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xidevel



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xidevel 14 Jan 2013, 14:02
After having been successful in MBR coding: program displayed ASCII which I typed (minimalistic editor) - I decided to improve it. Not only it shows the input, but also it should execute the sequence:
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00000000  BB0000            mov bx,0x0 ; bx=0 (for the line #14) as BIOS haven't cleaned BX
00000003  31C0              xor ax,ax
00000005  CD16              int 0x16 ; how many times you reiterate symbol-input
00000007  B400              mov ah,0x0 ; preparing ax for one-byte XCHG (remove received):
00000009  2C30              sub al,0x30 ; key scancode from ah (=0) & al=ascii-30=num
0000000B  91                xchg ax,cx ; actual direct number to loop count
0000000C  6800B8            push word 0xb800
0000000F  1F                pop ds
00000010  31C0              xor ax,ax
00000012  CD16              int 0x16
00000014  8807              mov [bx],al ;after input ASCII-part you see on screen
00000016  2E88063200        mov [cs:0x32],al ; GOTO after main body in CS:
0000001B  43                inc bx
0000001C  43                inc bx ;1 symbol=2 bytes --> cycle bx X 2
0000001D  E2F1              loop 0x10 
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;now after loop newly written code should run
    


The program is in CS code. That is why I used 2E (CS segment prefix) to write directly after main program body. As the program is 31 byte long, and I'm not sure I know how to use [IP] with the relative addressing then mov [cs:0x32],al - is the best solution. I input Alt+keypad EA0000FFFF (reboot)=alt.. 234 0 0 255 255 . (0 and 255 are not showing at all nor even an empty space).

Program doesn't work.

Whichever combination of instructions I used the program seems to behave the same, showing glitches on screen.

Before there also was not working example of the program, as I used jmp to execute videobuffer: EA0000B800 jmp word 0xb8:0000. But as it is interlaced (next but one/every second byte) - it seems it can't execute consecutive instructions.

It was just one of reasons I put interted symbols right after the programs body.
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shutdownall



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shutdownall 14 Jan 2013, 14:30
Is the stack (SS / SP) initialized ?
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SeproMan



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SeproMan 15 Jan 2013, 13:27
xidevel,

You are putting every byte of code at the same address!
Use an extra index register like "mov [cs:0x32+di],al"
Also make sure the 32nd byte is a "nop" instruction.

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SeproMan



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SeproMan 15 Jan 2013, 13:46
xidevel,

You wrote: "Before there also was not working example of the program, as I used jmp to execute videobuffer: EA0000B800 jmp word 0xb8:0000."
This might still work considering the output on the text screen will not be readable anyway. Just "inc bx" only once.
Please note that the jump is actually to 0xB800:0000.

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