diff --git a/src/internals/mod.rs b/src/internals/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b5fce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internals/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+pub mod WhyDoTheyCallItOvenWhenYouOfInTheColdFoodOfOutHotEatTheFood {
+    pub enum ErrorKind {
+        HardwareFuckUp,
+    }
+
+    pub enum ErrorLevel {
+        HugeFuckUp,
+        MinorFuckUp,
+        Warning,
+    }
+
+    pub struct KernelError {
+        pub kind: ErrorKind,
+        pub level: ErrorLevel,
+        pub desc: &'static str,
+        pub nerdinfo: &'static str,
+    }
+
+    impl KernelError {
+        pub fn new(kind: ErrorKind, level: ErrorLevel, desc: &'static str, nerdinfo: &'static str) -> KernelError {
+            KernelError {
+                kind: kind,
+                level: level,
+                desc: desc,
+                nerdinfo: nerdinfo,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c9176ba..dc53459 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 use bootloader::{entry_point, BootInfo, boot_info};
 use core::panic::PanicInfo;
 use bootloader::boot_info::{FrameBuffer, FrameBufferInfo, PixelFormat};
+use crate::serial::potential_serial_ports;
 
 mod font;
+mod serial;
+mod internals;
 
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
@@ -25,9 +28,17 @@ struct Colour {
 
 const RAINBOW : [Colour; 6] = [Colour{r:255,g:0,b:0}, Colour{r:255,g:127,b:0}, Colour{r:255,g:255,b:0}, Colour{r:0,g:255,b:0}, Colour{r:0,g:255,b:255}, Colour{r:0,g:0,b:255}];
 
+
 #[panic_handler]
-fn panic(_info: &PanicInfo) -> ! {
-    loop {}
+fn panic(_info: &PanicInfo) -> ! { loop {} }
+
+fn KernelPanic(msg: &str, fb: &mut FrameBuffer) {
+    // cover the screen in red
+    for y in 0..fb.info().vertical_resolution {
+        for x in 0..fb.info().horizontal_resolution {
+            put_pixel(x, y, Colour{r:255,g:0,b:0}, fb);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn put_pixel(x: usize, y: usize, color: Colour, fb: &mut FrameBuffer) {
@@ -109,6 +120,21 @@ fn draw_string(x: usize, y: usize, s: &str, color: Colour, fb: &mut FrameBuffer)
     }
 }
 
+fn draw_horizcentre_string(y: usize, s: &str, color: Colour, fb: &mut FrameBuffer) {
+    let mut x_tmp = (fb.info().horizontal_resolution - s.len() * 8) / 2;
+    let mut y_tmp = y;
+
+    for c in s.chars() {
+        if c == '\n' {
+            x_tmp = (fb.info().horizontal_resolution - s.len() * 8) / 2;
+            y_tmp += 8;
+        } else {
+            draw_char(x_tmp, y_tmp, c, color, fb);
+            x_tmp += 8;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn draw_rainbow_string(x: usize, y: usize, s: &str, fb: &mut FrameBuffer) {
     let mut x_tmp = x;
     let mut y_tmp = y;
@@ -143,9 +169,24 @@ fn main(boot_info: &'static mut BootInfo) -> ! {
         //draw_string(20, 20, "i love drinking cum\nnewline test", Colour { r: 255, g: 0, b: 255 }, framebuffer);
         //draw_rainbow_string(20, 40, "gay sex", framebuffer);
 
-        draw_string(20,20, "),:\n\n\n\nuh oh! windows error! your computer is not compatible with windows 12\n\ncontact billgate@realmicrosoft.com to fix this issue!", Colour { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255}, framebuffer);
+        //draw_string(20,20, "),:\n\n\n\nuh oh! windows error! your computer is not compatible with windows 12\n\ncontact billgate@realmicrosoft.com to fix this issue!", Colour { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255}, framebuffer);
 
