pczero

Experiments with bootable image of x86 and protected mode 32 bit code for the i386 platform.

Written in assembler and C++.

Intention

• travel back to the 80's when the 32 bit Intel 386 with math co-processor appeared, equipped with C++ from the future
• write a micro kernel (1 KB) in assembler that does preemptive multitasking
• handle multiple tasks and keyboard with a simple kernel written in C++
• write a small 2D framework for a toy application
• no dependencies, bare metal

Contains

• minimal assembler kernel supporting preemptive multitasking (osca.S)
• minimal C++ kernel (lib.hpp, kernel.hpp)
  • task switch (ctrl+tab)
  • enable/disable task (ctrl+F1, F2 etc)
  • keyboard focus on tasks that handle input
• sample toy application of a 2D game engine (libge.hpp, game.hpp)
  • collision detection between convex shapes
  • simple targeting system of objects in motion (can easily be extended to 3D and non-linear trajectories)
• sample tasks (main.cpp)