alcedo/kernel.nim

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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): uint8 =
result = uint8(ord(fg) or (ord(bg) shl 4))
proc vgaEntry(c: char, colour: uint8): uint16 =
result = uint16(uint8(c) or (colour shl 8))
const
vgaWidth = 80
vgaHeight = 25
terminalBufferBaseAddress = 0xB8000
var
terminalRow, terminalColumn = 0
terminalColour = vgaEntryColour(VGA_Colour.lightGrey, VGA_Colour.black)
proc terminalInitialize() =
for y in 0..<vgaWidth:
for x in 0..<vgaHeight:
let index = terminalBufferBaseAddress + (y * vgaWidth + x)
cast[ptr uint16](index)[] = vgaEntry(' ', terminalColour) # Write directly to display memory