The IBM PC, in all its permutations, is a powerful machine. Unfortunately, many of its most powerful features—its builtin hardware and software—are hidden and not well-documented. Even relatively simple things may seem impossible if you're using a trial-and-error approach. How can you call DOS and
Compute!’s beginner’s guide to machine language on the IBM PC and PCjr
✍ Scribed by Sugiyama, Marc B.; Metcalf, Christopher D.
- Publisher
- Compute! Publications
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 420
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 Fundamentals
Section 1. Basic ML Programming
3 Getting Started
4 Arithmetic
5 Program Flow
6 Subroutines and the Stack
7 Addressing Modes
Section 2. Advanced Programming
8 Advanced Arithmetic
9 String Instructions
10 Using Machine Language with BASIC
Section 3. Interrupts
11 Overview of Interrupts
12 BIOS Interrupts
13 The DOS Function Interrupt
Section 4. Using the Assembler
14 Basic Assembler Control
15 Advanced Assembler Control
Section 5. Sample Programs
16 Sample Programs
Appendices
A The 8088 Instruction Set
B Addressing Modes and Possible Register Arrangements
C MASM Pseudo-ops
D Binary Information
E ASCII Values
F Linking Pascal to Machine Language
Glossary
Index
✦ Subjects
IBM Personal Computer -- Programming;IBM PCjr (Computer) -- Programming;Intel 8088 (Microprocessor) -- Programming
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