Aug 10
Reapplying the Decal
- Reapplying the Decal - Wherein Decal is described, and the activity of repairing the graphics is begun.
- Reapplying the Decal Part 2 - Wherein the restoration of the graphics is completed, and questions are posed.
- Reapplying the Decal - The quiz answers - Wherein the answers to the questions in part 2 are given.
- Reapplying the Decal - A giant jigsaw puzzle - Wherein the mystery of the “memloc” is given flesh.
- Reapplying the Decal: Learning to use the cutting tools - Wherein intellectual cobwebs are dusted away with theory.
- Reapplying the Decal: Know your materials - Wherein processors walk the earth in search of answers.
- Reapplying the Decal: The practical application of theory - Wherein everything is tied together, and the committed few test their skills.
- Reapplying the Decal: The surviving stumble to victory! - Wherein everyone lives happily ever after with the solutions to the problems.
August 11th, 2005 at 5:26 pm
Re-applying the decal
Some of you might know this, others might not even care, but one of my private passions is a MMORPG game…
August 12th, 2005 at 6:15 am
totally awesome,, way to go man,, thank you kindly for all your marvelous work
August 12th, 2005 at 6:30 pm
Adam, I love the way you’re presenting this really extraordinarily complicated subject - that’s why I linked
August 12th, 2005 at 8:00 pm
[...] Now we know how the program exists on your computer, we’ll learn a little bit about how your CPU actually runs the instructions once they’re loaded. As usual, please make sure you’re up to date on the previous articles; It will be very hard to understand if you don’t. Also, if there’s something that’s not clear or you spot a mistake, please leave a comment – I don’t knowingly leave errors in, and would like everyone who’s playing along to get the most out of this series. Finally, note that will be the last “pure theory” article, so we can get back to the interesting Decal specific stuff. Let’s get to it! [...]
August 24th, 2005 at 7:35 pm
[...] We’re on the home stretch now – anyone who’s survived this far is a brave soul indeed and those who make it through today shall be hailed as kings among men (by me anyway). If you’re just joining us, please read the previous articles before you start. Finally, before we begin, make sure you’ve got this archive extracted, and make a copy of the “helloWorld.exe” file called “worldHello.exe”. We’ll be rewriting the program today and we wouldn’t don’t want to break the original in our experiments! [...]