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OSDev Series: IA32 machine language by Mike at Mon 19 Dec 11:46

Hello everyone,

This is the initial release for the OSDev Series advanced chapter covering IA32 and IA64 machine language. It provides an introduction to machine language topics, instruction encoding, using instruction look-up tables, and some examples of translating instructions.

We are transitioning to a different writing environment for the series to present a standard formatting method and resolve spelling errors that are present in earlier chapters.
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PE Chapter released by Mike at Mon 10 Jan 11:25

Hello everyone,

The first release for the chapter covering the Portable Executable (PE) file format has been released. Topics include executing PE programs, parsing the export and import tables, and supporting resources. The information provided for executing programs will be referenced in the upcoming chapters - which will take the series into single and multi-tasking.

I would also like to wish everyone a happy new year!
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This site has been discontinued? by Insightsoft at Tue 7 Dec 02:20

Since I joined to this site, 2 or 3 years ago, it have been o my favorite one... I have learned a lot, no doubt... But, now I need to know if it has been discontinued. Thank you!
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Chapter 23 Demo Release by Mike at Sat 30 Oct 19:41

Hello everyone,

Chapter 23 of the OSDev Series has been updated with some additional content and demo release. I apologize for the delay. The next chapter we will be modifying and expanding on the demo provided in this chapter while we support a user mode<>kernel mode single tasking in Chapter 24.
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OSDev Series Chapter 23 by Mike at Sun 19 Sep 16:55

Hello everyone,

OSDev Series Chapter 23 has been released. It covers user mode, TSS, and System API topics. Sorry, no demo yet do to series updates. Everything should be updated by this week including additional content added to this chapter.

Single tasking has been moved to the next chapter, which will cover Loaders in detail: including information on shared resources and PE loading.
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OSDev Series Updates by Mike at Mon 26 Jul 17:16

Hello everyone,

Chapter 18 of our OS Development Series has been updated to include more content and some important bug fixes in the provided demo software. Because of this, demo releases of all following chapters will be updated to reflect the new changes over the next few days.

The next chapter, Chapter 23, is planned to cover user mode and single tasking. It is planned for release soon after the above updates have been completed.

Please let me know if there are any comments or suggestions.
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Site Updates by Mike at Sat 12 Jun 01:07

Hello everyone,

Some updates have been applied to the forum software. Please let us know if there are any issues. Thank you for your cooperation.
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