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Overview of Emu8086
Emu8086 Overview
Everything for learning assembly language in one pack! Emu8086 combines an advanced source editor, assembler, disassembler, software emulator (Virtual PC) with debugger, and step by step tutorials. This program is extremely helpful for those who just begin to study assembly language. It compiles the source code and executes it on emulator step by step. Visual interface is very easy to work with. You can watch registers, flags and memory while your program executes. Arithmetic & Logical Unit (ALU) shows the internal work of the central processor unit (CPU). Emulator runs programs on a Virtual PC, this completely blocks your program from accessing real hardware, such as hard-drives and memory, since your assembly code runs on a virtual machine, this makes debugging much easier. 8086 machine code is fully compatible with all next generations of Intel's microprocessors, including Pentium II and Pentium 4, I'm sure Pentium 5 will support 8086 as well. This makes 8086 code very portable, since it runs both on ancient and on the modern computer systems. Another advantage of 8086 instruction set is that it is much smaller, and thus easier to learn. Emu8086 has a much easier syntax than any of the major assemblers, but will still generate a program that can be executed on any computer that runs 8086 machine code; a great combination for beginners! Note: If you don't use Emu8086 to compile the code, you won't be able to step through your actual source code while running it.
Where to start?
1. Start Emu8086 by selecting its icon from the start menu, or by running Emu8086.exe. 2. Select "Samples" from "File" menu. 3. Click [Compile and Emulate] button (or press F5 hot key). 4. Click [Single Step] button (or press F8 hot key), and watch how the code
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is being executed. 5. Try opening other samples, all samples are heavily commented, so it's a great learning tool. 6. This is the right time to see the tutorials.
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Tutorials
Tutorials
8086 Assembler Tutorials
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Numbering Systems Part 1: What is an assembly language? Part 2: Memory Access Part 3: Variables Part 4: Interrupts Part 5: Library of common functions - emu8086.inc Part 6: Arithmetic and Logic Instructions Part 7: Program Flow Control Part 8: Procedures Part 9: The Stack Part 10: Macros Part 11: Making your own Operating System Part 12: Controlling External Devices (Robot, StepperMotor...)
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Reference for Emu8086
Emu8086 reference
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Source Code Editor Compiling Assembly Code Using the Emulator Complete 8086 instruction set List of supported interrupts Global Memory Table Custom Memory Map MASM / TASM compatibility I/O ports
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8086 instructions
Complete 8086 instruction set

Quick reference: CMPSB CMPSW CWD DAA DAS DEC DIV HLT IDIV IMUL IN INC INT INTO IRET JA MOV MOVSB MOVSW MUL NEG NOP NOT OR OUT POP POPA POPF PUSH PUSHA PUSHF RCL
AAA AAD AAM AAS ADC ADD AND CALL CBW CLC CLD CLI CMC CMP
JAE JB JBE JC JCXZ JE JG JGE JL JLE JMP JNA JNAE JNB
JNBE JNC JNE JNG JNGE JNL JNLE JNO JNP JNS JNZ JO JP JPE
JPO JS JZ LAHF LDS LEA LES LODSB LODSW LOOP LOOPE LOOPNE LOOPNZ LOOPZ
RCR REP REPE REPNE REPNZ REPZ RET RETF ROL ROR SAHF SAL SAR SBB
SCASB SCASW SHL SHR STC STD STI STOSB STOSW SUB TEST XCHG XLATB XOR
Operand types: REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, AH, AL, BL, BH, CH, CL, DH, DL, DI, SI, BP, SP. SREG: DS, ES, SS, and only as second operand: CS. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], variable, etc...(see Memory Access). immediate: 5, -24, 3Fh, 10001101b, etc...
Notes:
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When two operands are required for an instruction they are separated by comma. For example: REG, memory
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When there are two operands, both operands must have the same size (except shift and rotate instructions). For example: AL, DL DX, AX m1 DB ? AL, m1 m2 DW ? AX, m2
Some instructions allow several operand combinations. For example: memory, immediate REG, immediate memory, REG REG, SREG
Some examples contain macros, so it is advisable to use Shift + F8 hot key to Step Over (to make macro code execute at maximum speed set step delay to zero), otherwise emulator will step through each instruction of a macro. Here is an example that uses PRINTN macro:
#make_COM# include 'emu8086.inc' ORG 100h MOV AL, 1 MOV BL, 2 PRINTN 'Hello World!' ; macro. MOV CL, 3 PRINTN 'Welcome!' ; macro. RET
These marks are used to show the state of the flags: 1 - instruction sets this flag to 1. 0 - instruction sets this flag to 0. r - flag value depends on result of the instruction. ? - flag value is undefined (maybe 1 or 0).
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Some instructions generate exactly the same machine code, so disassembler may have a problem decoding to your original code. This is especially important for Conditional Jump instructions (see "Program Flow Control" in Tutorials for more information).
Instructions in alphabetical order: Instruction Operands Description ASCII Adjust after Addition. Corrects result in AH and AL after addition when working with BCD values. It works according to the following Algorithm: if low nibble of AL > 9 or AF = 1 then:
q q q q
AL = AL + 6 AH = AH + 1 AF = 1 CF = 1
else AAA No operands

q q
AF = 0 CF = 0
in both cases: clear the high nibble of AL. Example: MOV AX, 15 ; AH = 00, AL = 0Fh AAA ; AH = 01, AL = 05 RET
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C Z S O P A r ? ? ? ? r
ASCII Adjust before Division. Prepares two BCD values for division. Algorithm:
q q
AL = (AH * 10) + AL AH = 0
AAD
No operands
Example: MOV AX, 0105h ; AH = 01, AL = 05 AAD ; AH = 00, AL = 0Fh (15) RET C Z S O P A ? r r ? r ?
ASCII Adjust after Multiplication. Corrects the result of multiplication of two BCD values. Algorithm:
q q
AH = AL / 10 AL = remainder
AAM
No operands
Example: MOV AL, 15 ; AL = 0Fh AAM ; AH = 01, AL = 05 RET C Z S O P A
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? r r ? r ?
ASCII Adjust after Subtraction. Corrects result in AH and AL after subtraction when working with BCD values. Algorithm: if low nibble of AL > 9 or AF = 1 then:
q q q q
AL = AL - 6 AH = AH - 1 AF = 1 CF = 1
else AAS No operands

q q
AF = 0 CF = 0
in both cases: clear the high nibble of AL. Example: MOV AX, 02FFh ; AH = 02, AL = 0FFh AAS ; AH = 01, AL = 09 RET C Z S O P A r ? ? ? ? r
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Add with Carry. Algorithm: operand1 = operand1 + operand2 + CF REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate Example: STC ; set CF = 1 MOV AL, 5 ; AL = 5 ADC AL, 1 ; AL = 7 RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
ADC
Add. Algorithm: operand1 = operand1 + operand2 REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate Example: MOV AL, 5 ; AL = 5 ADD AL, -3 ; AL = 2 RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
ADD
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Logical AND between all bits of two operands. Result is stored in operand1. These rules apply: 1 AND 1 = 1 1 AND 0 = 0 0 AND 1 = 0 0 AND 0 = 0 Example: MOV AL, 'a' ; AL = 01100001b AND AL, 11011111b ; AL = 01000001b ('A') RET C Z S O P 0 r r 0 r
AND
REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate
Transfers control to procedure, return address is (IP) is pushed to stack. 4-byte address may be entered in this form: 1234h:5678h, first value is a segment second value is an offset (this is a far call, so CS is also pushed to stack). Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h ; for COM file. procedure name label 4-byte address CALL p1 ADD AX, 1 RET ; return to OS.
CALL
p1 PROC ; procedure declaration. MOV AX, 1234h RET ; return to caller. p1 ENDP
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C Z S O P A unchanged
Convert byte into word. Algorithm: if high bit of AL = 1 then:

q
AH = 255 (0FFh)
else
q
AH = 0
CBW
No operands Example: MOV AX, 0 ; AH = 0, AL = 0 MOV AL, -5 ; AX = 000FBh (251) CBW ; AX = 0FFFBh (-5) RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Clear Carry flag. Algorithm: CLC No operands CF = 0 C 0
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Clear Direction flag. SI and DI will be incremented by chain instructions: CMPSB, CMPSW, LODSB, LODSW, MOVSB, MOVSW, STOSB, STOSW. Algorithm: CLD No operands DF = 0 D 0
Clear Interrupt enable flag. This disables hardware interrupts. Algorithm: CLI No operands IF = 0 I 0
Complement Carry flag. Inverts value of CF. Algorithm: if CF = 1 then CF = 0 if CF = 0 then CF = 1
CMC
No operands
C r
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Compare. Algorithm: operand1 - operand2 result is not stored anywhere, flags are set (OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, CF) according to result. CMP REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate Example: MOV AL, 5 MOV BL, 5 CMP AL, BL ; AL = 5, ZF = 1 (so equal!) RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
Compare bytes: ES:[DI] from DS:[SI]. Algorithm:

q q
CMPSB
No operands
DS:[SI] - ES:[DI] set flags according to result: OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, CF if DF = 0 then r SI = SI + 1 r DI = DI + 1 else r SI = SI - 1 r DI = DI - 1
Example: see cmpsb.asm in Samples. C Z S O P A r r r r r r
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Compare words: ES:[DI] from DS:[SI]. Algorithm:

q q
CMPSW
No operands
DS:[SI] - ES:[DI] set flags according to result: OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, CF if DF = 0 then r SI = SI + 2 r DI = DI + 2 else r SI = SI - 2 r DI = DI - 2
Example: see cmpsw.asm in Samples. C Z S O P A r r r r r r
Convert Word to Double word. Algorithm: if high bit of AX = 1 then:

q
DX = 65535 (0FFFFh)
else
q
DX = 0
CWD
No operands Example: MOV DX, 0 ; DX = 0 MOV AX, 0 ; AX = 0 MOV AX, -5 ; DX AX = 00000h:0FFFBh CWD ; DX AX = 0FFFFh:0FFFBh
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RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Decimal adjust After Addition. Corrects the result of addition of two packed BCD values. Algorithm: if low nibble of AL > 9 or AF = 1 then:
q q
AL = AL + 6 AF = 1
if AL > 9Fh or CF = 1 then: DAA No operands

q q
AL = AL + 60h CF = 1
Example: MOV AL, 0Fh ; AL = 0Fh (15) DAA ; AL = 15h RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
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Decimal adjust After Subtraction. Corrects the result of subtraction of two packed BCD values. Algorithm: if low nibble of AL > 9 or AF = 1 then:
q q
AL = AL - 6 AF = 1
if AL > 9Fh or CF = 1 then: DAS No operands

q q
AL = AL - 60h CF = 1
Example: MOV AL, 0FFh ; AL = 0FFh (-1) DAS ; AL = 99h, CF = 1 RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
Decrement. Algorithm: operand = operand - 1 Example: DEC REG memory MOV AL, 255 ; AL = 0FFh (255 or -1) DEC AL ; AL = 0FEh (254 or -2) RET Z S O P A
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r r r r r CF - unchanged! Unsigned divide. Algorithm: when operand is a byte: AL = AX / operand AH = remainder (modulus) when operand is a word: AX = (DX AX) / operand DX = remainder (modulus) Example: MOV AX, 203 ; AX = 00CBh MOV BL, 4 DIV BL ; AL = 50 (32h), AH = 3 RET C Z S O P A ? ? ? ? ? ?
DIV
REG memory
Halt the System. Example: MOV AX, 5 HLT C Z S O P A unchanged
HLT
No operands
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Signed divide. Algorithm: when operand is a byte: AL = AX / operand AH = remainder (modulus) when operand is a word: AX = (DX AX) / operand DX = remainder (modulus) Example: MOV AX, -203 ; AX = 0FF35h MOV BL, 4 IDIV BL ; AL = -50 (0CEh), AH = -3 (0FDh) RET C Z S O P A ? ? ? ? ? ?
IDIV
REG memory
Signed multiply. Algorithm: when operand is a byte: AX = AL * operand. when operand is a word: (DX AX) = AX * operand. IMUL REG memory Example: MOV AL, -2 MOV BL, -4 IMUL BL ; AX = 8 RET
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C Z S O P A r ? ? r ? ? CF=OF=0 when result fits into operand of IMUL. Input from port into AL or AX. Second operand is a port number. If required to access port number over 255 - DX register should be used. Example: IN AL, im.byte AL, DX AX, im.byte AX, DX IN AX, 4 ; get status of traffic lights. IN AL, 7 ; get status of stepper-motor. C Z S O P A unchanged
Increment. Algorithm: operand = operand + 1 Example: INC REG memory MOV AL, 4 INC AL ; AL = 5 RET Z S O P A r r r r r CF - unchanged!
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Interrupt numbered by immediate byte (0..255). Algorithm: Push to stack: r flags register r CS r IP IF = 0 Transfer control to interrupt procedure
q q
INT
immediate byte Example: MOV AH, 0Eh ; teletype. MOV AL, 'A' INT 10h ; BIOS interrupt. RET C Z S O P A I unchanged 0
Interrupt 4 if Overflow flag is 1. Algorithm: if OF = 1 then INT 4 Example: INTO No operands ; -5 - 127 = -132 (not in -128..127) ; the result of SUB is wrong (124), ; so OF = 1 is set: MOV AL, -5 SUB AL, 127 ; AL = 7Ch (124) INTO ; process error. RET
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Interrupt Return. Algorithm: Pop from stack: r IP r CS r flags register C Z S O P A popped
IRET
No operands
Short Jump if first operand is Above second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if (CF = 0) and (ZF = 0) then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 250 CMP AL, 5 JA label1 PRINT 'AL is not above 5' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is above 5' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JA
label
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Short Jump if first operand is Above or Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if CF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 5 CMP AL, 5 JAE label1 PRINT 'AL is not above or equal to 5' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is above or equal to 5' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JAE
label
Short Jump if first operand is Below second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if CF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 1 CMP AL, 5
JB
label
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JB label1 PRINT 'AL is not below 5' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is below 5' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Below or Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if CF = 1 or ZF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 5 CMP AL, 5 JBE label1 PRINT 'AL is not below or equal to 5' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is below or equal to 5' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JBE
label
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Short Jump if Carry flag is set to 1. Algorithm: if CF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 255 ADD AL, 1 JC label1 PRINT 'no carry.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'has carry.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JC
label
Short Jump if CX register is 0. Algorithm: if CX = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV CX, 0 JCXZ label1 PRINT 'CX is not zero.' JMP exit
JCXZ
label
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label1: PRINT 'CX is zero.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed/Unsigned. Algorithm: if ZF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 5 CMP AL, 5 JE label1 PRINT 'AL is not equal to 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is equal to 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JE
label
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Short Jump if first operand is Greater then second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if (ZF = 0) and (SF = OF) then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 5 CMP AL, -5 JG label1 PRINT 'AL is not greater -5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is greater -5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JG
label
Short Jump if first operand is Greater or Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if SF = OF then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, -5
JGE
label
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JGE label1 PRINT 'AL < -5' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL >= -5' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Less then second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if SF <> OF then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, -2 CMP AL, 5 JL label1 PRINT 'AL >= 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL < 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JL
label
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Short Jump if first operand is Less or Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if SF <> OF or ZF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, -2 CMP AL, 5 JLE label1 PRINT 'AL > 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL <= 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JLE
label
Unconditional Jump. Transfers control to another part of the program. 4-byte address may be entered in this form: 1234h:5678h, first value is a segment second value is an offset. Algorithm: always jump Example: label 4-byte address include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h
JMP
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MOV AL, 5 JMP label1 ; jump over 2 lines! PRINT 'Not Jumped!' MOV AL, 0 label1: PRINT 'Got Here!' RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Not Above second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if CF = 1 or ZF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, 5 JNA label1 PRINT 'AL is above 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is not above 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNA
label
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Short Jump if first operand is Not Above and Not Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if CF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, 5 JNAE label1 PRINT 'AL >= 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL < 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNAE
label
Short Jump if first operand is Not Below second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if CF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 7 CMP AL, 5
JNB
label
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JNB label1 PRINT 'AL < 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL >= 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Not Below and Not Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Unsigned. Algorithm: if (CF = 0) and (ZF = 0) then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 7 CMP AL, 5 JNBE label1 PRINT 'AL <= 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL > 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNBE
label
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Short Jump if Carry flag is set to 0. Algorithm: if CF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 ADD AL, 3 JNC label1 PRINT 'has carry.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'no carry.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNC
label
Short Jump if first operand is Not Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed/Unsigned. Algorithm: if ZF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, 3 JNE label1
JNE
label
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PRINT 'AL = 3.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'Al <> 3.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Not Greater then second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if (ZF = 1) and (SF <> OF) then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, 3 JNG label1 PRINT 'AL > 3.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'Al <= 3.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNG
label
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Short Jump if first operand is Not Greater and Not Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if SF <> OF then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, 3 JNGE label1 PRINT 'AL >= 3.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'Al < 3.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNGE
label
Short Jump if first operand is Not Less then second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if SF = OF then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, -3
JNL
label
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JNL label1 PRINT 'AL < -3.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'Al >= -3.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if first operand is Not Less and Not Equal to second operand (as set by CMP instruction). Signed. Algorithm: if (SF = OF) and (ZF = 0) then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 2 CMP AL, -3 JNLE label1 PRINT 'AL <= -3.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'Al > -3.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNLE
label
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Short Jump if Not Overflow. Algorithm: if OF = 0 then jump Example: ; -5 - 2 = -7 (inside -128..127) ; the result of SUB is correct, ; so OF = 0: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, -5 SUB AL, 2 ; AL = 0F9h (-7) JNO label1 PRINT 'overflow!' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'no overflow.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNO
label
Short Jump if No Parity (odd). Only 8 low bits of result are checked. Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if PF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc'
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JNP
label
#make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 00000111b ; AL = 7 OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JNP label1 PRINT 'parity even.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'parity odd.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if Not Signed (if positive). Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if SF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 00000111b ; AL = 7 OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JNS label1 PRINT 'signed.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'not signed.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNS
label
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Short Jump if Not Zero (not equal). Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if ZF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 00000111b ; AL = 7 OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JNZ label1 PRINT 'zero.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'not zero.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JNZ
label
Short Jump if Overflow. Algorithm: if OF = 1 then jump Example: ; -5 - 127 = -132 (not in -128..127) ; the result of SUB is wrong (124), ; so OF = 1 is set: include 'emu8086.inc'
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JO
label
#make_COM# org 100h MOV AL, -5 SUB AL, 127 ; AL = 7Ch (124) JO label1 PRINT 'no overflow.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'overflow!' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if Parity (even). Only 8 low bits of result are checked. Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if PF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 00000101b ; AL = 5 OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JP label1 PRINT 'parity odd.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'parity even.' exit: RET C Z S O P A
JP
label
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unchanged
Short Jump if Parity Even. Only 8 low bits of result are checked. Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if PF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 00000101b ; AL = 5 OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JPE label1 PRINT 'parity odd.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'parity even.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JPE
label
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Short Jump if Parity Odd. Only 8 low bits of result are checked. Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if PF = 0 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 00000111b ; AL = 7 OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JPO label1 PRINT 'parity even.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'parity odd.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JPO
label
Short Jump if Signed (if negative). Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if SF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 10000000b ; AL = -128
JS
label
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OR AL, 0 ; just set flags. JS label1 PRINT 'not signed.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'signed.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Short Jump if Zero (equal). Set by CMP, SUB, ADD, TEST, AND, OR, XOR instructions. Algorithm: if ZF = 1 then jump Example: include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, 5 CMP AL, 5 JZ label1 PRINT 'AL is not equal to 5.' JMP exit label1: PRINT 'AL is equal to 5.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged
JZ
label
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Load AH from 8 low bits of Flags register. Algorithm: AH = flags register AH bit: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 [SF] [ZF] [0] [AF] [0] [PF] [1] [CF] bits 1, 3, 5 are reserved. C Z S O P A unchanged
LAHF
No operands
Load memory double word into word register and DS. Algorithm:
q q
REG = first word DS = second word
Example:
#make_COM# ORG 100h LDS REG, memory LDS AX, m RET m DW 1234h DW 5678h END
AX is set to 1234h, DS is set to 5678h.
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Load Effective Address. Algorithm:

