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The document outlines a lab exercise for CS401, focusing on writing a program to transfer a student's name between two computers using a serial port. It includes assembly language code for clearing the screen, handling serial communication, and displaying characters on the second computer's command prompt. Additionally, it provides instructions for conducting the lab via Skype/Adobe Connect and links to necessary software tools.

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CS401LabExerciseWeek14

The document outlines a lab exercise for CS401, focusing on writing a program to transfer a student's name between two computers using a serial port. It includes assembly language code for clearing the screen, handling serial communication, and displaying characters on the second computer's command prompt. Additionally, it provides instructions for conducting the lab via Skype/Adobe Connect and links to necessary software tools.

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CS401 – Computer Architecture & Assembly Language Programming

Lab Exercise – Week 14


Lab 14: Write a program that will transfer Student name to another Computer using serial port.
You will type on your name on command prompt of one computer and it will be displayed on 2nd
computer’s command prompt.

[org 0x0100]

jmp start

screenpos: dw 0 ; where to display next character

; subroutine to clear the screen

clrscr: push es

push ax

push cx

push di

mov ax, 0xb800

mov es, ax ; point es to video base

xor di, di ; point di to top left column

mov ax, 0x0720 ; space char in normal attribute

mov cx, 2000 ; number of screen locations

cld ; auto increment mode

rep stosw ; clear the whole screen

pop di

pop cx

pop ax

pop es

ret

serial: push ax

push bx
push dx

push es

mov dx, 0x3FA ; interrupt identification register

in al, dx ; read register

and al, 0x0F ; leave lowerniblle only

cmp al, 4 ; is receiver data available

jne skipall ; no, leave interrupt handler

mov dx, 0x3F8 ; data register

in al, dx ; read character

mov dx, 0xB800

mov es, dx ; point es to video memory

mov bx, [cs:screenpos] ; get current screen position

mov [es:bx], al ; write character on screen

add word [cs:screenpos], 2 ; update screen position

cmp word [cs:screenpos], 4000 ; is the screen full

jne skipall ; no, leave interrupt handler

call clrscr ; clear the screen

mov word [cs:screenpos], 0 ; reset screen position

skipall: mov al, 0x20

out 0x20, al ; end of interrupt

pop es

pop dx

pop bx

pop ax

iret

start: call clrscr ; clear the screen

mov ah, 0 ; initialize port service


mov al, 0xE3 ; line settings = 9600, 8, N, 1

xor dx, dx ; port = COM1

int 0x14 ; BIOS serial port services

xor ax, ax

mov es, ax ; point es to IVT base

mov word [es:0x0C*4], serial

mov [es:0x0C*4+2], cs ; hook serial port interrupt

mov dx, 0x3FC ; modem control register

in al, dx ; read register

or al, 8 ; enable bit 3 (OUT2)

out dx, al ; write back to register

mov dx, 0x3F9 ; interrupt enable register

in al, dx ; read register

or al, 1 ; receiver data interrupt enable

out dx, al ; write back to register

in al, 0x21 ; read interrupt mask register

and al, 0xEF ; enable IRQ 4

out 0x21, al ; write back to register

main: mov ah, 0 ; read key service

int 0x16 ; BIOS keybaord services

push ax ; save key for later use

retest: mov ah, 3 ; get line status

xor dx, dx ; port = COM1

int 0x14 ; BIOS keyboard services

and ah, 32 ; trasmitter holding register empty

jz retest ; no, test again

pop ax ; load saved key


mov dx, 0x3F8 ; data port

out dx, al ; send on serial port

jmp main

Mechanism to Conduct Lab:

Students and teacher communicate through Skype/Adobe Connect. Students will write code
using Notepad or Programmer’s Notepad and will share code and screen output.

NASM: https://vulms.vu.edu.pk/Courses/CS401/Downloads/AssmSoft.zip

DOSBox: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/files/dosbox/0.74-2/DOSBox0.74-2-win32-
installer.exe/download

Programmers Notepad: https://github.com/simonsteele/pn/releases/download/v2.4.2/portable-


pn2421440.zip

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