson (an INTP), Fingerprint: 66BE3A3B6EEE9A5B-48001A32901ECA21]
[Composed at 1:00:23a on 1998-04-06 (UTC) using PGPWave v1.24a Beta]
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