q
REG = address of memory (offset)
Generally this instruction is replaced by MOV when assembling when possible. Example:
#make_COM# ORG 100h LEA REG, memory LEA AX, m RET m DW 1234h END
AX is set to: 0104h. LEA instruction takes 3 bytes, RET takes 1 byte, we start at 100h, so the address of 'm' is 104h. C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Load memory double word into word register and ES. Algorithm:
q q
REG = first word ES = second word
Example:
#make_COM# ORG 100h LES REG, memory LES AX, m RET m DW 1234h DW 5678h END
AX is set to 1234h, ES is set to 5678h. C Z S O P A unchanged
Load byte at DS:[SI] into AL. Update SI. Algorithm:

q q
AL = DS:[SI] if DF = 0 then r SI = SI + 1 else r SI = SI - 1
Example:
8086 instructions
#make_COM# ORG 100h LODSB No operands LEA SI, a1 MOV CX, 5 MOV AH, 0Eh m: LODSB INT 10h LOOP m RET a1 DB 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o' C Z S O P A unchanged
Load word at DS:[SI] into AX. Update SI. Algorithm:

q q
AX = DS:[SI] if DF = 0 then r SI = SI + 2 else r SI = SI - 2
Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h LEA SI, a1 MOV CX, 5 REP LODSW ; finally there will be 555h in AX. RET
LODSW
No operands
8086 instructions
a1 dw 111h, 222h, 333h, 444h, 555h C Z S O P A unchanged
Decrease CX, jump to label if CX not zero. Algorithm:

q q
CX = CX - 1 if CX <> 0 then r jump else r no jump, continue
Example: LOOP label include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV CX, 5 label1: PRINTN 'loop!' LOOP label1 RET C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Decrease CX, jump to label if CX not zero and Equal (ZF = 1). Algorithm:
q q
CX = CX - 1 if (CX <> 0) and (ZF = 1) then r jump else r no jump, continue
Example: ; Loop until result fits into AL alone, ; or 5 times. The result will be over 255 ; on third loop (100+100+100), ; so loop will exit. include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AX, 0 MOV CX, 5 label1: PUTC '*' ADD AX, 100 CMP AH, 0 LOOPE label1 RET C Z S O P A unchanged
LOOPE
label
8086 instructions
Decrease CX, jump to label if CX not zero and Not Equal (ZF = 0). Algorithm:
q q
Example: ; Loop until '7' is found, ; or 5 times. LOOPNE label include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV SI, 0 MOV CX, 5 label1: PUTC '*' MOV AL, v1[SI] INC SI ; next byte (SI=SI+1). CMP AL, 7 LOOPNE label1 RET v1 db 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Decrease CX, jump to label if CX not zero and ZF = 0. Algorithm:

q q
Example: ; Loop until '7' is found, ; or 5 times. include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV SI, 0 MOV CX, 5 label1: PUTC '*' MOV AL, v1[SI] INC SI ; next byte (SI=SI+1). CMP AL, 7 LOOPNZ label1 RET v1 db 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 C Z S O P A unchanged
LOOPNZ
label
8086 instructions
Decrease CX, jump to label if CX not zero and ZF = 1. Algorithm:

q q
Example: ; Loop until result fits into AL alone, ; or 5 times. The result will be over 255 ; on third loop (100+100+100), ; so loop will exit. LOOPZ label include 'emu8086.inc' #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AX, 0 MOV CX, 5 label1: PUTC '*' ADD AX, 100 CMP AH, 0 LOOPZ label1 RET C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Copy operand2 to operand1. The MOV instruction cannot:

q q
set the value of the CS and IP registers. copy value of one segment register to another segment register (should copy to general register first). copy immediate value to segment register (should copy to general register first).
MOV
REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate SREG, memory memory, SREG REG, SREG SREG, REG
Algorithm: operand1 = operand2 Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AX, 0B800h ; set AX = B800h (VGA memory). MOV DS, AX ; copy value of AX to DS. MOV CL, 'A' ; CL = 41h (ASCII code). MOV CH, 01011111b ; CL = color attribute. MOV BX, 15Eh ; BX = position on screen. MOV [BX], CX ; w.[0B800h:015Eh] = CX. RET ; returns to operating system. C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Copy byte at DS:[SI] to ES:[DI]. Update SI and DI. Algorithm:

q q
ES:[DI] = DS:[SI] if DF = 0 then r SI = SI + 1 r DI = DI + 1 else r SI = SI - 1 r DI = DI - 1
Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h LEA SI, a1 LEA DI, a2 MOV CX, 5 REP MOVSB RET a1 DB 1,2,3,4,5 a2 DB 5 DUP(0) C Z S O P A unchanged
MOVSB
No operands
8086 instructions
Copy word at DS:[SI] to ES:[DI]. Update SI and DI. Algorithm:

q q
ES:[DI] = DS:[SI] if DF = 0 then r SI = SI + 2 r DI = DI + 2 else r SI = SI - 2 r DI = DI - 2
Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h LEA SI, a1 LEA DI, a2 MOV CX, 5 REP MOVSW RET a1 DW 1,2,3,4,5 a2 DW 5 DUP(0) C Z S O P A unchanged
MOVSW
No operands
8086 instructions
Unsigned multiply. Algorithm: when operand is a byte: AX = AL * operand. when operand is a word: (DX AX) = AX * operand. MUL REG memory Example: MOV AL, 200 ; AL = 0C8h MOV BL, 4 MUL BL ; AX = 0320h (800) RET C Z S O P A r ? ? r ? ? CF=OF=0 when high section of the result is zero. Negate. Makes operand negative (two's complement). Algorithm:
q q
Invert all bits of the operand Add 1 to inverted operand
Example: NEG REG memory MOV AL, 5 ; AL = 05h NEG AL ; AL = 0FBh (-5) NEG AL ; AL = 05h (5) RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
8086 instructions
No Operation. Algorithm:
q
Do nothing
Example: NOP No operands ; do nothing, 3 times: NOP NOP NOP RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Invert each bit of the operand. Algorithm:

q q
if bit is 1 turn it to 0. if bit is 0 turn it to 1.
NOT
REG memory
Example: MOV AL, 00011011b NOT AL ; AL = 11100100b RET C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Logical OR between all bits of two operands. Result is stored in first operand. These rules apply: 1 OR 1 = 1 1 OR 0 = 1 0 OR 1 = 1 0 OR 0 = 0 Example: MOV AL, 'A' ; AL = 01000001b OR AL, 00100000b ; AL = 01100001b ('a') RET C Z S O P A 0 r r 0 r ?
OR
Output from AL or AX to port. First operand is a port number. If required to access port number over 255 - DX register should be used. Example: im.byte, AL im.byte, AX DX, AL DX, AX MOV AX, 0FFFh ; Turn on all OUT 4, AX ; traffic lights. MOV AL, 100b ; Turn on the third OUT 7, AL ; magnet of the stepper-motor. C Z S O P A unchanged
OUT
8086 instructions
Get 16 bit value from the stack. Algorithm:

q q
operand = SS:[SP] (top of the stack) SP = SP + 2
POP
REG SREG memory
Example: MOV AX, 1234h PUSH AX POP DX ; DX = 1234h RET C Z S O P A unchanged
Pop all general purpose registers DI, SI, BP, SP, BX, DX, CX, AX from the stack. SP value is ignored, it is Popped but not set to SP register). Note: this instruction works only on 80186 CPU and later! Algorithm:
q q
POPA
No operands
q q q q q q
POP DI POP SI POP BP POP xx (SP value ignored) POP BX POP DX POP CX POP AX
8086 instructions
Get flags register from the stack. Algorithm:

q
POPF
No operands
flags = SS:[SP] (top of the stack) SP = SP + 2
C Z S O P A popped
Store 16 bit value in the stack. Note: PUSH immediate works only on 80186 CPU and later! Algorithm:
q q
SP = SP - 2 SS:[SP] (top of the stack) = operand
PUSH
REG SREG memory immediate
Example: MOV AX, 1234h PUSH AX POP DX ; DX = 1234h RET C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Push all general purpose registers AX, CX, DX, BX, SP, BP, SI, DI in the stack. Original value of SP register (before PUSHA) is used. Note: this instruction works only on 80186 CPU and later! Algorithm:
q q
PUSHA
No operands
q q q q q q
PUSH AX PUSH CX PUSH DX PUSH BX PUSH SP PUSH BP PUSH SI PUSH DI
Store flags register in the stack. Algorithm:

q
PUSHF
No operands
SP = SP - 2 SS:[SP] (top of the stack) = flags
8086 instructions
Rotate operand1 left through Carry Flag. The number of rotates is set by operand2. When immediate is greater then 1, assembler generates several RCL xx, 1 instructions because 8086 has machine code only for this instruction (the same principle works for all other shift/rotate instructions). Algorithm: shift all bits left, the bit that goes off is set to CF and previous value of CF is inserted to the right-most position.
memory, immediate REG, immediate RCL memory, CL REG, CL
Example: STC ; set carry (CF=1). MOV AL, 1Ch ; AL = 00011100b RCL AL, 1 ; AL = 00111001b, CF=0. RET C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign. Rotate operand1 right through Carry Flag. The number of rotates is set by operand2. Algorithm: shift all bits right, the bit that goes off is set to CF and previous value of CF is inserted to the left-most position.
memory, immediate REG, immediate RCR memory, CL REG, CL Example: STC ; set carry (CF=1). MOV AL, 1Ch ; AL = 00011100b RCR AL, 1 ; AL = 10001110b, CF=0. RET
8086 instructions
C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign. Repeat following MOVSB, MOVSW, LODSB, LODSW, STOSB, STOSW instructions CX times. Algorithm: check_cx: if CX <> 0 then
q
REP
chain instruction else
q q
do following chain instruction CX = CX - 1 go back to check_cx
exit from REP cycle
Z r
Repeat following CMPSB, CMPSW, SCASB, SCASW instructions while ZF = 1 (result is Equal), maximum CX times. Algorithm: check_cx: if CX <> 0 then
q q q
REPE
chain instruction
do following chain instruction CX = CX - 1 if ZF = 1 then: r go back to check_cx else
8086 instructions
r
exit from REPE cycle
else
q
exit from REPE cycle
Example: see cmpsb.asm in Samples. Z r
Repeat following CMPSB, CMPSW, SCASB, SCASW instructions while ZF = 0 (result is Not Equal), maximum CX times. Algorithm: check_cx: if CX <> 0 then
q q
REPNE
chain instruction
do following chain instruction CX = CX - 1 if ZF = 0 then: r go back to check_cx else r exit from REPNE cycle
else
q
exit from REPNE cycle
Z r
8086 instructions
Repeat following CMPSB, CMPSW, SCASB, SCASW instructions while ZF = 0 (result is Not Zero), maximum CX times. Algorithm: check_cx: if CX <> 0 then
q q
REPNZ
chain instruction
do following chain instruction CX = CX - 1 if ZF = 0 then: r go back to check_cx else r exit from REPNZ cycle
else
q
exit from REPNZ cycle
Z r
Repeat following CMPSB, CMPSW, SCASB, SCASW instructions while ZF = 1 (result is Zero), maximum CX times. Algorithm: check_cx: if CX <> 0 then
q q
REPZ
chain instruction
do following chain instruction CX = CX - 1 if ZF = 1 then: r go back to check_cx else r exit from REPZ cycle
8086 instructions
else
q
exit from REPZ cycle
Z r
Return from near procedure. Algorithm:

