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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion automaton/bootsector.asm
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Expand Up @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ call scan ; print former row
call pass ; update to latter row
call copy ; fill former with latter
call sleep
call print_last_char ; Prints last character in line
jmp main

sleep:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -97,14 +98,15 @@ cell:

scan:
mov di, former
mov si, former + 80
mov si, former + 79 ; 79 and not 80 to emit last character just after sleep and not in this procedure.
.loop:
mov al, [di]
call ascii
call emit
inc di
cmp di, si
jb .loop
mov [last_char], al ; Last character stored in last_char byte variable
ret

ascii:
Expand All @@ -117,6 +119,8 @@ ascii:
.done:
ret

print_last_char:
mov al, [last_char] ; copying from last_char if print_last_char was called instead of emit
emit:
mov ah, 0x0e ; write char in teletype mode
; al = char
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -145,6 +149,7 @@ db 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0
db 0
latter:
times 80 db 0
last_char db 0

; pad with zeros until magic number
times 510 - ($ - $$) db 0
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