diff --git a/flop.img b/flop.img
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c3dbd6
Binary files /dev/null and b/flop.img differ
diff --git a/k_defines.h b/k_defines.h
index a2c0112..60377cf 100644
--- a/k_defines.h
+++ b/k_defines.h
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@
 #define YELLOW_TXT	0x0E
 #define BRWHITE_TXT	0x0F
 
+typedef	unsigned char	byte;
+typedef	unsigned short	word;
+typedef	unsigned int	dword;
+
 #define UCHAR unsigned char
 #define USHORT unsigned short
 #define UINT unsigned int
 
 
+
+
diff --git a/kernel.c b/kernel.c
index 53b5251..bdc1f85 100644
--- a/kernel.c
+++ b/kernel.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ typedef struct{
 	UCHAR	RsvdFieldPosition;
 	UCHAR	DirectColorModeInfo;
 
-	void   *PhysBasePtr;
+	dword	PhysBasePtr;
 	UINT	OffScreenMemOffset;
 	USHORT	OffScreenMemSize;
 	UCHAR	Reserved[206];
@@ -66,16 +66,12 @@ void k_init()
 	UINT *vid = (UINT *) (mib->PhysBasePtr);
 	UINT a;
 	UINT tot = ((mib->XResolution) * (mib->YResolution));
+	word step = 0x1000000 / tot;			//step to increase color by for each pixel
+	dword color = 0;
 	for (a = 0; a < tot; a++)
 	{
-		if (a < (tot / 4))
-			vid[a] = 0x00FF0000;
-		else if (a < (tot / 2))
-			vid[a] = 0x0000FF00;
-		else if (a < ((tot * 3) / 4))
-			vid[a] = 0x000000FF;
-		else
-			vid[a] = 0x00FFFFFF;		
+		vid[a] = color;
+		color += step;
 	}
 }