q
Pop from stack: r IP if immediate operand is present: SP = SP + operand
Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h ; for COM file. RET No operands or even immediate CALL p1 ADD AX, 1 RET ; return to OS.
p1 PROC ; procedure declaration. MOV AX, 1234h RET ; return to caller. p1 ENDP C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Return from Far procedure. Algorithm:

q
RETF
No operands or even immediate
Pop from stack: r IP r CS if immediate operand is present: SP = SP + operand
Rotate operand1 left. The number of rotates is set by operand2. Algorithm: shift all bits left, the bit that goes off is set to CF and the same bit is inserted to the right-most position. memory, immediate REG, immediate ROL memory, CL REG, CL Example: MOV AL, 1Ch ; AL = 00011100b ROL AL, 1 ; AL = 00111000b, CF=0. RET C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign.
8086 instructions
Rotate operand1 right. The number of rotates is set by operand2. Algorithm: shift all bits right, the bit that goes off is set to CF and the same bit is inserted to the left-most position. memory, immediate REG, immediate ROR memory, CL REG, CL Example: MOV AL, 1Ch ; AL = 00011100b ROR AL, 1 ; AL = 00001110b, CF=0. RET C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign. Store AH register into low 8 bits of Flags register. Algorithm: flags register = AH AH bit: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 [SF] [ZF] [0] [AF] [0] [PF] [1] [CF] bits 1, 3, 5 are reserved. C Z S O P A r r r r r r
SAHF
No operands
8086 instructions
Shift Arithmetic operand1 Left. The number of shifts is set by operand2. Algorithm:
q q
Shift all bits left, the bit that goes off is set to CF. Zero bit is inserted to the right-most position.
memory, immediate REG, immediate SAL memory, CL REG, CL
Example: MOV AL, 0E0h ; AL = 11100000b SAL AL, 1 ; AL = 11000000b, CF=1. RET C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign. Shift Arithmetic operand1 Right. The number of shifts is set by operand2. Algorithm:
q q
Shift all bits right, the bit that goes off is set to CF. The sign bit that is inserted to the left-most position has the same value as before shift.
memory, immediate REG, immediate SAR memory, CL REG, CL
Example: MOV AL, 0E0h ; AL = 11100000b SAR AL, 1 ; AL = 11110000b, CF=0. MOV BL, 4Ch ; BL = 01001100b SAR BL, 1 ; BL = 00100110b, CF=0. RET C O r r
8086 instructions
OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign. Subtract with Borrow. Algorithm: operand1 = operand1 - operand2 - CF Example: REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate STC MOV AL, 5 SBB AL, 3 ; AL = 5 - 3 - 1 = 1 RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
SBB
Compare bytes: AL from ES:[DI]. Algorithm:

q q
SCASB
No operands
ES:[DI] - AL set flags according to result: OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, CF if DF = 0 then r DI = DI + 1 else r DI = DI - 1
C Z S O P A r r r r r r
8086 instructions
Compare words: AX from ES:[DI]. Algorithm:

q q
SCASW
No operands
ES:[DI] - AX set flags according to result: OF, SF, ZF, AF, PF, CF if DF = 0 then r DI = DI + 2 else r DI = DI - 2
C Z S O P A r r r r r r
Shift operand1 Left. The number of shifts is set by operand2. Algorithm:

q q
Shift all bits left, the bit that goes off is set to CF. Zero bit is inserted to the right-most position.
memory, immediate REG, immediate SHL memory, CL REG, CL
Example: MOV AL, 11100000b SHL AL, 1 ; AL = 11000000b, CF=1. RET C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign.
8086 instructions
Shift operand1 Right. The number of shifts is set by operand2. Algorithm:

q q
Shift all bits right, the bit that goes off is set to CF. Zero bit is inserted to the left-most position.
memory, immediate REG, immediate SHR memory, CL REG, CL
Example: MOV AL, 00000111b SHR AL, 1 ; AL = 00000011b, CF=1. RET C O r r OF=0 if first operand keeps original sign. Set Carry flag. Algorithm:
STC
No operands
CF = 1 C 1
8086 instructions
Set Direction flag. SI and DI will be decremented by chain instructions: CMPSB, CMPSW, LODSB, LODSW, MOVSB, MOVSW, STOSB, STOSW. Algorithm: STD No operands DF = 1 D 1
Set Interrupt enable flag. This enables hardware interrupts. Algorithm: STI No operands IF = 1 I 1
Store byte in AL into ES:[DI]. Update DI. Algorithm:

q q
ES:[DI] = AL if DF = 0 then r DI = DI + 1 else r DI = DI - 1
Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h STOSB No operands LEA DI, a1 MOV AL, 12h MOV CX, 5
8086 instructions
REP STOSB RET a1 DB 5 dup(0) C Z S O P A unchanged
Store word in AX into ES:[DI]. Update DI. Algorithm:

q q
ES:[DI] = AX if DF = 0 then r DI = DI + 2 else r DI = DI - 2
Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h STOSW No operands LEA DI, a1 MOV AX, 1234h MOV CX, 5 REP STOSW RET a1 DW 5 dup(0) C Z S O P A unchanged
8086 instructions
Subtract. Algorithm: operand1 = operand1 - operand2 REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate Example: MOV AL, 5 SUB AL, 1 RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r
SUB
; AL = 4
Logical AND between all bits of two operands for flags only. These flags are effected: ZF, SF, PF. Result is not stored anywhere. These rules apply: 1 AND 1 = 1 1 AND 0 = 0 0 AND 1 = 0 0 AND 0 = 0 Example: MOV AL, 00000101b TEST AL, 1 ; ZF = 0. TEST AL, 10b ; ZF = 1. RET C Z S O P 0 r r 0 r
TEST
8086 instructions
Exchange values of two operands. Algorithm: operand1 < - > operand2 Example: REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG MOV AL, 5 MOV AH, 2 XCHG AL, AH ; AL = 2, AH = 5 XCHG AL, AH ; AL = 5, AH = 2 RET C Z S O P A unchanged
XCHG
Translate byte from table. Copy value of memory byte at DS:[BX + unsigned AL] to AL register. Algorithm: AL = DS:[BX + unsigned AL] Example: #make_COM# ORG 100h LEA BX, dat MOV AL, 2 XLATB ; AL = 33h RET dat DB 11h, 22h, 33h, 44h, 55h C Z S O P A unchanged
XLATB
No operands
8086 instructions
Logical XOR (Exclusive OR) between all bits of two operands. Result is stored in first operand. These rules apply: 1 XOR 1 = 0 1 XOR 0 = 1 0 XOR 1 = 1 0 XOR 0 = 0 Example: MOV AL, 00000111b XOR AL, 00000010b ; AL = 00000101b RET C Z S O P A 0 r r 0 r ?
XOR
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Numbering Systems Tutorial
Numbering Systems Tutorial What is it?

There are many ways to represent the same numeric value. Long ago, humans used sticks to count, and later learned how to draw pictures of sticks in the ground and eventually on paper. So, the number 5 was first represented as: | | | | | (for five sticks). Later on, the Romans began using different symbols for multiple numbers of sticks: | | | still meant three sticks, but a V now meant five sticks, and an X was used to represent ten of them! Using sticks to count was a great idea for its time. And using symbols instead of real sticks was much better. One of the best ways to represent a number today is by using the modern decimal system. Why? Because it includes the major breakthrough of using a symbol to represent the idea of counting nothing. About 1500 years ago in India, zero (0) was first used as a number! It was later used in the Middle East as the Arabic, sifr. And was finally introduced to the West as the Latin, zephiro. Soon you'll see just how valuable an idea this is for all modern number systems.
Decimal System
Most people today use decimal representation to count. In the decimal system there are 10 digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 These digits can represent any value, for example: 754. The value is formed by the sum of each digit, multiplied by the base (in this case it is 10 because there are 10 digits in decimal system) in power of digit position (counting from zero):
Position of each digit is very important! for example if you place "7" to the end: 547 it will be another value:
Important note: any number in power of zero is 1, even zero in power of zero is 1:
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Binary System
Computers are not as smart as humans are (or not yet), it's easy to make an electronic machine with two states: on and off, or 1 and 0. Computers use binary system, binary system uses 2 digits: 0, 1 And thus the base is 2. Each digit in a binary number is called a BIT, 4 bits form a NIBBLE, 8 bits form a BYTE, two bytes form a WORD, two words form a DOUBLE WORD (rarely used):
There is a convention to add "b" in the end of a binary number, this way we can determine that 101b is a binary number with decimal value of 5. The binary number 10100101b equals to decimal value of 165:
Hexadecimal System
Hexadecimal System uses 16 digits: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F
And thus the base is 16. Hexadecimal numbers are compact and easy to read. It is very easy to convert numbers from binary system to hexadecimal system and vice-versa, every nibble (4 bits) can be converted to a hexadecimal digit using this table:
Decimal Binary Hexadecimal (base 10) (base 2) (base 16) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
There is a convention to add "h" in the end of a hexadecimal number, this way we can determine that 5Fh is a hexadecimal number with decimal value of 95. We also add "0" (zero) in the beginning of hexadecimal numbers that begin with a letter (A..F), for example 0E120h. The hexadecimal number 1234h is equal to decimal value of 4660:
Converting from Decimal System to Any Other

In order to convert from decimal system, to any other system, it is required to divide the decimal value by the base of the desired system, each time you should remember the result and keep the remainder, the divide process continues until the result is zero. The remainders are then used to represent a value in that system. Let's convert the value of 39 (base 10) to Hexadecimal System (base 16):
As you see we got this hexadecimal number: 27h. All remainders were below 10 in the above example, so we do not use any letters. Here is another more complex example: let's convert decimal number 43868 to hexadecimal form:
The result is 0AB5Ch, we are using the above table to convert remainders over 9 to corresponding letters. Using the same principle we can convert to binary form (using 2 as the divider), or convert to hexadecimal number, and
then convert it to binary number using the above table:
As you see we got this binary number: 1010101101011100b
Signed Numbers
There is no way to say for sure whether the hexadecimal byte 0FFh is positive or negative, it can represent both decimal value "255" and "- 1". 8 bits can be used to create 256 combinations (including zero), so we simply presume that first 128 combinations (0..127) will represent positive numbers and next 128 combinations (128..256) will represent negative numbers. In order to get "- 5", we should subtract 5 from the number of combinations (256), so it we'll get: 256 - 5 = 251. Using this complex way to represent negative numbers has some meaning, in math when you add "- 5" to "5" you should get zero. This is what happens when processor adds two bytes 5 and 251, the result gets over 255, because of the overflow processor gets zero!
When combinations 128..256 are used the high bit is always 1, so this maybe used to determine the sign of a number. The same principle is used for words (16 bit values), 16 bits create 65536 combinations, first 32768 combinations (0..32767) are used to represent positive numbers, and next 32768 combinations (32767..65535) represent negative numbers.
There are some handy tools in Emu8086 to convert numbers, and make calculations of any numerical expressions, all you need is a click on Math menu:
Number Convertor allows you to convert numbers from any system and to any system. Just type a value in any textbox, and the value will be automatically converted to all other systems. You can work both with 8 bit and 16 bit values. Expression Evaluator can be used to make calculations between numbers in different systems and convert numbers from one system to another. Type an expression and press enter, result will appear in chosen numbering system. You can work with values up to 32 bits. When Signed is checked evaluator assumes that all values (except decimal and double words) should be treated as signed. Double words are always treated as signed values, so 0FFFFFFFFh is converted to 1. For example you want to calculate: 0FFFFh * 10h + 0FFFFh (maximum memory location that can be accessed by 8086 CPU). If you check Signed and Word you will get -17 (because it is evaluated as (-1) * 16 + (-1) . To make calculation with unsigned values uncheck Signed so that the evaluation will be 65535 * 16 + 65535 and you should get 1114095. You can also use the Number Convertor to convert non-decimal digits to signed decimal values, and do the calculation with decimal values (if it's easier for you). These operation are supported: ~ not (inverts all bits). * multiply. / divide. % modulus. + sum. subtract (and unary -). << shift left. >> shift right. & bitwise AND. ^ bitwise XOR. | bitwise OR.
Binary numbers must have "b" suffix, example: 00011011b Hexadecimal numbers must have "h" suffix, and start with a zero when first digit is a letter (A..F), example: 0ABCDh Octal (base 8) numbers must have "o" suffix, example: 77o
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8086 Assembler Tutorial for Beginners (Part 1)

This tutorial is intended for those who are not familiar with assembler at all, or have a very distant idea about it. Of course if you have knowledge of some other programming language (Basic, C/C++, Pascal...) that may help you a lot. But even if you are familiar with assembler, it is still a good idea to look through this document in order to study Emu8086 syntax. It is assumed that you have some knowledge about number representation (HEX/BIN), if not it is highly recommended to study Numbering Systems Tutorial before you proceed.
What is an assembly language?

