2021-07-02 13:24:36 <john_ceph > Hi

2021-07-02 16:32:22 <rick_carlino1> Hey john_ceph. I shared Impexus on /r/forth btw

2021-07-02 16:32:39 <rick_carlino1> Some folks had questions about it.

2021-07-02 16:32:56 <john_ceph > rick_carlino1: Oh, cool

2021-07-02 16:41:28 <john_ceph > I am not on reddit, I can answer the question here though.

2021-07-02 16:42:26 <john_ceph > The main reason why I am targeting x86 is, because it's common and well-documented in OS developer circles. Impexus is written in x86 assembly, for which I have written a c

2021-07-02 16:43:47 <john_ceph > Supporting the x86_64 architecture, while it would bring neat additions like relative addressing, would mean implementing a lot more opcodes in the assembler for very littl

2021-07-02 17:37:47 <john_ceph > crc: It looks like lines get cut prematurely in the logs, e.g. my last messages at http://forth.chat/logs/libera/retro/2021-07-02

2021-07-02 17:41:20 <john_ceph > In other news, my textmode driver now supports backspace and line feed properly. Was a ton of work.

2021-07-02 17:53:20 <rick_carlino1> john_ceph: I will pass that message along to them.

2021-07-02 17:57:53 <john_ceph > Great, thanks.

2021-07-02 18:08:38
ACTION is testing his logger...

2021-07-02 18:09:22 "Supporting the x86_64 architecture, while it would bring neat additions like relative addressing, would mean implementing a lot more opcodes in the assembler for very little gain."

2021-07-02 18:10:50 Ok. It looks like that'll fix length for future recordings; I'll have to merge in logs from my client to fix missing message parts

2021-07-02 19:13:18 <john_ceph > Anyway, the keyboard driver works so far. It doesn't do scrolling, instead it clears the entire screen once it's full. But I plan to add scrolling next.

2021-07-02 19:13:28 <john_ceph > *keyboard -> textmode

2021-07-02 19:13:45 <john_ceph > Night