Tools Needed

• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• The Netwide Assembler

Microsoft Windows

Windows 8.1 was the most common version at the time of writing. Any edition should do.

Visual Studio

Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition is freely available from http://www.visualstudio.com/.

The Netwide Assembler

Download the latest zip from here.

Setup

1. Copy nasm.exe from the zip file to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin or similar path depending on your system.

2. Launch Visual Studio. Open the Team Explorer panel. Clone a new local git repository.

3. Open the boot.sln solution and switch to the Solution Explorer panel.

Compile

Right Click on the solution and select build.