Assembly language is a low level programming language. You need to get some knowledge about computer structure in order to understand anything. The simple computer model as I see it:
The system bus (shown in yellow) connects the various components of a computer. The CPU is the heart of the computer, most of computations occur inside the CPU. RAM is a place to where the programs are loaded in order to be executed.
Inside the CPU

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GENERAL PURPOSE REGISTERS 8086 CPU has 8 general purpose registers, each register has its own name:
q q q q q q q q
AX - the accumulator register (divided into AH / AL). BX - the base address register (divided into BH / BL). CX - the count register (divided into CH / CL). DX - the data register (divided into DH / DL). SI - source index register. DI - destination index register. BP - base pointer. SP - stack pointer.
Despite the name of a register, it's the programmer who determines the usage for each general purpose register. The main purpose of a register is to keep a number (variable). The size of the above registers is 16 bit, it's something like: 0011000000111001b (in binary form), or 12345 in decimal (human) form. 4 general purpose registers (AX, BX, CX, DX) are made of two separate 8 bit registers, for example if AX= 0011000000111001b, then AH=00110000b and AL=00111001b. Therefore, when you modify any of the 8 bit registers 16 bit register is also updated, and vice-versa. The same is for other 3 registers, "H" is for high and "L" is for low part.
Because registers are located inside the CPU, they are much faster than memory. Accessing a memory location requires the use of a system bus, so it takes much longer. Accessing data in a register usually takes no time. Therefore, you should try to keep variables in the registers. Register sets are very small and most registers have special purposes which limit their use as variables, but they are still an excellent place to store temporary data of calculations. SEGMENT REGISTERS
q q q q
CS - points at the segment containing the current program. DS - generally points at segment where variables are defined. ES - extra segment register, it's up to a coder to define its usage. SS - points at the segment containing the stack.
Although it is possible to store any data in the segment registers, this is never a good idea. The segment registers have a very special purpose pointing at accessible blocks of memory. Segment registers work together with general purpose register to access any memory value. For example if we would like to access memory at the physical address 12345h (hexadecimal), we should set the DS = 1230h and SI = 0045h. This is good, since this way we can access much more memory than with a single register that is limited to 16 bit values. CPU makes a calculation of physical address by multiplying the segment register by 10h and adding general purpose register to it (1230h * 10h + 45h = 12345h):
The address formed with 2 registers is called an effective address. By default BX, SI and DI registers work with DS segment register; BP and SP work with SS segment register. Other general purpose registers cannot form an effective address! Also, although BX can form an effective address, BH and BL cannot! SPECIAL PURPOSE REGISTERS
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IP - the instruction pointer. Flags Register - determines the current state of the processor.
IP register always works together with CS segment register and it points to currently executing instruction. Flags Register is modified automatically by CPU after mathematical operations, this allows to determine the type of the result, and to determine conditions to transfer control to other parts of the program. Generally you cannot access these registers directly.
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Memory Access
To access memory we can use these four registers: BX, SI, DI, BP. Combining these registers inside [ ] symbols, we can get different memory locations. These combinations are supported (addressing modes): [BX + SI] [BX + DI] [BP + SI] [BP + DI] [SI] + d8 [DI] + d8 [BP] + d8 [BX] + d8 [SI] [DI] d16 (variable offset only) [BX] [BX + SI] + d16 [BX + DI] + d16 [BP + SI] + d16 [BP + DI] + d16 [BX + SI] + d8 [BX + DI] + d8 [BP + SI] + d8 [BP + DI] + d8 [SI] + d16 [DI] + d16 [BP] + d16 [BX] + d16
d8 - stays for 8 bit displacement. d16 - stays for 16 bit displacement. Displacement can be a immediate value or offset of a variable, or even both. It's up to compiler to calculate a single immediate value. Displacement can be inside or outside of [ ] symbols, compiler generates the same machine code for both ways. Displacement is a signed value, so it can be both positive or negative. Generally the compiler takes care about difference between d8 and d16, and generates the required machine code. For example, let's assume that DS = 100, BX = 30, SI = 70. The following addressing mode: [BX + SI] + 25 is calculated by processor to this physical address: 100 * 16 + 30 + 70 + 25 = 1725.
By default DS segment register is used for all modes except those with BP register, for these SS segment register is used. There is an easy way to remember all those possible combinations using this chart:
You can form all valid combinations by taking only one item from each column or skipping the column by not taking anything from it. As you see BX and BP never go together. SI and DI also don't go together. Here is an example of a valid addressing mode: [BX+5].
The value in segment register (CS, DS, SS, ES) is called a "segment", and the value in purpose register (BX, SI, DI, BP) is called an "offset". When DS contains value 1234h and SI contains the value 7890h it can be also recorded as 1234:7890. The physical address will be 1234h * 10h + 7890h = 19BD0h.
In order to say the compiler about data type, these prefixes should be used: BYTE PTR - for byte. WORD PTR - for word (two bytes). For example: BYTE PTR [BX] ; byte access. or WORD PTR [BX] ; word access.
Emu8086 supports shorter prefixes as well: b. - for BYTE PTR w. - for WORD PTR sometimes compiler can calculate the data type automatically, but you may not and should not rely on that when one of the operands is an immediate value.
MOV instruction
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Copies the second operand (source) to the first operand (destination). The source operand can be an immediate value, general-purpose register or memory location. The destination register can be a general-purpose register, or memory location. Both operands must be the same size, which can be a byte or a word.
These types of operands are supported: MOV REG, memory MOV memory, REG MOV REG, REG MOV memory, immediate MOV REG, immediate REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, AH, AL, BL, BH, CH, CL, DH, DL, DI, SI, BP, SP. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], variable, etc... immediate: 5, -24, 3Fh, 10001101b, etc...
For segment registers only these types of MOV are supported: MOV SREG, memory MOV memory, SREG MOV REG, SREG MOV SREG, REG SREG: DS, ES, SS, and only as second operand: CS. REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, AH, AL, BL, BH, CH, CL, DH, DL, DI, SI, BP, SP. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], variable, etc...
The MOV instruction cannot be used to set the value of the CS and IP registers. Here is a short program that demonstrates the use of MOV instruction:
#MAKE_COM# ; instruct compiler to make COM file. ORG 100h ; directive required for a COM program. MOV AX, 0B800h ; set AX to hexadecimal value of B800h. MOV DS, AX ; copy value of AX to DS. MOV CL, 'A' ; set CL to ASCII code of 'A', it is 41h. MOV CH, 01011111b ; set CH to binary value. MOV BX, 15Eh ; set BX to 15Eh. MOV [BX], CX ; copy contents of CX to memory at B800:015E RET ; returns to operating system.
You can copy & paste the above program to Emu8086 code editor, and press [Compile and Emulate] button (or press F5 key on your keyboard). The Emulator window should open with this program loaded, click [Single Step] button and watch the register values. How to do copy & paste:
1. Select the above text using mouse, click before the text and drag it down until everything is selected. 2. Press Ctrl + C combination to copy. 3. Go to Emu8086 source editor and press Ctrl + V combination to paste.
As you may guess, ";" is used for comments, anything after ";" symbol is ignored by compiler. You should see something like that when program finishes:
Actually the above program writes directly to video memory, so you may see that MOV is a very powerful instruction.
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Variables
Variable is a memory location. For a programmer it is much easier to have some value be kept in a variable named "var1" then at the address 5A73:235B, especially when you have 10 or more variables. Our compiler supports two types of variables: BYTE and WORD. Syntax for a variable declaration: name DB value name DW value DB - stays for Define Byte. DW - stays for Define Word. name - can be any letter or digit combination, though it should start with a letter. It's possible to declare unnamed variables by not specifying the name (this variable will have an address but no name). value - can be any numeric value in any supported numbering system (hexadecimal, binary, or decimal), or "?" symbol for variables that are not initialized.
As you probably know from part 2 of this tutorial, MOV instruction is used to copy values from source to destination. Let's see another example with MOV instruction:
#MAKE_COM# ORG 100h MOV AL, var1 MOV BX, var2 RET ; stops the program.
VAR1 DB 7 var2 DW 1234h
Copy the above code to Emu8086 source editor, and press F5 key to compile and load it in the emulator. You should get something like:
As you see this looks a lot like our example, except that variables are replaced with actual memory locations. When compiler makes machine code, it automatically replaces all variable names with their offsets. By default segment is loaded in DS register (when COM
files is loaded the value of DS register is set to the same value as CS register - code segment). In memory list first row is an offset, second row is a hexadecimal value, third row is decimal value, and last row is an ASCII character value. Compiler is not case sensitive, so "VAR1" and "var1" refer to the same variable. The offset of VAR1 is 0108h, and full address is 0B56:0108. The offset of var2 is 0109h, and full address is 0B56:0109, this variable is a WORD so it occupies 2 BYTES. It is assumed that low byte is stored at lower address, so 34h is located before 12h. You can see that there are some other instructions after the RET instruction, this happens because disassembler has no idea about where the data starts, it just processes the values in memory and it understands them as valid 8086 instructions (we will learn them later). You can even write the same program using DB directive only: #MAKE_COM# ORG 100h DB 0A0h DB 08h DB 01h DB 8Bh DB 1Eh DB 09h DB 01h DB 0C3h DB 7 DB 34h DB 12h
Copy the above code to Emu8086 source editor, and press F5 key to compile and load it in the emulator. You should get the same disassembled code, and the same functionality! As you may guess, the compiler just converts the program source to the set of bytes, this set is called machine code, processor understands the machine code and executes it. ORG 100h is a compiler directive (it tells compiler how to handle the source code). This directive is very important when you work with variables. It tells compiler that the executable file will be loaded at the offset of 100h (256 bytes), so compiler should calculate the correct address for all variables when it replaces the variable names with their offsets. Directives are never converted to any real machine code. Why executable file is loaded at offset of 100h? Operating system keeps some data about the program in the first 256 bytes of the CS (code segment), such as command line parameters and etc. Though this is true for COM files only, EXE files are loaded at offset of 0000, and generally use special segment for variables. Maybe we'll talk more about EXE files later.
Arrays
Arrays can be seen as chains of variables. A text string is an example of a byte array, each character is presented as an ASCII code value (0..255). Here are some array definition examples: a DB 48h, 65h, 6Ch, 6Ch, 6Fh, 00h b DB 'Hello', 0 b is an exact copy of the a array, when compiler sees a string inside quotes it automatically converts it to set of bytes. This chart shows a part of the memory where these arrays are declared:
You can access the value of any element in array using square brackets, for example: MOV AL, a[3] You can also use any of the memory index registers BX, SI, DI, BP, for example: MOV SI, 3 MOV AL, a[SI] If you need to declare a large array you can use DUP operator. The syntax for DUP: number DUP ( value(s) ) number - number of duplicate to make (any constant value). value - expression that DUP will duplicate. for example: c DB 5 DUP(9) is an alternative way of declaring: c DB 9, 9, 9, 9, 9 one more example: d DB 5 DUP(1, 2) is an alternative way of declaring: d DB 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2 Of course, you can use DW instead of DB if it's required to keep values larger then 255, or smaller then -128. DW cannot be used to declare strings! The expansion of DUP operand should not be over 1020 characters! (the expansion of last example is 13 chars), if you need to declare huge array divide declaration it in two lines (you will get a single huge array in the memory).
Getting the Address of a Variable

There is LEA (Load Effective Address) instruction and alternative OFFSET operator. Both OFFSET and LEA can be used to get the offset address of the variable. LEA is more powerful because it also allows you to get the address of an indexed variables. Getting the address of the variable can be very useful in some situations, for example when you need to pass parameters to a procedure.
Reminder:
In order to tell the compiler about data type, these prefixes should be used: BYTE PTR - for byte. WORD PTR - for word (two bytes). For example: BYTE PTR [BX] ; byte access. or WORD PTR [BX] ; word access. Emu8086 supports shorter prefixes as well: b. - for BYTE PTR w. - for WORD PTR sometimes compiler can calculate the data type automatically, but you may not and should not rely on that when one of the operands is an immediate value.
Here is first example:
ORG 100h MOV LEA MOV MOV RET VAR1 DB 22h END AL, VAR1 BX, VAR1 ; check value of VAR1 by moving it to AL. ; get address of VAR1 in BX. ; modify the contents of VAR1.
BYTE PTR [BX], 44h AL, VAR1
; check value of VAR1 by moving it to AL.
Here is another example, that uses OFFSET instead of LEA: ORG 100h MOV MOV MOV MOV RET VAR1 DB 22h END AL, VAR1 ; check value of VAR1 by moving it to AL. ; get address of VAR1 in BX. ; modify the contents of VAR1.
BX, OFFSET VAR1 BYTE PTR [BX], 44h AL, VAR1
; check value of VAR1 by moving it to AL.
Both examples have the same functionality. These lines:
LEA BX, VAR1 MOV BX, OFFSET VAR1 are even compiled into the same machine code: MOV BX, num num is a 16 bit value of the variable offset. Please note that only these registers can be used inside square brackets (as memory pointers): BX, SI, DI, BP! (see previous part of the tutorial).
Constants
Constants are just like variables, but they exist only until your program is compiled (assembled). After definition of a constant its value cannot be changed. To define constants EQU directive is used: name EQU < any expression > For example: k EQU 5 MOV AX, k
The above example is functionally identical to code: MOV AX, 5
You can view variables while your program executes by selecting "Variables" from the "View" menu of emulator.
To view arrays you should click on a variable and set Elements property to array size. In assembly language there are not strict data types, so any variable can be presented as an array. Variable can be viewed in any numbering system:
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HEX - hexadecimal (base 16). BIN - binary (base 2). OCT - octal (base 8). SIGNED - signed decimal (base 10). UNSIGNED - unsigned decimal (base 10). CHAR - ASCII char code (there are 256 symbols, some symbols are invisible).
You can edit a variable's value when your program is running, simply double click it, or select it and click Edit button. It is possible to enter numbers in any system, hexadecimal numbers should have "h" suffix, binary "b" suffix, octal "o" suffix, decimal numbers require no suffix. String can be entered this way: 'hello world', 0 (this string is zero terminated). Arrays may be entered this way: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (the array can be array of bytes or words, it depends whether BYTE or WORD is selected for edited variable). Expressions are automatically converted, for example:
when this expression is entered: 5+2 it will be converted to 7 etc...
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Interrupts
Interrupts can be seen as a number of functions. These functions make the programming much easier, instead of writing a code to print a character you can simply call the interrupt and it will do everything for you. There are also interrupt functions that work with disk drive and other hardware. We call such functions software interrupts. Interrupts are also triggered by different hardware, these are called hardware interrupts. Currently we are interested in software interrupts only. To make a software interrupt there is an INT instruction, it has very simple syntax: INT value Where value can be a number between 0 to 255 (or 0 to 0FFh), generally we will use hexadecimal numbers. You may think that there are only 256 functions, but that is not correct. Each interrupt may have sub-functions. To specify a sub-function AH register should be set before calling interrupt. Each interrupt may have up to 256 sub-functions (so we get 256 * 256 = 65536 functions). In general AH register is used, but sometimes other registers maybe in use. Generally other registers are used to pass parameters and data to sub-function. The following example uses INT 10h sub-function 0Eh to type a "Hello!" message. This functions displays a character on the screen, advancing the cursor and scrolling the screen as necessary.
#MAKE_COM# ORG 100h
; instruct compiler to make COM file.
; The sub-function that we are using ; does not modify the AH register on ; return, so we may set it only once. MOV AH, 0Eh ; select sub-function.
; INT 10h / 0Eh sub-function ; receives an ASCII code of the ; character that will be printed ; in AL register. MOV AL, 'H' ; ASCII code: 72 INT 10h ; print it! MOV AL, 'e' ; ASCII code: 101 INT 10h ; print it! MOV AL, 'l' ; ASCII code: 108 INT 10h ; print it! MOV AL, 'l' ; ASCII code: 108 INT 10h ; print it! MOV AL, 'o' ; ASCII code: 111 INT 10h ; print it! MOV AL, '!' ; ASCII code: 33 INT 10h ; print it! RET ; returns to operating system.
Copy & paste the above program to Emu8086 source code editor, and press [Compile and Emulate] button. Run it! See list of supported interrupts for more information about interrupts.
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Library of common functions - emu8086.inc

To make programming easier there are some common functions that can be included in your program. To make your program use functions defined in other file you should use the INCLUDE directive followed by a file name. Compiler automatically searches for the file in the same folder where the source file is located, and if it cannot find the file there - it searches in Inc folder. Currently you may not be able to fully understand the contents of the emu8086. inc (located in Inc folder), but it's OK, since you only need to understand what it can do. To use any of the functions in emu8086.inc you should have the following line in the beginning of your source file: include 'emu8086.inc'
emu8086.inc defines the following macros:

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PUTC char - macro with 1 parameter, prints out an ASCII char at current cursor position. GOTOXY col, row - macro with 2 parameters, sets cursor position. PRINT string - macro with 1 parameter, prints out a string. PRINTN string - macro with 1 parameter, prints out a string. The same as PRINT but automatically adds "carriage return" at the end of the string. CURSOROFF - turns off the text cursor. CURSORON - turns on the text cursor.
To use any of the above macros simply type its name somewhere in your code, and if required parameters, for example:
include emu8086.inc ORG 100h
PRINT 'Hello World!' GOTOXY 10, 5 PUTC 65 PUTC 'B' RET END ; 65 - is an ASCII code for 'A'
; return to operating system. ; directive to stop the compiler.
When compiler process your source code it searches the emu8086.inc file for declarations of the macros and replaces the macro names with real code. Generally macros are relatively small parts of code, frequent use of a macro may make your executable too big (procedures are better for size optimization).
emu8086.inc also defines the following procedures:

