Assembly Language Programming For The Ibm Personal Computer

Teaches assembly language programs for the IBM-pc as well as the principles of computer operations. also covers the intel 8088 word processor & use of line editor.

Basic features of PC Hardware - Instruction addressing and execution - Examining computer memory and executing instructions - Requirements for coding in assembly language - Assembling, linking, and executing programs - Symbolic instructions and addressing - Program logic and control - Introduction to video and keyboard processing - Disk storage I : organization - Disk storage II : writing and reading files - Disk storage III : INT 21H functions for supporting disks and files - Disk storage IV : INT 13H disk functions - Facilities for printing - Defining and using macros - Linking to subprograms - Program loading and overlays - BIOS data areas, interrupts, and ports - Operators and directives - The PC instruction set.

Explains how the computer represents data and introduces the variables, constants, statements, and expressions of assembly language.

A brief survey of the IBM PC; The disk-operating system; Setting up your computer; Assembly language; The debugger; Short but useful programs; Reading disk files; Executing disk files; Executing disk files; Miscellaneous programs; Appendices; Index.

Learn the basics of operating systems and architecture in the context of a microprocessor. -- Each book includes a CD-ROM containing Microsoft's MASM Assembly Language Development System version 6.11. -- Provides an extensive link library -- Fully explains how to use the assembler, linker, and debugger. An ideal quick-reference for people who need to brush up on their PC Assembler programming skills, and a quality tutorial for those who already program in C, this complete and fully updated study of assembly language for the IBM-PC covers the basics of operating systems and architecture in the context of a microprocessor. Based on the intel 80 x 86 processor family, it concentrates on the MS-DOS operating system, and provides literally hundreds of short examples that show how assembly language may be applied to useful problems.

Presents features of Pentium architecture and key instructions. The book trains readers to understand hardware, machine-language code and hexagonal format, writing programs in assembly language, trace element execution, writing macro instructions and linking separately assembled programs into one.