alcedo/kernel.nim

type
  VGA_Colour {.pure.} = enum
    black = 0,
    blue = 1,
    green = 2,
    cyan = 3,
    red = 4,
    magenta = 5,
    brown = 6,
    lightGrey = 7,
    darkGrey = 8,
    lightBlue = 9,
    lightGreen = 10,
    lightCyan = 11,
    lightRed = 12,
    lightMagenta = 13,
    lightBrown = 14,
    white = 15

proc vgaEntryColour(fg: VGA_Colour, bg: VGA_Colour): int =
  result = ord(fg) or (ord(bg) shl 4)

proc vgaEntry(c: char, colour: int): int16 =
  result = int16(int(c) or (colour shl 8))

const
  vgaWidth = 80
  vgaHeight = 25
  terminalBufferBaseAddress = 0xB8000
  bufferWidthSkip = vgaWidth * 2

var
  terminalRow, terminalColumn = 0
  terminalColour: int

proc terminalWriteAtPoint(writeChar: char, colour: int, xPos: int, yPos: int) =
  let index = terminalBufferBaseAddress + (yPos * bufferWidthSkip + (xPos * 2))
  cast[ptr int16](index)[] = vgaEntry(writeChar, terminalColour) # Write directly to display memory

proc terminalInitialize() =
  terminalColour = vgaEntryColour(VGA_Colour.lightGreen, VGA_Colour.red)
  for x in 0..<vgaWidth:
    for y in 0..<vgaHeight:
      terminalWriteAtPoint(' ', terminalColour, x, y)

proc setTerminalColour(newColour: int) =
  terminalColour = newColour

proc terminalWriteChar(writeChar: char) =
  if(writeChar == '\L'):
    inc(terminalRow)
    terminalColumn = 0
    if(terminalRow == vgaHeight): terminalRow = 0
    return
  terminalWriteAtPoint(writeChar, terminalColour, terminalColumn, terminalRow)
  inc(terminalColumn)
  if(terminalColumn == vgaWidth):
    terminalColumn = 0
    inc(terminalRow)
    if(terminalRow == vgaHeight): terminalRow = 0

proc terminalWrite(data: string) =
  for character in data:
    terminalWriteChar(character)

proc kernelMain() {.exportc: "kernel_main"}=
  terminalInitialize()
  terminalWrite("Hello World!\LNim here!")