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maton1200



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maton1200 08 Oct 2010, 15:05
Hi.

I'm newbie in X86 windows assembly programming, i have never programmed in assembly language for PCs, but i used to program PIC microcontrollers long ago, so i decided to give a try to X86 / X86-64 assembly for windows using FASM.

i've been reading online manuals and i think this is an alternative to .COM a hello world application :


org 100h
use16
ret
mov ah, 09h
SAY db 'hello_world'
mov dx,SAY
int 21h


However when I run this from CMD, nothing happens .

According to some info around the internet the INT 21h executes several functions depending on AH's value.

but why my code is not working?.

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DJ Mauretto



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DJ Mauretto 08 Oct 2010, 15:14
Hello........
Code:

org 100h
use16

   mov     ax,0003h
    int     10h

     mov     ah, 09h
     mov     dx,SAY
      int     21h 

    xor     ax,ax
       int     16h

     ret

SAY db 'hello_world',24h

    

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LocoDelAssembly
Your code has a bug


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LocoDelAssembly 08 Oct 2010, 15:14
You need a 16- or 32-bit OS. However, the most likely problem by which your program didn't do anything was just because the very first instruction is RET (i.e. return).

The proper way is this:
Code:
mov ah, 09h
mov dx,SAY
int 21h
int 20h ; Use this to exit program instead of plain RET for COM files

; x86 is not Harvard arquitecture, therefore you must be careful not to put data in places where it could get executed.
; Placing data just after an unconditional branch (like Int 20h above) is enough
SAY db 'hello_world'    
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maton1200



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maton1200 08 Oct 2010, 16:24
@DJ Mauretto : thanks, those interrupts are very helpful, but why do you put 24h at the end of text?.

@locodelassembly: thanks but your code compiles as .BIN and it runs weird after I rename it to .COM, weird smileys show up onscreen
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DJ Mauretto 08 Oct 2010, 16:28
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thanks, those interrupts are very helpful, but why do you put 24h at the end of text?.

Dos function use 24h or '$' as end of string Rolling Eyes

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LocoDelAssembly
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LocoDelAssembly 08 Oct 2010, 18:10
maton1200, sorry, I stripped the "org 100h" by accident, it should be the first thing in the source. And the wierd stuff is because I forgot to terminate the string with the dollar sign as DJ Mauretto mentions.
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maton1200



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maton1200 11 Oct 2010, 02:50
Thanks.

I'm trying to run my app in Windows 7 ultimate X64 command line but i get this message.

"This version of ( my app) is not compatible with the version of Windows you are running. Check your computer.." etc.

I dont know if the interrupts are not valid in 64 bit OS.

Any ideas?

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Tyler 11 Oct 2010, 02:59
NTVDM was removed from x64 Windows. You have to either run it in a DOS emulator, like DOSBox or DOSEmu, or rewrite it as 32 or 64 bit. The interrupts will not work as you want in 32 and 64bit mode, you will have to use some kind of API like WinAPI or libc.

Alternatively, if your processor supports hardware based vitalisation, you can install XP Mode, which is capable of running 16bit tasks.
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revolution 11 Oct 2010, 04:55
maton1200: Basically, Windows 7 64-bit does not support 16-bit programs. You need to download one of the DOS emulators or run a VM.

But perhaps a better option would be to write this as a 32-bit application:
Code:
include 'win32ax.inc'

.code

start:
 invoke  MessageBox,0,'Hello world!','Hello world!',0
    invoke  ExitProcess,0

.end start    
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maton1200



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maton1200 11 Oct 2010, 13:55
@Tyler thanks, and yes, I do have an XP VM in VMWARE player but I want my codes to be executed in W7 32 and 64 bit.

@revolution : so basically I cant assemble MS-DOS code for W7 64 bit, and all I have to do is program code compatible with Window's API which is quite similar to that code you just wrote ?.
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revolution 11 Oct 2010, 13:59
maton1200 wrote:
@revolution : so basically I cant assemble MS-DOS code for W7 64 bit, and all I have to do is program code compatible with Window's API which is quite similar to that code you just wrote ?.
You can assemble 16-bit programs. But you can't run them on 64-bit Windows 7 without some form of emulation.
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rugxulo 11 Oct 2010, 19:58
Installing and using DOSBox is extremely easy, and it works very well. But it's quite slow. It's not suitable for anything other than games and simple apps. (No compiling under it, that would be annoying even if it would, only sometimes, work.)

XP Mode doubles your HD and RAM requirements, and it's technically (legally?) only available to non-home users, e.g. Business, Enterprise, Ultimate. (Why??) But it doesn't need VT-X anymore, thankfully. At least if you're going to run 64-bit, you should have enough RAM for plenty of VMs. Wink
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