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Assembly Language Program - Part II: 1. BIOS Interrupt

This document discusses input/output interrupts in assembly language programs. It describes several BIOS interrupts for screen control including setting the cursor position and clearing the screen. It also outlines several I/O interrupts including reading a single character of input, outputting a character, outputting a string, and reading a string of input. The interrupts make function calls to manipulate the screen and handle input/output using interrupt codes and registers.

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Assembly Language Program - Part II: 1. BIOS Interrupt

This document discusses input/output interrupts in assembly language programs. It describes several BIOS interrupts for screen control including setting the cursor position and clearing the screen. It also outlines several I/O interrupts including reading a single character of input, outputting a character, outputting a string, and reading a string of input. The interrupts make function calls to manipulate the screen and handle input/output using interrupt codes and registers.

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BACS1024 Introduction to Computer Systems

Assembly Language Program - Part II


1. BIOS Interrupts
2. Input/Output Interrupts

1. BIOS Interrupt

1) Standard screen size


 Rows: 25 (Range from 0 - 24)
 Columns:80 (Range from 0 - 79)

2) Set cursor
 Function code: 02H
 Interrupt used: INT 10H
 E.g.:
MOV AH,02H ; set function (cursor)
MOV BH,00 ; set page number 0 (current page)
MOV DH, 08 ; set row 8
MOV DL,15 ; set column 15
INT 10H ; call interrupt service

3) Clear screen
 Function code: 02H
 Interrupt used: INT 10H
 E.g.:
MOV AX,0600H ; AH = 06 = set function (clear screen)
; AL= 00 = line # to scroll /
; 00 (full screen)
MOV BH,71H ; attribute (color)set page number 0
; 7 = white background &
; 1 = blue foreground
MOV CX,0000H ; set start row:column
; = upper left row:column
MOV DX,174FH ; set start row:column
; = lower right row:column
INT 10H ; call interrupt service

2. I/O Interrupts

1) Input byte
 Function code: 01H
 Interrupt used: INT 21H
 E.g.:
MOV AH,01H ; request input char
; input char to be stored in AL
INT 21H ; call interrupt service

2) Input byte (for password)


 Function code: 07H
 Interrupt used: INT 21H

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 E.g.:
MOV AH,07H ; request input char
; input char to be stored in AL
INT 21H ; call interrupt service

3) Output byte
 Function code: 02H
 Interrupt used: INT 21H
 E.g.:
MOV AH,02H ; request display char
MOV DL,61H ; char to display 61h = ASCII “a”
INT 21H ; call interrupt service

4) Newline & carriage return


 Function code: 02H
 Interrupt used: INT 21H
 E.g.:
MOV AH,02H ; request display char
MOV DL,0DH ; carriage return
INT 21H ; call interrupt service
MOV DL,0AH ; Line feed
INT 21H ; call interrupt service

5) Output string
 Function code: 09H
 Interrupt used: INT 21H
 E.g.:
.DATA
Msg DB “Hello world!$” ; define data item / variable
.CODE
MOV AH,09H ; request display string
LEA DX,Msg ; load effective / start address
INT 21H ; call interrupt service

6) Input string
 Function code: 0AH
 Interrupt used: INT 21H
 E.g.:
.DATA
ARRAY LABEL BYTE ; name
MAX DB 20 ; max length
ACT DB ? ; actual length
ARRAYDATA DB 20 DUP (‘’) ; data area
.CODE
MOV AH,0AH ; request input string
LEA DX,ARRAY ; load effective address
INT 21H ; call interrupt service

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