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PRINT_STRING - procedure to print a null terminated string at current cursor position, receives address of string in DS:SI register. To use it declare: DEFINE_PRINT_STRING before END directive. PTHIS - procedure to print a null terminated string at current cursor position (just as PRINT_STRING), but receives address of string from Stack. The ZERO TERMINATED string should be defined just after the CALL instruction. For example: CALL PTHIS db 'Hello World!', 0 To use it declare: DEFINE_PTHIS before END directive.
GET_STRING - procedure to get a null terminated string from a user, the received string is written to buffer at DS:DI, buffer size should be in DX. Procedure stops the input when 'Enter' is pressed. To use it declare: DEFINE_GET_STRING before END directive.
CLEAR_SCREEN - procedure to clear the screen, (done by scrolling entire screen window), and set cursor position to top of it. To use it declare: DEFINE_CLEAR_SCREEN before END directive. SCAN_NUM - procedure that gets the multi-digit SIGNED number from the keyboard, and stores the result in CX register. To use it declare: DEFINE_SCAN_NUM before END directive. PRINT_NUM - procedure that prints a signed number in AX register. To use it declare: DEFINE_PRINT_NUM and DEFINE_PRINT_NUM_UNS before END directive. PRINT_NUM_UNS - procedure that prints out an unsigned number in AX register. To use it declare: DEFINE_PRINT_NUM_UNS before END directive.
To use any of the above procedures you should first declare the function in the bottom of your file (but before END!!), and then use CALL instruction followed by a procedure name. For example: include 'emu8086.inc' ORG 100h
LEA SI, msg1 ; ask for the number CALL print_string ; CALL scan_num ; get number in CX. MOV AX, CX ; copy the number to AX.
; print the following string: CALL pthis DB 13, 10, 'You have entered: ', 0 CALL print_num RET ; print number in AX.
; return to operating system.
msg1 DB 'Enter the number: ', 0 DEFINE_SCAN_NUM

DEFINE_PRINT_STRING DEFINE_PRINT_NUM DEFINE_PRINT_NUM_UNS ; required for print_num. DEFINE_PTHIS END ; directive to stop the compiler.
First compiler processes the declarations (these are just regular the macros that are expanded to procedures). When compiler gets to CALL instruction it replaces the procedure name with the address of the code where the procedure is declared. When CALL instruction is executed control is transferred to procedure. This is quite useful, since even if you call the same procedure 100 times in your code you will still have relatively small executable size. Seems complicated, isn't it? That's ok, with the time you will learn more, currently it's required that you understand the basic principle.
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Arithmetic and Logic Instructions

Most Arithmetic and Logic Instructions affect the processor status register (or Flags)
As you may see there are 16 bits in this register, each bit is called a flag and can take a value of 1 or 0.
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Carry Flag (CF) - this flag is set to 1 when there is an unsigned overflow. For example when you add bytes 255 + 1 (result is not in range 0...255). When there is no overflow this flag is set to 0. Zero Flag (ZF) - set to 1 when result is zero. For none zero result this flag is set to 0. Sign Flag (SF) - set to 1 when result is negative. When result is positive it is set to 0. Actually this flag take the value of the most significant bit. Overflow Flag (OF) - set to 1 when there is a signed overflow. For example, when you add bytes 100 + 50 (result is not in range -128...127). Parity Flag (PF) - this flag is set to 1 when there is even number of one bits in result, and to 0 when there is odd number of one bits. Even if result is a word only 8 low bits are analyzed! Auxiliary Flag (AF) - set to 1 when there is an unsigned
overflow for low nibble (4 bits).

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Interrupt enable Flag (IF) - when this flag is set to 1 CPU reacts to interrupts from external devices. Direction Flag (DF) - this flag is used by some instructions to process data chains, when this flag is set to 0 - the processing is done forward, when this flag is set to 1 the processing is done backward.
There are 3 groups of instructions.
First group: ADD, SUB,CMP, AND, TEST, OR, XOR These types of operands are supported: REG, memory memory, REG REG, REG memory, immediate REG, immediate REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, AH, AL, BL, BH, CH, CL, DH, DL, DI, SI, BP, SP. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], variable, etc... immediate: 5, -24, 3Fh, 10001101b, etc... After operation between operands, result is always stored in first operand. CMP and TEST instructions affect flags only and do not store a result (these instruction are used to make decisions during program execution). These instructions affect these flags only: CF, ZF, SF, OF, PF, AF.
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ADD - add second operand to first. SUB - Subtract second operand to first. CMP - Subtract second operand from first for flags only.
AND - Logical AND between all bits of two operands. These rules apply: 1 AND 1 = 1 1 AND 0 = 0 0 AND 1 = 0 0 AND 0 = 0 As you see we get 1 only when both bits are 1.
TEST - The same as AND but for flags only. OR - Logical OR between all bits of two operands. These rules apply: 1 OR 1 = 1 1 OR 0 = 1 0 OR 1 = 1 0 OR 0 = 0 As you see we get 1 every time when at least one of the bits is 1.
XOR - Logical XOR (exclusive OR) between all bits of two operands. These rules apply: 1 XOR 1 = 0 1 XOR 0 = 1 0 XOR 1 = 1 0 XOR 0 = 0 As you see we get 1 every time when bits are different from each other.
Second group: MUL, IMUL, DIV, IDIV These types of operands are supported: REG memory
REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, AH, AL, BL, BH, CH, CL, DH, DL, DI, SI, BP, SP. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], variable, etc... MUL and IMUL instructions affect these flags only: CF, OF When result is over operand size these flags are set to 1, when result fits in operand size these flags are set to 0. For DIV and IDIV flags are undefined.
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MUL - Unsigned multiply: when operand is a byte: AX = AL * operand. when operand is a word: (DX AX) = AX * operand.
IMUL - Signed multiply: when operand is a byte: AX = AL * operand. when operand is a word: (DX AX) = AX * operand.
DIV - Unsigned divide: when operand is a byte: AL = AX / operand AH = remainder (modulus). . when operand is a word: AX = (DX AX) / operand DX = remainder (modulus). .
IDIV - Signed divide: when operand is a byte: AL = AX / operand
AH = remainder (modulus). . when operand is a word: AX = (DX AX) / operand DX = remainder (modulus). .
Third group: INC, DEC, NOT, NEG These types of operands are supported: REG memory REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, AH, AL, BL, BH, CH, CL, DH, DL, DI, SI, BP, SP. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], variable, etc... INC, DEC instructions affect these flags only: ZF, SF, OF, PF, AF. NOT instruction does not affect any flags! NEG instruction affects these flags only: CF, ZF, SF, OF, PF, AF.
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NOT - Reverse each bit of operand. NEG - Make operand negative (two's complement). Actually it reverses each bit of operand and then adds 1 to it. For example 5 will become -5, and -2 will become 2.
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Program Flow Control

Controlling the program flow is a very important thing, this is where your program can make decisions according to certain conditions.
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Unconditional Jumps The basic instruction that transfers control to another point in the program is JMP. The basic syntax of JMP instruction: JMP label To declare a label in your program, just type its name and add ":" to the end, label can be any character combination but it cannot start with a number, for example here are 3 legal label definitions: label1: label2: a: Label can be declared on a separate line or before any other instruction, for example: x1: MOV AX, 1 x2: MOV AX, 2 Here is an example of JMP instruction:
ORG MOV MOV JMP
100h AX, 5 BX, 2 calc ; set AX to 5. ; set BX to 2. ; go to 'calc'. ; go to 'stop'.
back: JMP stop
calc: ADD AX, BX ; add BX to AX. JMP back ; go 'back'. stop: RET END ; return to operating system. ; directive to stop the compiler.
Of course there is an easier way to calculate the some of two numbers, but it's still a good example of JMP instruction. As you can see from this example JMP is able to transfer control both forward and backward. It can jump anywhere in current code segment (65,535 bytes). Short Conditional Jumps Unlike JMP instruction that does an unconditional jump, there are instructions that do a conditional jumps (jump only when some conditions are in act). These instructions are divided in three groups, first group just test single flag, second compares numbers as signed, and third compares numbers as unsigned. Jump instructions that test single flag Opposite Instruction
Instruction
Description
Condition
JZ , JE
Jump if Zero (Equal). Jump if Carry (Below, Not Above Equal). Jump if Sign. Jump if Overflow. Jump if Parity Even. Jump if Not Zero (Not Equal). Jump if Not Carry (Not Below, Above Equal). Jump if Not Sign. Jump if Not Overflow. Jump if Parity Odd (No Parity).
ZF = 1
JNZ, JNE
JC , JB, JNAE
CF = 1
JNC, JNB, JAE
JS JO JPE, JP
SF = 1 OF = 1 PF = 1
JNS JNO JPO
JNZ , JNE
ZF = 0
JZ, JE
JNC , JNB, JAE
CF = 0
JC, JB, JNAE
JNS JNO
SF = 0 OF = 0
JS JO
JPO, JNP
PF = 0
JPE, JP
As you can see there are some instructions that do that same thing, that's correct, they even are assembled into the same machine code, so it's good to remember that when you compile JE instruction - you will get it disassembled as: JZ. Different names are used to make programs easier to understand and code. Jump instructions for signed numbers
Instruction
Description Jump if Equal (=). Jump if Zero. Jump if Not Equal (<>). Jump if Not Zero. Jump if Greater (>). Jump if Not Less or Equal (not <=). Jump if Less (<). Jump if Not Greater or Equal (not >=). Jump if Greater or Equal (>=). Jump if Not Less (not <). Jump if Less or Equal (<=). Jump if Not Greater (not >).
Condition
Opposite Instruction JNE, JNZ
JE , JZ
ZF = 1
JNE , JNZ
ZF = 0 ZF = 0 and SF = OF
JE, JZ
JG , JNLE
JNG, JLE
JL , JNGE
SF <> OF
JNL, JGE
JGE , JNL
SF = OF ZF = 1 or SF <> OF
JNGE, JL
JLE , JNG
JNLE, JG
<> - sign means not equal. Jump instructions for unsigned numbers Opposite Instruction JNE, JNZ
Instruction
Description Jump if Equal (=). Jump if Zero. Jump if Not Equal (<>). Jump if Not Zero.
Condition
JE , JZ
ZF = 1
JNE , JNZ
ZF = 0
JE, JZ
JA , JNBE
Jump if Above (>). Jump if Not Below or Equal (not <=). Jump if Below (<). Jump if Not Above or Equal (not >=). Jump if Carry. Jump if Above or Equal (>=). Jump if Not Below (not <). Jump if Not Carry. Jump if Below or Equal (<=). Jump if Not Above (not >).
CF = 0 and ZF = 0
JNA, JBE
JB , JNAE, JC
CF = 1
JNB, JAE, JNC
JAE , JNB, JNC
CF = 0
JNAE, JB
JBE , JNA
CF = 1 or ZF = 1
JNBE, JA
Generally, when it is required to compare numeric values CMP instruction is used (it does the same as SUB (subtract) instruction, but does not keep the result, just affects the flags). The logic is very simple, for example: it's required to compare 5 and 2, 5-2=3 the result is not zero (Zero Flag is set to 0). Another example: it's required to compare 7 and 7, 7-7=0 the result is zero! (Zero Flag is set to 1 and JZ or JE will do the jump). Here is an example of CMP instruction and conditional jump:
include emu8086.inc ORG MOV MOV CMP JE 100h AL, 25 BL, 10 AL, BL equal ; set AL to 25. ; set BL to 10. ; compare AL - BL.
; jump if AL = BL (ZF = 1). ; if it gets here, then AL <> BL, ; so print 'N', and jump to stop. ; if gets here, ; then AL = BL, so print 'Y'.
PUTC 'N' JMP stop equal: PUTC 'Y' stop: RET END
; gets here no matter what.
Try the above example with different numbers for AL and BL, open flags by clicking on [FLAGS] button, use [Single Step] and see what happens, don't forget to recompile and reload after every change (use F5 shortcut).
All conditional jumps have one big limitation, unlike JMP instruction they can only jump 127 bytes forward and 128 bytes backward (note that most instructions are assembled into 3 or more bytes). We can easily avoid this limitation using a cute trick:
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Get a opposite conditional jump instruction from the table above, make it jump to label_x. Use JMP instruction to jump to desired location.
Define label_x: just after the JMP instruction.
label_x: - can be any valid label name. Here is an example: include emu8086.inc ORG MOV MOV CMP 100h AL, 25 BL, 10 AL, BL ; set AL to 25. ; set BL to 10. ; compare AL - BL.
JNE not_equal ; jump if AL <> BL (ZF = 0). JMP equal not_equal:
; let's assume that here we ; have a code that is assembled ; to more then 127 bytes...
PUTC 'N' JMP stop equal: PUTC 'Y' stop: RET END
; if it gets here, then AL <> BL, ; so print 'N', and jump to stop. ; if gets here, ; then AL = BL, so print 'Y'.
; gets here no matter what.
Another, yet rarely used method is providing an immediate value instead of a label. When immediate value starts with a '$' character relative jump is performed, otherwise compiler calculates instruction that jumps directly to given offset. For example: ORG 100h
; unconditional jump forward: ; skip over next 2 bytes, JMP $2 a DB 3 ; 1 byte. b DB 4 ; 1 byte. ; JCC jump back 7 bytes: ; (JMP takes 2 bytes itself) MOV BL,9 DEC BL ; 2 bytes. CMP BL, 0 ; 3 bytes. JNE $-7 RET END
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Procedures
Procedure is a part of code that can be called from your program in order to make some specific task. Procedures make program more structural and easier to understand. Generally procedure returns to the same point from where it was called. The syntax for procedure declaration: name PROC ; here goes the code ; of the procedure ... RET name ENDP name - is the procedure name, the same name should be in the top and the bottom, this is used to check correct closing of procedures. Probably, you already know that RET instruction is used to return to operating system. The same instruction is used to return from procedure (actually operating system sees your program as a special procedure). PROC and ENDP are compiler directives, so they are not assembled into any real machine code. Compiler just remembers the address of procedure. CALL instruction is used to call a procedure. Here is an example:
ORG
100h
CALL m1 MOV RET AX, 2 ; return to operating system.
m1 PROC MOV BX, 5 RET ; return to caller. m1 ENDP END
The above example calls procedure m1, does MOV BX, 5, and returns to the next instruction after CALL: MOV AX, 2. There are several ways to pass parameters to procedure, the easiest way to pass parameters is by using registers, here is another example of a procedure that receives two parameters in AL and BL registers, multiplies these parameters and returns the result in AX register: ORG MOV MOV CALL CALL CALL CALL RET m2 PROC MUL BL RET 100h AL, 1 BL, 2 m2 m2 m2 m2 ; return to operating system.
; AX = AL * BL. ; return to caller.
m2 END
ENDP
In the above example value of AL register is update every time the procedure is called, BL register stays unchanged, so this algorithm calculates 2 in power of 4, so final result in AX register is 16 (or 10h).
Here goes another example, that uses a procedure to print a Hello World! message: ORG LEA 100h SI, msg ; load address of msg to SI.
CALL print_me RET ; return to operating system.
; ========================================================== ; this procedure prints a string, the string should be null ; terminated (have zero in the end), ; the string address should be in SI register: print_me PROC next_char: CMP b.[SI], 0 ; check for zero to stop JE stop ; MOV AL, [SI] ; next get ASCII char.
MOV AH, 0Eh ; teletype function number. INT 10h ; using interrupt to print a char in AL. ADD SI, 1 JMP next_char ; advance index of string array. ; go back, and type another char.
stop: RET ; return to caller. print_me ENDP ; ========================================================== msg END DB 'Hello World!', 0 ; null terminated string.
"b." - prefix before [SI] means that we need to compare bytes, not words. When you need to compare words add "w." prefix instead. When one of the compared operands is a register it's not required because compiler knows the size of each register.
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The Stack
Stack is an area of memory for keeping temporary data. Stack is used by CALL instruction to keep return address for procedure, RET instruction gets this value from the stack and returns to that offset. Quite the same thing happens when INT instruction calls an interrupt, it stores in stack flag register, code segment and offset. IRET instruction is used to return from interrupt call. We can also use the stack to keep any other data, there are two instructions that work with the stack: PUSH - stores 16 bit value in the stack. POP - gets 16 bit value from the stack. Syntax for PUSH instruction: PUSH REG PUSH SREG PUSH memory PUSH immediate REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, DI, SI, BP, SP. SREG: DS, ES, SS, CS. memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], 16 bit variable, etc... immediate: 5, -24, 3Fh, 10001101b, etc...
Syntax for POP instruction: POP REG POP SREG POP memory REG: AX, BX, CX, DX, DI, SI, BP, SP. SREG: DS, ES, SS, (except CS). memory: [BX], [BX+SI+7], 16 bit variable, etc...
Notes:
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PUSH and POP work with 16 bit values only! Note: PUSH immediate works only on 80186 CPU and later!
The stack uses LIFO (Last In First Out) algorithm, this means that if we push these values one by one into the stack: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 the first value that we will get on pop will be 5, then 4, 3, 2, and only then 1.
It is very important to do equal number of PUSHs and POPs, otherwise the stack maybe corrupted and it will be impossible to return to operating system. As you already know we use RET instruction to return to operating system, so when program starts there is a return address in stack (generally it's 0000h). PUSH and POP instruction are especially useful because we don't have too much registers to operate with, so here is a trick:
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Store original value of the register in stack (using PUSH). Use the register for any purpose. Restore the original value of the register from stack (using POP).
Here is an example:
ORG
100h
MOV AX, 1234h PUSH AX ; store value of AX in stack. MOV POP RET END AX, 5678h ; modify the AX value. AX ; restore the original value of AX.
Another use of the stack is for exchanging the values, here is an example: ORG MOV MOV 100h AX, 1212h ; store 1212h in AX. BX, 3434h ; store 3434h in BX
PUSH AX PUSH BX POP POP RET END AX BX
; store value of AX in stack. ; store value of BX in stack. ; set AX to original value of BX. ; set BX to original value of AX.
The exchange happens because stack uses LIFO (Last In First Out) algorithm, so when we push 1212h and then 3434h, on pop we will first get 3434h and only after it 1212h.
The stack memory area is set by SS (Stack Segment) register, and SP (Stack Pointer) register. Generally operating system sets values of these registers on program start. "PUSH source" instruction does the following:
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Subtract 2 from SP register. Write the value of source to the address SS:SP.
"POP destination" instruction does the following:

