os-dev/boot_sect_memory.asm at main · TheSunnyBoy123/os-dev · GitHub

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mov ah, 0x0e

; attempt 1
; Fails because it tries to print the memory address (i.e. pointer)
; not its actual contents
mov al, "1"
int 0x10
mov al, the_secret
int 0x10

; attempt 2
; It tries to print the memory address of 'the_secret' which is the correct approach.
; However, BIOS places our bootsector binary at address 0x7c00
; so we need to add that padding beforehand. We'll do that in attempt 3
mov al, "2"
int 0x10
mov al, [the_secret]
int 0x10

; attempt 3
; Add the BIOS starting offset 0x7c00 to the memory address of the X
; and then dereference the contents of that pointer.
; We need the help of a different register 'bx' because 'mov al, [ax]' is illegal.
; A register can't be used as source and destination for the same command.
mov al, "3"
int 0x10
mov bx, the_secret
add bx, 0x7c00
mov al, [bx]
int 0x10

mov al, "4"
int 0x10
mov al, [0x7c2d]
int 0x10


jmp $ ; infinite loop

the_secret:
    db "X"

; zero padding and magic bios number
times 510-($-$$) db 0
dw 0xaa55