2021-07-02 13:24:36 <john_ceph   > Hi
2021-07-02 16:32:22 <rick_carlino1> Hey john_ceph. I shared Impexus on /r/forth btw
2021-07-02 16:32:39 <rick_carlino1> Some folks had questions about it.
2021-07-02 16:32:56 <john_ceph   > rick_carlino1: Oh, cool
2021-07-02 16:41:28 <john_ceph   > I am not on reddit, I can answer the question here though.
2021-07-02 16:42:26 <john_ceph   > The main reason why I am targeting x86 is, because it's common and well-documented in OS developer circles. Impexus is written in x86 assembly, for which I have written a c
2021-07-02 16:43:47 <john_ceph   > Supporting the x86_64 architecture, while it would bring neat additions like relative addressing, would mean implementing a lot more opcodes in the assembler for very littl
2021-07-02 17:37:47 <john_ceph   > crc: It looks like lines get cut prematurely in the logs, e.g. my last messages at http://forth.chat/logs/libera/retro/2021-07-02
2021-07-02 17:41:20 <john_ceph   > In other news, my textmode driver now supports backspace and line feed properly. Was a ton of work.
2021-07-02 17:53:20 <rick_carlino1> john_ceph: I will pass that message along to them.
2021-07-02 17:57:53 <john_ceph   > Great, thanks.
2021-07-02 18:08:38 <crc         > 
ACTION is testing his logger...

2021-07-02 18:09:22 <crc         > "Supporting the x86_64 architecture, while it would bring neat additions like relative addressing, would mean implementing a lot more opcodes in the assembler for very little gain."
2021-07-02 18:10:50 <crc         > Ok. It looks like that'll fix length for future recordings; I'll have to merge in logs from my client to fix missing message parts
2021-07-02 19:13:18 <john_ceph   > Anyway, the keyboard driver works so far. It doesn't do scrolling, instead it clears the entire screen once it's full. But I plan to add scrolling next.
2021-07-02 19:13:28 <john_ceph   > *keyboard -> textmode
2021-07-02 19:13:45 <john_ceph   > Night