-        draw_rainbow_string((fb_width/2) - ((7*8)/2), (fb_height/2) - 4, "gay sex", framebuffer);
+        draw_horizcentre_string(((fb_height/2)-4)-16, "welcome to windows 12! here is info:", Colour { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255 }, framebuffer);
+
+        // time for some funny com port stuff
+        let serial_ports = serial::init_serial();
+        draw_horizcentre_string(((fb_height/2)-4)-8, "serial ports:", Colour { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255 }, framebuffer);
+
+        for port in 0..serial_ports.ports_enabled.len() {
+            if serial_ports.ports_enabled[port] {
+                draw_horizcentre_string(((fb_height/2)-4)+(port as usize*8), serial_ports.ports[port].base.to_string(), Colour { r: 255, g: 255, b: 255 }, framebuffer);
+            } else { // draw in grey
+                draw_horizcentre_string(((fb_height/2)-4)+(port as usize*8), serial_ports.ports[port].base.to_string(), Colour { r: 255, g: 0, b: 0 }, framebuffer);
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        //draw_rainbow_string((fb_width/2) - ((7*8)/2), (fb_height/2) - 4, "gay sex", framebuffer);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/src/serial/mod.rs b/src/serial/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31cfcd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serial/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+#![feature(asm_const)]
+
+use core::arch::asm;
+use core::borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut};
+use core::ops::Deref;
+
+pub mod ps2;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+pub enum potential_serial_ports {
+    COM1 = 0x3F8,
+    COM2 = 0x2F8,
+    COM3 = 0x3E8,
+    COM4 = 0x2E8,
+    COM5 = 0x5F8,
+    COM6 = 0x4F8,
+    COM7 = 0x5E8,
+    COM8 = 0x4E8,
+}
+
+impl potential_serial_ports {
+    pub fn to_string<'a>(&self) -> &'a str {
+        match self {
+            potential_serial_ports::COM1 => "COM1",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM2 => "COM2",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM3 => "COM3",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM4 => "COM4",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM5 => "COM5",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM6 => "COM6",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM7 => "COM7",
+            potential_serial_ports::COM8 => "COM8",
+            _ => {
+                panic!("Invalid potential_serial_ports");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+enum serial_offsets {
+    DATA = 0,
+    INTERRUPT_ID = 1,
+    FIFO_CTRL = 2,
+    LINE_CTRL = 3,
+    MODEM_CTRL = 4,
+    LINE_STATUS = 5,
+    MODEM_STATUS = 6,
+    SCRATCH = 7,
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct Port {
+    pub base: potential_serial_ports,
+}
+
+pub struct SerialPorts {
+    pub ports_enabled: [bool; 8],
+    pub ports: [Port; 8],
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(target_arch="x86", target_arch="x86_64"))]
+fn outb(port: u16, data: u8) {
+    unsafe {
+        asm!("out dx, al", in("al") data, in("dx") port);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(target_arch="x86", target_arch="x86_64"))]
+fn inb(port: u16) -> u8 {
+    let mut data: u8;
+    unsafe {
+        asm!("in al, dx", out("al") data, in("dx") port);
+    }
+    data
+}
+
+impl Port {
+    fn is_transmit_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        let status = inb(self.base as u16 + serial_offsets::LINE_STATUS as u16);
+        status & 0x20 == 0x20
+    }
+
+    pub fn transmit(&self, data: u8) {
+        while !self.is_transmit_empty() {}
+        outb(self.base as u16 + serial_offsets::DATA as u16, data);
+    }
+
+    fn is_recv_full(&self) -> bool {
+        let status = inb(self.base as u16 + serial_offsets::LINE_STATUS as u16);
+        status & 0x01 == 0x01
+    }
+
+    pub fn receive(&self, mut timeout: u16) -> u8 {
+        if timeout != 0 {
+            while !self.is_recv_full() {
+                timeout -= 1;
+                if timeout == 0 {
+                    return 0;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            while !self.is_recv_full() {}
+        }
+        inb(self.base as u16 + serial_offsets::DATA as u16)
+    }
+
+    pub fn transrecv(&self, data: u8) -> u8 {
+        self.transmit(data);
+        self.receive(0)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn test_port(port: potential_serial_ports) -> bool {
+    let mut port: u16 = port as u16;
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::INTERRUPT_ID as u16, 0x00); // disable interrupts
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::LINE_CTRL as u16, 0x80); // enable DLAB
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::DATA as u16, 0x03); // set divisor to 3 (lo byte)
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::LINE_CTRL as u16, 0x03); // set divisor to 3 (hi byte)
