Re: [Freedos-user] Microsoft 8086 Assembler
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 07:30:46PM -0500, Marv wrote: > I installed MASM before I realized there are a couple of assemblers listed > on the FreeDos software page. The Flat Assembler seems especially well > supported. Is anyone here familiar with FASM? MASM is probably overkill for > my purpose and like many other Microsoft products, their support for it is > mainly reference material for experienced programmers. You can try lightweight, freeware and simple NBASM: http://www.fysnet.net/newbasic.htm I bet it's more than enough -- regards, Zbigniew ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Microsoft 8086 Assembler
Any assembler included with FreeDOS will work perfectly for your use case. Personally between fasm and nasm I have a slight preference for nasm because it has clear and extensive documentation including examples on how to create 16-bit code for DOS: https://www.nasm.us/docs.php Il giorno mar 22 dic 2020 alle ore 01:31 Marv ha scritto: > The other day I decided to do some experimenting with the parallel port on > my FreeDos machine, so I built an adapter with 8 LEDs connected to the > output bits. It didn’t take too long to figure out how to turn the LEDs > on/off using QBASIC. > > But I wanted to get a little closer to machine level control over the > port. I decided to go with Microsoft’s MASM 6.11. Apparently, it was the > last version that ran on MS-DOS. I liked the fact that it came with a lot > of reference documentation. > > I did install it on my FreeDos 1.3 machine and get it working. I’ve been > able to turn the parallel port bits on and off, etc. > > I installed MASM before I realized there are a couple of assemblers listed > on the FreeDos software page. The Flat Assembler seems especially well > supported. Is anyone here familiar with FASM? MASM is probably overkill for > my purpose and like many other Microsoft products, their support for it is > mainly reference material for experienced programmers. > > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/fasm.html > > > > -- > It's all fun and games until someone divides by zero. > > ___ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
[Freedos-user] Microsoft 8086 Assembler
The other day I decided to do some experimenting with the parallel port on my FreeDos machine, so I built an adapter with 8 LEDs connected to the output bits. It didn’t take too long to figure out how to turn the LEDs on/off using QBASIC. But I wanted to get a little closer to machine level control over the port. I decided to go with Microsoft’s MASM 6.11. Apparently, it was the last version that ran on MS-DOS. I liked the fact that it came with a lot of reference documentation. I did install it on my FreeDos 1.3 machine and get it working. I’ve been able to turn the parallel port bits on and off, etc. I installed MASM before I realized there are a couple of assemblers listed on the FreeDos software page. The Flat Assembler seems especially well supported. Is anyone here familiar with FASM? MASM is probably overkill for my purpose and like many other Microsoft products, their support for it is mainly reference material for experienced programmers. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/fasm.html -- It's all fun and games until someone divides by zero. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