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Write the value at the address SS:SP to destination. Add 2 to SP register.
The current address pointed by SS:SP is called the top of the stack. For COM files stack segment is generally the code segment, and stack pointer is set to value of 0FFFEh. At the address SS:0FFFEh stored a return address for RET instruction that is executed in the end of the program. You can visually see the stack operation by clicking on [Stack] button on emulator window. The top of the stack is marked with "<" sign.
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Macros
Macros are just like procedures, but not really. Macros look like procedures, but they exist only until your code is compiled, after compilation all macros are replaced with real instructions. If you declared a macro and never used it in your code, compiler will simply ignore it. emu8086.inc is a good example of how macros can be used, this file contains several macros to make coding easier for you. Macro definition:
name
MACRO [parameters,...] <instructions>
ENDM
Unlike procedures, macros should be defined above the code that uses it, for example: MyMacro MACRO p1, p2, p3
MOV AX, p1 MOV BX, p2 MOV CX, p3 ENDM ORG 100h MyMacro 1, 2, 3 MyMacro 4, 5, DX RET
The above code is expanded into: MOV AX, 00001h MOV BX, 00002h MOV CX, 00003h MOV AX, 00004h MOV BX, 00005h MOV CX, DX
Some important facts about macros and procedures:

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When you want to use a procedure you should use CALL instruction, for example: CALL MyProc
When you want to use a macro, you can just type its name. For example: MyMacro
Procedure is located at some specific address in memory, and if you use the same procedure 100 times, the CPU will transfer control to this part of the memory. The control will be returned back to the program by RET instruction. The stack is used to keep the return address. The CALL instruction takes about 3 bytes, so the size of the output executable file grows very insignificantly, no matter how many time the procedure is used. Macro is expanded directly in program's code. So if you use the same macro 100 times, the compiler expands the macro 100 times, making the output executable file larger and larger, each time all instructions of a macro are inserted. You should use stack or any general purpose registers to pass parameters to procedure.
To pass parameters to macro, you can just type them after the macro name. For example: MyMacro 1, 2, 3
To mark the end of the macro ENDM directive is enough. To mark the end of the procedure, you should type the name of the procedure before the ENDP directive.
Macros are expanded directly in code, therefore if there are labels inside the macro definition you may get "Duplicate declaration" error when macro is used for twice or more. To avoid such problem, use LOCAL directive followed by names of variables, labels or procedure names. For example: MyMacro2 MACRO LOCAL label1, label2 CMP AX, 2 JE label1 CMP AX, 3 JE label2 label1: INC AX label2: ADD AX, 2 ENDM
ORG 100h MyMacro2 MyMacro2 RET
If you plan to use your macros in several programs, it may be a good idea to place all macros in a separate file. Place that file in Inc folder and use INCLUDE file-name directive to use macros. See Library of common functions - emu8086.inc for an example of such file.
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Making your own Operating System

Usually, when a computer starts it will try to load the first 512byte sector (that's Cylinder 0, Head 0, Sector 1) from any diskette in your A: drive to memory location 0000h:7C00h and give it control. If this fails, the BIOS tries to use the MBR of the first hard drive instead. This tutorial covers booting up from a floppy drive, the same principles are used to boot from a hard drive. But using a floppy drive has several advantages:
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You can keep your existing operating system intact (Windows, DOS...). It is easy to modify the boot record of a floppy disk.
Example of a simple floppy disk boot program:
; directive to create BOOT file: #MAKE_BOOT# ; Boot record is loaded at 0000:7C00, ; so inform compiler to make required ; corrections: ORG 7C00h ; load message address into SI register: LEA SI, msg ; teletype function id: MOV AH, 0Eh print: MOV AL, [SI] CMP AL, 0 JZ done INT 10h ; print using teletype.
INC SI JMP print ; wait for 'any key': done: MOV AH, 0 INT 16h
; store magic value at 0040h:0072h: ; 0000h - cold boot. ; 1234h - warm boot. MOV AX, 0040h MOV DS, AX MOV w.[0072h], 0000h ; cold boot. JMP 0FFFFh:0000h ; reboot!
new_line EQU 13, 10 msg DB 'Hello This is My First Boot Program!' DB new_line, 'Press any key to reboot', 0
Copy the above example to Emu8086 source editor and press [Compile and Emulate] button. The Emulator automatically loads ".boot" file to 0000h:7C00h. You can run it just like a regular program, or you can use the Virtual Drive menu to Write 512 bytes at 7C00h to the Boot Sector of a virtual floppy drive (FLOPPY_0 file in Emulator's folder). After writing your program to the Virtual Floppy Drive, you can select Boot from Floppy from Virtual Drive menu.
If you are curious, you may write the virtual floppy (FLOPPY_0) or ".boot" file to a real floppy disk and boot your computer from it, I recommend using "RawWrite for Windows" from: http:// uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm (recent builds now work under all versions of Windows!)
Note: however, that this .boot file is not an MS-DOS compatible boot sector (it will not allow you to read or write data on this diskette until you format it again), so don't bother writing only this sector to a diskette with data on it. As a matter of fact, if you use any 'raw-write' programs, such at the one listed above, they will erase all of the data anyway. So make sure the diskette you use doesn't contain any important data.
".boot" files are limited to 512 bytes (sector size). If your new Operating System is going to grow over this size, you will need to use a boot program to load data from other sectors. A good example of a tiny Operating System can be found in "Samples" folder as: micro-os_loader.asm micro-os_kernel.asm To create extensions for your Operating System (over 512 bytes), you can use ".bin" files (select "BIN Template" from "File" -> "New" menu). To write ".bin" file to virtual floppy, select "Write .bin file to floppy..." from "Virtual Drive" menu of emulator:
You can also use this to write ".boot" files.

Sector at: Cylinder: 0 Head:0 Sector: 1 is the boot sector!
Idealized floppy drive and diskette structure:
For a 1440 kb diskette:

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Floppy disk has 2 sides, and there are 2 heads; one for each side (0..1), the drive heads move above the surface of the disk on each side.
Each side has 80 cylinders (numbered 0..79). Each cylinder has 18 sectors (1..18). Each sector has 512 bytes. Total size of floppy disk is: 2 x 80 x 18 x 512 = 1,474,560 bytes.
To read sectors from floppy drive use INT 13h / AH = 02h.
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Controlling External Devices

There are 3 devices attached to the emulator: Traffic Lights, StepperMotor and Robot. You can view devices using "Virtual Devices" menu of the emulator. For technical information see I/O ports section of Emu8086 reference. In general, it is possible to use any x86 family CPU to control all kind of devices, the difference maybe in base I/O port number, this can be altered using some tricky electronic equipment. Usually the ".bin" file is written into the Read Only Memory (ROM) chip, the system reads program from that chip, loads it in RAM module and runs the program. This principle is used for many modern devices such as micro-wave ovens and etc...
Traffic Lights
Usually to control the traffic lights an array (table) of values is used. In certain periods of time the value is read from the array and sent to a port. For example:
; directive to create BIN file: #MAKE_BIN# #CS=500# #DS=500# #SS=500# #SP=FFFF# #IP=0# ; skip the data table: JMP start table DW 100001100001b DW 110011110011b DW 001100001100b DW 011110011110b start: MOV SI, 0 ; set loop counter to number ; of elements in table: MOV CX, 4 next_value: ; get value from table: MOV AX, table[SI] ; set value to I/O port ; of traffic lights: OUT 4, AX ; next word: ADD SI, 2 CALL PAUSE LOOP next_value ; start from over from
; the first value JMP start ; ========================== PAUSE PROC ; store registers: PUSH CX PUSH DX PUSH AX ; set interval (1 million ; microseconds - 1 second): MOV CX, 0Fh MOV DX, 4240h MOV AH, 86h INT 15h ; restore registers: POP AX POP DX POP CX RET PAUSE ENDP ; ==========================
Stepper-Motor
The motor can be half stepped by turning on pair of magnets, followed by a single and so on. The motor can be full stepped by turning on pair of magnets, followed by another pair of magnets and in the end followed by a single magnet and so on. The best way to make full step is to make two half steps. Half step is equal to 11.25 degrees. Full step is equal to 22.5 degrees. The motor can be turned both clock-wise and counter-clock-wise. See stepper_motor.asm in Samples folder. See also I/O ports section of Emu8086 reference.
Robot
Complete list of robot instruction set is given in I/O ports section of Emu8086 reference. To control the robot a complex algorithm should be used to achieve maximum efficiency. The simplest, yet very inefficient, is random moving algorithm, see robot.asm in Samples folder. It is also possible to use a data table (just like for Traffic Lights), this can be good if robot always works in the same surroundings.
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Editor
Source Code Editor