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::FIFO_CTRL as u16, 0xC7); // enable FIFO, clear them, with 14-byte threshold
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::MODEM_CTRL as u16, 0x0B); // IRQs enabled, RTS/DSR set
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::MODEM_CTRL as u16, 0x1E); // loopback mode
+
+    // test serial
+    outb(port + serial_offsets::DATA as u16, 0xAE);
+    // check if we received the correct byte
+    if inb(port + serial_offsets::DATA as u16) != 0xAE {
+        return false;
+    } else {
+        // set stuffz idk
+        outb(port + serial_offsets::MODEM_CTRL as u16, 0x0F);
+        return true;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn init_serial() -> SerialPorts {
+    // this is so fucking cursed
+    let mut ports_tmp : [Port; 8] = [Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM1 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM2 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM3 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM4 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM5 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM6 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM7 }, Port { base: potential_serial_ports::COM8 }];
+    let mut ports_enabled_tmp : [bool; 8] = [false; 8];
+    for i in 0..8 {
+        if test_port(ports_tmp[i].base) {
+            ports_enabled_tmp[i] = true;
+        }
+    }
+    SerialPorts {
+        ports_enabled: ports_enabled_tmp,
+        ports: ports_tmp,
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/serial/ps2/mod.rs b/src/serial/ps2/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f187b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serial/ps2/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+use super::*;
+use crate::internals::WhyDoTheyCallItOvenWhenYouOfInTheColdFoodOfOutHotEatTheFood::{KernelError, ErrorKind, ErrorLevel};
+
+pub enum PS2Type {
+    AncientKeyboard,
+    Keyboard,
+    Mouse,
+    FiveButtonMouse,
+    ScrollWheelMouse,
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+enum Messages {
+    MSGDisableScanning = 0xF5,
+    MSGIdentify = 0xF2,
+    MSGACK = 0xFA,
+}
+
+pub fn probePort(port : Port) -> Result<PS2Type, KernelError> {
+    let mut response : u8;
+    response = port.transrecv(Messages::MSGDisableScanning as u8);
+    // check for ACK
+    if response != Messages::MSGACK as u8 {
+        return Err(KernelError::new(ErrorKind::HardwareFuckUp, ErrorLevel::Warning, "Did not receive ACK", port.base.to_string()));
+    }
+    response = port.transrecv(Messages::MSGIdentify as u8);
+    // check for ACK
+    if response != Messages::MSGACK as u8 {
+        return Err(KernelError::new(ErrorKind::HardwareFuckUp, ErrorLevel::MinorFuckUp, "Did not receive ACK after asking port to identify", port.base.to_string()));
+    }
+    // read the response with a timeout of x cpu cycles, this can be quite low as it will only matter on slow machines
+    response = port.receive(0xFFFF);
+    // if there's no response, it's a really old keyboard (IBM or whoever, why did you have to do this??)\
+    if response == 0 {
+        return Ok(PS2Type::AncientKeyboard);
+    } else {
+        // switch on the response
+        match response {
+            0x00 => { // standard mouse
+                return Ok(PS2Type::Mouse);
+            },
+            0x03 => { // mouse with scroll wheel
+                return Ok(PS2Type::ScrollWheelMouse);
+            },
+            0x04 => { // 5 button mouse
+                return Ok(PS2Type::FiveButtonMouse);
+            },
+            0xAB => { // some type of keyboard, we'll need to read another byte to be sure
+                response = port.receive(0xFFFF);
+                match response {
+                    0x41 => { // some keyboard idfk
+                        return Ok(PS2Type::Keyboard);
+                    },
+                    0xC1 => { // same as above
+                        return Ok(PS2Type::Keyboard);
+                    },
+                    0x83 => { // keyboard after taking normal pills
+                        return Ok(PS2Type::Keyboard);
+                    },
+                    _ => { // what?
+                        return Ok(PS2Type::Unknown);
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            _ => { // some other device idk
+                return Ok(PS2Type::Unknown);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/serial/ps2controller.rs b/src/serial/ps2controller.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca3f6bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serial/ps2controller.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+static DATA_PORT: u16 = 0x60;
+static COMMAND_PORT: u16 = 0x64;
+
diff --git a/src/serial/ps2keyboard.rs b/src/serial/ps2keyboard.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29