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links -- actually, links should be introduced in daily entries, and those entries should be linked to from here.

Programming languages

X86 assembly language

Assemblers:

• NASM, the Netwide Assembler (manual). This is the assembler I use.
• MASM, the Microsoft Assembler (manual). I believe this to be the assembler that Chuck Moore used to write ColorForth.

Stuff to read:

• Randall Hyde's The Art of Assembly Language Programming. A very thorough and accessible introduction to assembly language programming.
• Pentium Processor Manuals. Download these PDF files and study them.

ColorForth

• ColorForth.com. Chuck Moore's own site.
• UltraTechnology.com. Articles about Forth, ColorForth, Chuck Moore's projects and philosophy, and the art of "1x programming."
• Web Index. Terry Loveall's list of sites.
• Google Directory

Forums and newsgroups

Assembly language

• alt.lang.asm (NG)
• alt.os.assembly
• comp.lang.asm.x86

Forth and ColorForth

• comp.lang.forth
• ColorForth Mail-List Archive

OS Development

• alt.os.development
• Mega-Tokyo OS Forum
• OSNews Forum: OS Development
• OSDev.org Message Board
• OSDever.net Forums

Programming categories

Boot sector (real-mode code)

(Divide up "large OS-resource sites" and provide links to specific pages on hard disks, video programming, USB, etc.)

Writing Your Own Operating System: • OS Resource Center • Chris Giese • Write Your Own OS • Write Your Own OS (FAQ) • SIGOPS • Bona Fide OS Development • OS Journal • HowToDoThings.com • Paul Hsieh's OS Page • Therx OS Development Library • OSKit Project • Alexei A. Frounze • OS development links •

OS Projects: • OS Lists ( 500mhz.net • Alternative OSes • DMOZ • OSDev • OS Files • OS-Liste • Tunes Review • WebRing • Yahoo! ) • AROS • AtheOS • BRiX • EROS • GNU Hurd • GO! OS • Kortesmaa's kernel • L4 • Maverick OS • MenuetOS • MorphOS • OpenBeOS • SkyOS • Syllable • Topsy • Unununium • V2_OS • Visopsys •

User Interface: • AskTog • DigiBarn screenshots • GUI Gallery • GUIOlympics • Raskin's Humane Environment • mpt (Matthew Thomas) • Nooface • Cook Computing • The Idea Basket • Lambda the Ultimate • Daring Fireball •

Graphics Programming: • FreeVGA Project • Tutorial on VGA graphics • Graphics tutorials • Graphics programming in assembly • Moving offscreen buffer to video RAM • High-res high-speed VESA tutorial • SuperVGA/VESA programmer's notes • Sub-pixel font rendering •

Hardware Programming: • Vinay: Direct Keyboard Access • Xavier • Common I/O Port Addresses • ClipX: BIOS, I/O Ports • FreeBSD Handbook: DMA (or here • Programming Floppy Disk Controllers • Floppy Tutorial •

BIOS: • Ralf Brown's Interrupt List • Ints 10,13,16,18,19 • Art of Assembly, chapter 13 • ClipX: BIOS, I/O Ports • ClipX: BIOS Reference • Interrupts and BIOS Services •

USB: • USB Central • USB.org • Tutorial on USB with Linux • Programming Texts and Tutorials: USB • USB in a Nutshell •

File Formats: • MyFileFormats • Wotsit's Format • Graphics File Format Page • Graphics File Format Specs •

File Systems: • FAT boot sector • FAT16 (Dobiash) • FAT32 (Dobiash) • NTFS.com • NTFS Documentation • Partition types •

Standards: • Multiboot Specification •

News and Comment: • OSNews • Slashdot • Kuro5hin • Ars Technica • ExtremeTech •

Articles: • Real programmers don't use Pascal • Essay #3: Programming • Memory in the PC • Finite state machines explained • Skeptical view on the object •