Using the Mouse Editor supports the following mouse actions: Mouse Action L-Button click over text R-Button click L-Button down over selection, and drag Ctrl + L-Button down over selection, and drag L-Button click over left margin L-Button click over left margin, and drag Alt + L-Button down, and drag L-Button double click over text Spin IntelliMouse mouse wheel Single click IntelliMouse mouse wheel Double click IntelliMouse mouse wheel Result Changes the caret position Displays the right click menu Moves text Copies text Selects line Selects multiple lines Select columns of text Select word under cursor Scroll the window vertically Select the word under the cursor Select the line under the cursor Split the window into multiple views or adjust the current splitter position Split the window in half into multiple views or unsplit the window if already split
Click and drag splitter bar
Double click splitter bar
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Editor
Editor Hot Keys: Command Keystroke ======================================================================= Toggle Bookmark Control + F2 Next Bookmark F2 Prev Bookmark Shift + F2 Copy Cut Cut Line Cut Sentence Paste Undo Control + C, Control + Insert Control + X, Shift + Delete, Control + Alt + W Control + Y Control + Alt + K Control + V, Shift + Insert Control + Z, Alt + Backspace
Document End Control + End Document End Extend Control + Shift + End Document Start Control + Home Document Start Extend Control + Shift + Home Find Control + F, Alt + F3 Find Next F3 Find Next Word Control + F3 Find Prev Shift + F3 Find Prev Word Control + Shift + F3 Find and Replace Control + H, Control + Alt + F3 Go To Line Control + G Go To Match Brace Control + ] Select All Control + A Select Line Control + Alt + F8 Select Swap Anchor Control + Shift + X Insert New Line Above Control + Shift + N Indent Selection Outdent Selection Tabify Selection Untabify Selection Tab Shift + Tab Control + Shift + T Control + Shift + Space
Editor
Lowercase Selection Uppercase Selection Left Word Right Word Left Sentence Right Sentence
Control + L Control + U, Control + Shift + U
Control + Left Control + Right Control + Alt + Left Control + Alt + Right Insert Control + Alt + T
Toggle Overtype Display Whitespace
Scroll Window Up Control + Down Scroll Window Down Control + Up Scroll Window Left Control + PageUp Scroll Window Right Control + PageDown Delete Word To End Delete Word To Start Control + Delete Control + Backspace
Extend Char Left Shift + Left Extend Char Right Shift + Right Extend Left Word Control + Shift + Left Extend Right Word Control + Shift + Right Extend to Line Start Shift + Home Extend to Line End Shift + End Extend Line Up Shift + Up Extend Line Down Shift + Down Extend Page Up Shift + PgUp Extend Page Down Shift + Next Record Macro Set Repeat Count Control + Shift + R Control + R
Regular Expression Syntax Rules for Search and Replace Wildcards: ? (for any character), + (for one or more ot something),
Editor
* (for zero or more of something). Sets of characters: Characters enclosed in square brackets will be treated as an option set. Character ranges may be specified with a - (e.g. [a-c]). Logical OR: Subexpressions may be ORed together with the | pipe symbol. Parenthesized subexpressions: A regular expression may be enclosed within parentheses and will be treated as a unit. Escape characters: Sequences such as: \t - tab etc. will be substituted for an equivalent single character. \\ represents the backslash.
If there are problems with the source editor you may need to manually copy "cmax20.ocx" from program's folder into Windows\System or Windows \System32 replacing any existing version of that file (restart may be required before system allows to replace existing file).
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Compiling Assembly Code
Type your code inside the text area, and click [Compile] button. You will be asked for a place where to save the compiled file. After successful compilation you can click [Emulate] button to load the compiled file in emulator. The Output File Type Directives:
#MAKE_COM# #MAKE_BIN# #MAKE_BOOT# #MAKE_EXE# You can insert these directives in the source code to specify the required output type for the file. Only if compiler cannot find any of these directives it will ask you for output type before creating the file. Description of Output File Types:
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#MAKE_COM# - the oldest and the simplest format of an executable file, such files are loaded with 100h prefix (256 bytes). Select Clean from the
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New menu if you plan to compile a COM file. Compiler directive ORG 100h should be added before the code. Execution always starts from the first byte of the file. Supported by DOS and Windows Command Prompt.
#MAKE_EXE# - more advanced format of an executable file. Not limited by size and number of segments. Stack segment should be defined in the program. You may select EXE Template from the New menu in to create a simple EXE program with defined Data, Stack, and Code segments. Entry point (where execution starts) is defined by a programmer. Supported by DOS and Windows Command Prompt.
#MAKE_BIN# - a simple executable file. You can define the values of all registers, segment and offset for memory area where this file will be loaded. When loading "MY.BIN" file to emulator it will look for a "MY.BINF" file, and load "MY.BIN" file to location specified in "MY.BINF" file, registers are also set using information in that file (open this file in a text editor to edit or investigate). In case emulator is not able to find "MY.BINF" file, current register values are used and "MY.BIN" file is loaded at current CS:IP. Execution starts from values in CS:IP. This file type is unique to Emu8086 emulator. ".BINF file is created automatically by compiler if it finds #MAKE_BIN# directive. WARNING! any existing ".binf" file is overwritten! #LOAD_SEGMENT=1234# #LOAD_OFFSET=0000# #AL=12# #AH=34# #BH=00# #BL=00# #CH=00# #CL=00# #DH=00# #DL=00# #DS=0000# #ES=0000# #SI=0000#
#DI=0000# #BP=0000# #CS=1234# #IP=0000# #SS=0000# #SP=0000#
Values must be in HEX! When not specified these values are set by default: LOAD_SEGMENT = 0100 LOAD_OFFSET = 0000 CS = ES = SS = DS = 0100 IP = 0000 If LOAD_SEGMENT and LOAD_OFFSET are not defined, then CS and IP values are used and vice-versa. In case Load to offset value is not zero (0000), ORG ????h should be added to the source of a .BIN file where ????h is the loading offset, this should be done to allow compiler calculate correct addresses.
#MAKE_BOOT# - this type is a copy of the first track of a floppy disk (boot sector). You can write a boot sector of a virtual floppy (FLOPPY_0) via menu in emulator: [Virtual Drive] -> [Write 512 bytes at 7C00 to Boot Sector] First you should compile a ".boot" file and load it in emulator (see "microos_loader.asm" and "micro-os_kernel.asm" in "Samples" for more info). Then select [Virtual Drive] -> [Boot from Floppy] menu to boot emulator from a virtual floppy. Then, if you are curious, you may write the virtual floppy to real floppy and boot your computer from it, I recommend using "RawWrite for Windows" from: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm (note that "micro-os_loader.asm" is not using MS-DOS compatible boot sector, so it's better to use and empty floppy, although it should be IBM (MSDOS) formatted). Compiler directive ORG 7C00h should be added before the code, when computer starts it loads first track of a floppy disk at the address 0000:7C00.
The size of a .BOOT file should be less then 512 bytes (limited by the size of a disk sector). Execution always starts from the first byte of the file. This file type is unique to Emu8086 emulator.
Error Processing Compiler reports about errors in a separate information window:
MOV DS, 100 - is illegal instruction because segment registers cannot be set directly, general purpose register should be used: MOV AX, 100 MOV DS, AX MOV AL, 300 - is illegal instruction because AL register has only 8 bits, and thus maximum value for it is 255 (or 11111111b), and the minimum is -128.
Compiler makes several passes before generating the correct machine code, if it finds an error and does not complete the required number of passes it may show incorrect error messages. For example: #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AX, 0 MOV CX, 5 m1: INC AX LOOP m1 MOV AL, 0FFFFh RET
List of generated errors: (7) Condition Jump out of range!: LOOP m1 (9) Wrong parameters: MOV AL, 0FFFFh (9) Operands do not match: Second operand is over 8 bits!
; not a real error! ; error is here.
First error message (7) is incorrect, compiler did not finish calculating the offsets for labels, so it presumes that the offset of m1 label is 0000, that address is out of the range because we start at offset 100h. Make correction to this line: MOV AL, 0FFFFh (AL cannot hold 0FFFFh value). This fixes both errors! For example: #make_COM# ORG 100h MOV AX, 0 MOV CX, 5 m1: INC AX LOOP m1 MOV AL, 0FFh RET
; same code no error! ; fixed!
When saving a compiled file, compiler also saves 2 other files that are used for
Emulator to show actual source when you run it, and select corresponding lines.
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*.~asm - this file contains the original source code that was used to make an executable file. *.debug - this file has information that enables the emulator select lines of original source code while running the machine code. *.symbol - Symbol Table, it contains information that enables to show the "Variables" window. It is a text file, so you may view it in any text editor. *.binf - this file contains information that is used by emulator to load BIN file at specified location, and set register values prior execution; (created only if an executable is a BIN file).
Using Emulator
Using Emulator
If you want to load your code into the emulator, just click "Emulate" button . But you can also use emulator to load executables even if you don't have the original source code. Select "Show Emulator" from "Emulator" menu.
Try loading files from "MyBuild" folder. If there are no files in "MyBuild" folder return to source editor, select Samples from File menu, load any sample, compile it and then load into the emulator:
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Using Emulator
[Single Step] button executes instructions one by one stopping after each instruction. [Run] button executes instructions one by one with delay set by step delay between instructions. Double click on register text-boxes opens "Extended Viewer" window with value of that register converted to all possible forms. You can modify the value of the register directly in this window. Double click on memory list item opens "Extended Viewer" with WORD value loaded from memory list at selected location. Less significant byte is at lower address: LOW BYTE is loaded from selected position and HIGH BYTE from next memory address. You can modify the value of the memory word directly in the "Extended Viewer" window, You can modify the values of registers on runtime by typing over the existing values. [Flags] button allows you to view and modify flags on runtime.
Virtual Drives
Using Emulator
Emulator supports up to 4 virtual floppy drives. By default there is a FLOPPY_0 file that is an image of a real floppy disk (the size of that file is exactly 1,474,560 bytes). To add more floppy drives select [Create new floppy drive] from [Virtual Drive] menu. Each time you add a floppy drive emulator creates a FLOPPY_1, FLOPPY_2, and FLOPPY_3 files. Created floppy disks are images of empty IBM/MS-DOS formatted disk images. Only 4 floppy drives are supported (0..3)! To delete a floppy drive you should close the emulator, delete the required file manually and restart the emulator. You can determine the number of attached floppy drives using INT 11h this function returns AX register with BIOS equipment list. Bits 7 and 6 define the number of floppy disk drives (minus 1): Bits 7-6 of AX: 00 single floppy disk. 01 two floppy disks. 10 three floppy disks. 11 four floppy disks. Emulator starts counting attached floppy drives from starting from the first, in case file FLOPPY_1 does not exist it stops the check and ignores FLOPPY_2 and FLOPPY_3 files. To write and read from floppy drive you can use INT 13h function, see list of supported interrupts for more information. Ever wanted to write your own operating system? You can write a boot sector of a virtual floppy via menu in emulator: [Virtual Drive] -> [Write 512 bytes at 7C00 to Boot Sector] First you should compile a ".boot" file and load it in emulator (see "micro-os_loader.asm" and "microos_kernel.asm" in "Samples" for more info). Then select [Virtual Drive] -> [Boot from Floppy] menu to boot emulator from a virtual floppy. Then, if you are curious, you may write the virtual floppy to real floppy and boot your computer from it, I recommend using "RawWrite for Windows" from: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm (note that "micro-os_loader.asm" is not using MS-DOS compatible boot sector, so it's better to use and empty floppy, although it should be IBM (MS-DOS) formatted). Compiler directive ORG 7C00h should be added before the code, when computer starts it loads first track of a floppy disk at the address 0000:7C00. The size of a .BOOT file should be less then 512 bytes (limited by the size of a disk sector).
Interrupts currently supported by emulator

Quick reference: INT 10h/00h INT 10h/01h INT 10h/02h INT 10h/03h INT 10h/05h INT 10h/06h INT 10h/07h INT 10h/08h INT 10h/09h INT 10h/0Ah INT 10h/0Eh INT 10h/13h INT 10h/1003h INT 11h INT 12h INT 13h/00h INT 13h/02h INT 13h/03h INT 15h/86h INT 16h/00h INT 16h/01h
INT 19h INT 1Ah/00h INT 21h
A list of supported interrupts with descriptions:
INT 10h / AH = 00h - set video mode. input: AL = desired video mode. These video modes are supported: 00h - Text mode 40x25, 16 colors, 8 pages. 03h - Text mode 80x25, 16 colors, 8 pages.
INT 10h / AH = 01h - set text-mode cursor shape. input: CH = cursor start line (bits 0-4) and options (bits 5-7). CL = bottom cursor line (bits 0-4). When bits 6-5 of CH are set to 00, the cursor is visible, to hide a cursor set these bits to 01 (this CH value will hide a cursor: 28h 00101000b). Bit 7 should always be zero.
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INT 10h / AH = 02h - set cursor position. input: DH = row. DL = column. BH = page number (0..7).
INT 10h / AH = 03h - get cursor position and size. input: BH = page number. return: DH = row. DL = column. CH = cursor start line. CL = cursor bottom line.
INT 10h / AH = 05h - select active video page. input: AL = new page number (0..7). the activated page is displayed.
INT 10h / AH = 06h - scroll up window. INT 10h / AH = 07h - scroll down window. input: AL = number of lines by which to scroll (00h = clear entire window). BH = attribute used to write blank lines at bottom of window. CH, CL = row, column of window's upper left corner. DH, DL = row, column of window's lower right corner.
INT 10h / AH = 08h - read character and attribute at cursor position. input: BH = page number. return: AH = attribute. AL = character.
INT 10h / AH = 09h - write character and attribute at cursor position. input: AL = character to display. BH = page number. BL = attribute. CX = number of times to write character.
INT 10h / AH = 0Ah - write character only at cursor position. input: AL = character to display. BH = page number. CX = number of times to write character.
INT 10h / AH = 0Eh - teletype output. input: AL = character to write. This functions displays a character on the screen, advancing the cursor and scrolling the screen as necessary. The printing is always done to current active page.
INT 10h / AH = 13h - write string.
input: AL = write mode: bit 0: update cursor after writing; bit 1: string contains attributes. BH = page number. BL = attribute if string contains only characters (bit 1 of AL is zero). CX = number of characters in string (attributes are not counted). DL,DH = column, row at which to start writing. ES:BP points to string to be printed.
INT 10h / AX = 1003h - toggle intensity/blinking. input: BL = write mode: 0: enable intensive colors. 1: enable blinking (not supported by emulator!). BH = 0 (to avoid problems on some adapters).
Bit color table: Character attribute is 8 bit value, low 4 bits set foreground color, high 4 bits set background color. Background blinking not supported. HEX 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B BIN COLOR black blue green cyan red magenta brown light gray dark gray light blue light green light cyan
0000 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 0110 0111 1000 1001 1010 1011
C D E F
1100 1101 1110 1111
light red light magenta yellow white
INT 11h - get BIOS equipment list. return: AX = BIOS equipment list word, actually this call returns the contents of the word at 0040h:0010h. Currently this function can be used to determine the number of installed number of floppy disk drives. Bit fields for BIOS-detected installed hardware: Bit(s) Description 15-14 number of parallel devices. 13 not supported. 12 game port installed. 11-9 number of serial devices. 8 reserved. 7-6 number of floppy disk drives (minus 1): 00 single floppy disk; 01 two floppy disks; 10 three floppy disks; 11 four floppy disks. 5-4 initial video mode: 00 EGA,VGA,PGA, or other with on-board video BIOS; 01 40x25 CGA color; 10 80x25 CGA color (emulator default); 11 80x25 mono text. 3 not supported. 2 not supported. 1 math coprocessor installed. 0 set when booted from floppy (always set by emulator).
INT 12h - get memory size.

return: AX = kilobytes of contiguous memory starting at absolute address 00000h, this call returns the contents of the word at 0040h:0013h.
Floppy drives are emulated using FLOPPY_0(..3) files.
INT 13h / AH = 00h - reset disk system, (currently this call doesn't do anything).
INT 13h / AH = 02h - read disk sectors into memory. INT 13h / AH = 03h - write disk sectors. input: AL = number of sectors to read/write (must be nonzero) CH = cylinder number (0..79). CL = sector number (1..18). DH = head number (0..1). DL = drive number (0..3 , depends on quantity of FLOPPY_? files). ES:BX points to data buffer. return: CF set on error. CF clear if successful. AH = status (0 - if successful). AL = number of sectors transferred. Note: each sector has 512 bytes.
INT 15h / AH = 86h - BIOS wait function.

input: CX:DX = interval in microseconds return: CF clear if successful (wait interval elapsed), CF set on error or when wait function is already in progress.
Note: the resolution of the wait period is 977 microseconds on many systems, Emu8086 uses 1000 microseconds period.
INT 16h / AH = 00h - get keystroke from keyboard (no echo). return: AH = BIOS scan code. AL = ASCII character. (if a keystroke is present, it is removed from the keyboard buffer).
INT 16h / AH = 01h - check for keystroke in keyboard buffer. return: ZF = 1 if keystroke is not available. ZF = 0 if keystroke available. AH = BIOS scan code. AL = ASCII character.
(if a keystroke is present, it is not removed from the keyboard buffer).
INT 19h - system reboot. Usually, the BIOS will try to read sector 1, head 0, track 0 from drive A: to 0000h:7C00h. Emulator just stops the execution, to boot from floppy drive select from the menu: 'Virtual Drive' -> 'Boot from Floppy'
INT 1Ah / AH = 00h - get system time. return: CX:DX = number of clock ticks since midnight. AL = midnight counter, advanced each time midnight passes. Notes: There are approximately 18.20648 clock ticks per second, and 1800B0h per 24 hours. AL is not set by emulator yet!
MS-DOS can not be loaded completely in emulator yet, so I made an emulation for some basic DOS interrupts also: INT 20h - exit to operating system. INT 21h / AH=09h - output of a string at DS:DX. INT 21h / AH=0Ah - input of a string to DS:DX, fist byte is buffer size, second byte is number of chars actually read. INT 21h / AH=4Ch - exit to operating system. INT 21h / AH=01h - read character from standard input, with echo, result is
stored in AL. INT 21h / AH=02h - write character to standard output, DL = character to write, after execution AL = DL.
Global Memory Table
Global Memory Table

