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Laxori666

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Laxori666 09 Mar 2004, 01:02

This is a general question, but the specific example I use is to address video memory in DOS.

So yes, es = 0A000h, and I want to move into that segment al which equals a color. In [xPos] and [yPos] I have the x and y positions which I want to use, but it doesn't let me do this:

Code:

mov byte [es: [xPos] + ( [yPos] * 320 )], al

it apparently doesn't like the [xPos] within the []. It compiles without the []'s around xpos, but that is clearly not what I want. I don't want to put in its memory address, I want to put in the value stored there... I also tried this

Code:

mov bx, [xPos]
mov cx, [yPos]
mov byte [es: bx + ( cx * 320 )], al

but it doesn't like this either. Any help on how to do this?[/code]

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Laxori Shiin, Misguided Fool

09 Mar 2004, 01:02

comrade

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comrade 09 Mar 2004, 01:31

16-bit code has many limitations:

Code:

push     0A000h
pop   es
mov       cx,[yPos]
shl        cx,6
mov     di,cx
shl    cx,2
add     di,cx
add    di,[xPos]
stosb

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09 Mar 2004, 01:31

Laxori666

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Laxori666 09 Mar 2004, 03:04

Ah, thanks a lot for that. I'd never have been able to figure that out myself, I'm still a newbie at ASM, but I understand what it's doing =).

Now I just need a random number generator... hmma...

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Laxori Shiin, Misguided Fool

09 Mar 2004, 03:04

vid
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vid 09 Mar 2004, 19:08

read fasm documentation for allowed addressing modes, i think they are there. They also differ for 16 bit code (DOS) and 32 bit code (windoze / linux).

09 Mar 2004, 19:08

asmdemon

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asmdemon 09 Mar 2004, 22:37

you need random numbers, here is a link that shows c and asm examples...
Laughing

http://www.agner.org/random/randoma.htm

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09 Mar 2004, 22:37

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