Comment by web007
12 years ago
These "tuts" are amazingly nostalgic.
Between this and Fravia I probably learned more about how computers worked than any other course or article. I remember running through most of these to build up my own personal GFX library. Silly things like "draw random lines" versus "draw random lines REALLY FAST" kept me interested long beyond any reasonable attention span. Thanks @tdicola for the link to the texts!
I'm only sad that I've forgotten so much, and that it's getting harder and harder to make cool stuff like this - there are still ways to get a 1:1 array:pixel mapping and have at, but they're all more complicated than MOV AX, 13h; INT 10h; and $A000.
Another gem from those times was "CRACKING 101" and "Cracking On the IBMpc" both by Buckaroo Banzai.
> I'm only sad that I've forgotten so much, and that it's getting harder and harder to make cool stuff like this - there are still ways to get a 1:1 array:pixel mapping and have at, but they're all more complicated than MOV AX, 13h; INT 10h; and $A000.
That's another blog post. Give me time :)
And for those who can't hold on to their hats until that lovely write up:
"CRACKING 101 - part 1": http://www.textfiles.com/piracy/CRACKING/c101-90.000
"Cracking On the IBMpc - part 1": http://www.textfiles.com/piracy/CRACKING/copyprot.txt
The following parts are available at http://www.textfiles.com/piracy/CRACKING/