8086 CPU can access up to 1 MB of random access memory (RAM), it is limited by segment/offset construction. Since segment registers (CS, SS, ES, DS) can hold maximum value of 0FFFFh and offset registers (IP, BX, SI, DI, BP, SP) can also hold maximum value of 0FFFFh, the largest logical memory location that we can access is FFFF:FFFF or physical address: 0FFFFh * 10h + 0FFFFh = 10FFEFh = 65535 * 16 + 65535 = 1,114,095 bytes Modern processors have a larger registers so they have much larger memory area that can be accessed, but the idea is still the same.
Memory Table of Emulator (and typical IBM PC): Physical address of memory area in HEX
Short Description
00000 - 00400
Interrupt vectors. Emulator loads "INT_VECT" file at the physical address 00000h. System information area. We use a trick to set some parameters by loading a tiny last part (21 bytes) of "INT_VECT" in that area (the size of that file is 1,045 or 415h bytes, so when loaded it takes memory from 00000 to 00415h). This memory block is updated by emulator when configuration changes, see System information area table. A free memory area. A block of 654,080 bytes. Here you can load your programs. Video memory for VGA, Monochrome, and other adapters. Not used by emulator! Reserved. Not used by emulator!
00400 - 00500
00500 - A0000
A0000 - B1000
B1000 - B8000
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Global Memory Table
B8000 - C0000
32 KB video memory for Color Graphics Adapter (CGA). Emulator uses this memory area to keep 8 pages of video memory. The Emulator screen can be resized, so less memory is required for each page, although emulator always uses 1000h (4096 bytes) for each page (see INT 10h / AH=05h in the list of supported interrupts). Reserved. ROM BIOS and extensions. Emulator loads "BIOS_ROM" file at the physical address 0F4000h. Interrupt table points to this memory area to get emulation of interrupt functions.
C0000 - F4000
F4000 - 10FFEF
Interrupt Vector (memory from 00000h to 00400h) INT number Address in in hex Interrupt Vector 00 00x4 = 00 Address of BIOS sub-program F400:0170 - CPU-generated, divide error. F400:0180 - CPU-generated, INTO detected overflow. F400:0190 - Video functions. F400:01D0 - Get BIOS equipment list. F400:01A0 - Get memory size. F400:01B0 - Disk functions. F400:01E0 - BIOS functions. F400:01C0 - Keyboard functions. FFFF:0000 - Reboot.
04
04x4 = 10
10 11
10x4 = 40 11x4 = 44
12 13 15 16 19
12x4 = 48 13x4 = 4C 15x4 = 54 16x4 = 58 19x4 = 64
Global Memory Table
1A 1E
1Ax4 = 68 1Ex4 = 78
F400:0160 - Time functions. F400:AFC7 - Vector of Diskette Controller Params. F400:0150 - DOS function: terminate program. F400:0200 - DOS functions. F400:0100 - The default interupt catcher. Prints out "Interupt not supported yet" message.
20
20x4 = 80
21 all others
21x4 = 84 ??x4 = ??
A call to BIOS sub-system is disassembled by "BIOS DI" (it doesn't use DI register in any way, it's just because of the way the encoding is done: we are using "FF /7" for such encoding, "FFFFCD10" is used to make emulator to emulate interrupt number 10h). F400:0100 has this code FFFFCDFF (decoded as INT 255, and error message is generated).
System information area (memory from 00400h to 00500h) Address (hex)
Size
Description
BIOS equipment list. Bit fields for BIOS-detected installed hardware: Bit(s) Description 15-14 number of parallel devices. 13 not supported. 12 game port installed. 11-9 number of serial devices. 8 reserved. 7-6 number of floppy disk drives (minus 1): 00 single floppy disk;
Global Memory Table
0040h:0010
WORD
01 two floppy disks; 10 three floppy disks; 11 four floppy disks. 5-4 initial video mode: 00 EGA,VGA,PGA, or other with on-board video BIOS; 01 40x25 CGA color; 10 80x25 CGA color (emulator default); 11 80x25 mono text. 3 not supported. 2 not supported. 1 math coprocessor installed. 0 set when booted from floppy (always set by emulator). This word is also returned in AX by INT 11h. Default value: 0021h or 0000 0000 0010 0001b Kilobytes of contiguous memory starting at absolute address 00000h. This word is also returned in AX by INT 12h. This value is set to: 0280h (640KB). Number of columns on screen. Default value: 0032h (50 columns). Current video page start address in video memory (after 0B800:0000). Default value: 0000h. Contains row and column position for the cursors on each of eight video pages. Default value: 0000h (for all 8 WORDs). Current video page number. Default value: 00h (first page). Rows on screen minus one. Default value: 13h (19+1=20 columns).
0040h:0013
WORD
0040h:004A
WORD
0040h:004E
WORD
0040h:0050
8 WORDs
0040h:0062
BYTE
0040h:0084
BYTE
Global Memory Table
See also: Custom Memory Map
Custom Memory Map
Custom Memory Map

You can define your own memory map (different from IBM-PC). It is required to create "CUSTOM_MEMORY_MAP.inf" file in the same folder where Emu8086.exe is located. Using the following format add information into that configuration file: address - filename ... For example: 0000:0000 - System.bin F000:0000 - Rom.bin 12AC - Data.dat
Address can be both physical (without ":") or logical, value must be in hexadecimal form. Emulator will look for the file name after the "-" and load it into the memory at the specified address. Emulator will not update System information area (memory from 00400h to 00500h) if your configuration file has "NO_SYS_INFO" directive (on a separate line). For example: NO_SYS_INFO 0000:0000 - System.bin F000:0000 - Rom.bin 12AC - Data.dat
Emulator will allow you to load ".bin" files to any memory address (be careful not to load them over your custom system/ data area). Warning! standard interrupts will not work when you change the memory map, unless you provide your own replacement for them. To disable changes just delete or rename "CUSTOM_MEMORY_MAP.inf" file, and restart the program.
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Custom Memory Map
See also: Global Memory Table
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MASM / TASM compatibility

Syntax of Emu8086 is fully compatible with all major assemblers including MASM and TASM; though some directives are unique to Emu8086. If required to compile using any other assembler you may need to comment out these directives, and any other directives that start with a '#' sign: #MAKE_COM# #MAKE_EXE# #MAKE_BIN# #MAKE_BOOT#
Emu8086 does not support the ASSUME directive, actually most programmers agree that this directive just causes some mess in your code. Manual attachment of CS:, DS:, ES: or SS: segment prefixes is preferred, and required by Emu8086 when data is in segment other then DS. For example: MOV AX, [BX] ; same as MOV AX, DS:[BX] MOV AX, ES:[BX]
Emu8086 does not require to define segment when you compile a COM file, though MASM and TASM may require this, for example:
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CSEG
SEGMENT
; code segment starts here. ; uncomment for Emu8086.
; #MAKE_COM# ORG 100h
start: MOV AL, 5 ; some sample code... MOV BL, 2 XOR AL, BL XOR BL, AL XOR AL, BL RET CSEG END ENDS start ; code segment ends here. ; stop compiler, and set entry point.
Entry point for COM file should always be at 0100h (first instruction after ORG 100h directive), though in MASM and TASM you may need to manually set an entry point using END directive. Emu8086 works just fine, with or without it. In order to test the above code, save it into test.asm file (or any other) and run these commands from command prompt: For MASM 6.0: MASM test.asm LINK test.obj, test.com,,, /TINY For TASM 4.1: TASM test.asm TLINK test.obj /t We should get test.com file (11 bytes), right click it and select Send To and emu8086. You can see that the disassembled code doesn't contain any directives and it is identical to code
that Emu8086 produces even without all those tricky directives.
A template used by Emu8086 to create EXE files is fully compatible with MASM and TASM, just comment out #MAKE_EXE# directive to avoid Unknown character error at line 11. EXE files produced by MASM are identical to those produced by emu8086. TASM does not calculate the checksum, and has slightly different EXE file structure, but it produces quite the same machine code. Note: there are several ways to encode the same machine instructions for the 8086 CPU, so generated machine code may vary when compiled on different compilers.
Emu8086 assembler supports shorter versions of BYTE PTR and WORD PTR, these are: B. and W. For MASM and TASM you have to replace B. and W. with BYTE PTR and WORD PTR accordingly. For example: LEA BX, var1 MOV WORD PTR [BX], 1234h ; works everywhere. MOV w.[BX], 1234h ; same instruction, but works in Emu8086 only. HLT var1 DB 0 var2 DB 0
I/O ports
I/O ports
Emulator does not reproduce any original I/O ports of IBM PC, instead it has virtual devices that can be accessed by IN/OUT instructions.
Custom I/O Devices "Emu8086" supports additional devices that can be created by 3rd party vendors. Device can be written in any language, such as: Visual Basic, VC++, Delphi. For more information and sample source code look inside DEVICES folder. Reserved input / output addresses for custom devices are: from 00000Fh to 0FFFFh (15 to 65535). Port 100 corresponds to byte 100 in "EmuPort.io" file, port 101 to the byte 101, etc... (we count from zero). "EmuPort.io" file is located in Windows "Temp" directory (can be accessed by GetTempPath() function of the API). I'll be glad to include devices made by you in the next release of "Emu8086". If you decide to share your device with other developers around the world - please send us the source code of the device!
Devices are available from "Virtual Devices" menu of the emulator.

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Traffic Lights - Port 4 (word) The traffic lights are controlled by sending data to I/O Port 4. There are 12 lamps: 4 green, 4 yellow, and 4 red. You can set the state of each lamp by setting its bit: 1 - the lamp is turned on. 0 - the lamp is turned off. Only 12 low bits of a word are used (0 to 11), last bits (12 to 15) are unused. For example:
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I/O ports
MOV AX, 0000001011110100b OUT 4, AX
We use yellow hexadecimal digits in caption (to achieve compact view), here's a conversion: Hex - Decimal A B C D E F 10 11 12 (unused) 13 (unused) 14 (unused) 15 (unused)
First operand for OUT instruction is a port number (4), second operand is a word (AX) that is written to the port. First operand must be an immediate byte value (0..255) or DX register. Second operand must be AX or AL only. See also "traffic_lights.asm" in Samples.
If required you can read the data from port using IN instruction, for example:
I/O ports
IN AX, 4 First operand of IN instruction (AX) receives the value from port, second operand (4) is a port number. First operand must be AX or AL only. Second operand must be an immediate byte value (0..255) or DX register.
Stepper Motor - Port 7 (byte) The Stepper Motor is controlled by sending data to I/O Port 7. Stepper Motor is electric motor that can be precisely controlled by signals from a computer. The motor turns through a precise angle each time it receives a signal. By varying the rate at which signal pulses are produced, the motor can be run at different speeds or turned through an exact angle and then stopped. This is a basic 3-phase stepper motor, it has 3 magnets controlled by bits 0, 1 and 2. Other bits (3..7) are unused. When magnet is working it becomes red. The arrow in the left upper corner shows the direction of the last motor move. Green line is here just to see that it is really rotating.
For example, the code below will do three clock-wise half-steps: MOV AL, 001b ; initialize. OUT 7, AL
I/O ports
MOV AL, 011b ; half step 1. OUT 7, AL MOV AL, 010b ; half step 2. OUT 7, AL MOV AL, 110b ; half step 3. OUT 7, AL If you ever played with magnets you will understand how it works. Try experimenting, or see "stepper_motor.asm" in Samples. If required you can read the data from port using IN instruction, for example: IN AL, 7
Robot - Port 9 (3 bytes)
I/O ports
The Robot is controlled by sending data to I/O Port 9. First byte (Port 9) is a Command Register. Set values to this port to make robot do something. Supported values: Decimal Value 0 1 2 3 Binary Value 00000000 00000001 00000010 00000011 Action Do nothing. Move Forward. Turn Left. Turn Right. Examine. Examines an object in front using sensor. When robot completes the task, result is set to Data Register and Bit #0 of Status Register is set to 1. Switch On a Lamp. Switch Off a Lamp.
00000100
5 6
00000101 00000110
Second byte (Port 10) is a Data Register. This register is set after robot completes the Examine command: Decimal Value 255 0 7 8 Binary Value 11111111 00000000 00000111 00001000 Meaning Wall Nothing Switched-On Lamp Switched-Off Lamp
Third byte (Port 11) is a Status Register. Read values from this port to determine the state of the robot. Each bit has a specific property:
I/O ports
Bit Number Bit #0
Description zero when there is no new data in Data Register, one when there is new data in Data Register. zero when robot is ready for next command, one when robot is busy doing some task. zero when there is no error on last command execution, one when there is an error on command execution (when robot cannot complete the task: move, turn, examine, switch on/off lamp).
Bit #1
Bit #2
Example: MOV AL, 1 ; move forward. OUT 9, AL ; MOV AL, 3 ; turn right. OUT 9, AL ; MOV AL, 1 ; move forward. OUT 9, AL ; MOV AL, 2 ; turn left. OUT 9, AL ; MOV AL, 1 ; move forward. OUT 9, AL ; Keep in mind that robot is a mechanical creature and it takes some time for it to complete a task. You should always check bit#1 of Status Register before sending data to Port 9, otherwise the robot will reject your command and "BUSY!" will be shown. See "robot.asm" in Samples.
Creating Custom Robot World Map You can create any map for the robot using the tool box.
I/O ports
If you choose robot and place it over existing robot it will turn 90 degrees counter-clock-wise. To manually move the robot just place it anywhere else on the map. If you choose lamp and place it over switched-on lamp the lamp will become switched-off, if lamp is already switched-off it will be deleted. Placing wall over existing wall will delete it. Current version is limited to a single robot only. If you forget to place a robot on the map it will be placed in some random coordinates. The map is automatically saved on exit. Right-click the map to get a popup menu that allows to Switch-Off/On all Lamps.

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Where to start? Tutorials Emu8086 reference Complete 8086 instruction set
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; This sample shows how ; to use CMPSW instruction ; to compare strings. #make_COM# ; COM file is loaded at 100h ; prefix: ORG 100h ; set forward direction: CLD ; load source into DS:SI, ; load target into ES:DI: MOV AX, CS MOV DS, AX MOV ES, AX LEA si, dat1 LEA di, dat2 ; set counter to data length: MOV CX, 4 ; compare until equal: REPE CMPSW JNZ not_equal ; "Yes" - equal! MOV AL, 'Y' MOV AH, 0Eh INT 10h JMP not_equal: ; "No" - not equal! MOV AL, 'N' MOV AH, 0Eh INT 10h exit_here
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exit_here: RET ; data: dat1 DW 1234h, 5678h, 9012h, 3456h dat2 DW 1234h, 5678h, 9012h, 3456h END
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; This sample shows how ; to use CMPSB instruction ; to compare strings. #make_COM# ; COM file is loaded at 100h ; prefix: ORG 100h ; set forward direction: CLD ; load source into DS:SI, ; load target into ES:DI: MOV AX, CS MOV DS, AX MOV ES, AX LEA si, str1 LEA di, str2 ; set counter to string length: MOV CX, 11 ; compare until equal: REPE CMPSB JNZ not_equal ; "Yes" - equal! MOV AL, 'Y' MOV AH, 0Eh INT 10h JMP not_equal: ; "No" - not equal! MOV AL, 'N' MOV AH, 0Eh INT 10h exit_here
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exit_here: RET ; data: str1 db 'Test string' str2 db 'Test string' END
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Where to start? Tutorials Emu8086 reference Complete 8086 instruction set

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Reference for Emu8086

Complete 8086 instruction set

JAE JB JBE JC JCXZ JE JG JGE JL JLE JMP JNA JNAE JNB

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else AAA No operands

Example: MOV AL, 15 ; AL = 0Fh AAM ; AH = 01, AL = 05 RET C Z S O P A

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else AAS No operands

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Convert byte into word. Algorithm: if high bit of AL = 1 then:

Clear Carry flag. Algorithm: CLC No operands CF = 0 C 0

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Complement Carry flag. Inverts value of CF. Algorithm: if CF = 1 then CF = 0 if CF = 0 then CF = 1

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Compare bytes: ES:[DI] from DS:[SI]. Algorithm:

Example: see cmpsb.asm in Samples. C Z S O P A r r r r r r

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Compare words: ES:[DI] from DS:[SI]. Algorithm:

Example: see cmpsw.asm in Samples. C Z S O P A r r r r r r

Convert Word to Double word. Algorithm: if high bit of AX = 1 then:

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if AL > 9Fh or CF = 1 then: DAA No operands

Example: MOV AL, 0Fh ; AL = 0Fh (15) DAA ; AL = 15h RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r

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if AL > 9Fh or CF = 1 then: DAS No operands

Example: MOV AL, 0FFh ; AL = 0FFh (-1) DAS ; AL = 99h, CF = 1 RET C Z S O P A r r r r r r

Halt the System. Example: MOV AX, 5 HLT C Z S O P A unchanged

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Interrupt Return. Algorithm: Pop from stack: r IP r CS r flags register C Z S O P A popped

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label1: PRINT 'CX is zero.' exit: RET C Z S O P A unchanged

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