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Information about “PC ASSEMBLER HELPER & TUTOR #1 (& 2338)”
The PC ASSEMBLER TUTOR is an assembler tutorial that covers all 8086
instructions. Starting with the simplest instructions, it works its
way through the whole instruction set. TUTOR also covers details of
the hardware involved with the 8086.
The PC ASSEMBLER HELPER (ASMHELP.OBJ) is an object file which does I/O
for assembler-level routines. It also displays the 8086 registers and
flags, if desired, and allows each arithmetic register to be
independently formatted.
The intended users are people who are already competent programmers in
a high-level language and either are just starting to learn assembler,
or know fewer than 60% of the assembler mnemonics and want to learn
more. TUTOR assumes that the user has a general knowledge of the DOS
commands, subdirectory structure, and pathnames. It is also helpful if
the user has already linked object modules to form an executable file.
This is the only manual on the market that systematically covers the
assembler mnemonics system, allows easy input and output of data at the
assembler level, and allows you to see the arithmetic registers in the
way they are being used.
FILE2337.TXT
Disk No: 2337
Disk Title: PC Assembler Helper & Tutor #1 (2338)
PC-SIG Version: S1
Program Title: The PC Assembler Help & Tutor
Author Registration: None
Special Requirements: None.
The PC Assembler Tutor is an assembler tutorial that covers all 8086
instructions. It starts with the simplest instructions and works its way
through the whole instruction set. It also covers details of the
hardware involved with the 8086.
The PC Assembler Helper (ASMHELP.OBJ) is an object file which does i/o
for assembler level routines. It also displays the 8086 registers and
flags (if desired) and allows each arithmetic register to be
independently formatted.
The intended users are people who already are competent programmers in a
high-level language and either are just starting to learn assembler or
know fewer than 2/3 of the assembler mnemonics and want to learn more
about assembler. The Tutor assumes that the user has a general knowledge
of the DOS commands, subdirectory structure and pathnames. It is helpful
if the user has already linked object modules to form an executable
file.
This is the only manual on the market which:
~ covers the assembler mnemonics systematically and thoroughly.
~ allows easy input and output of data at the assembler level.
~ allows you to see the arithmetic registers in the way they are being
used.
PC-SIG
1030D East Duane Avenue
Sunnyvale Ca. 94086
(408) 730-9291
(c) Copyright 1989 PC-SIG, Inc.
GO.TXT
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║ <<<< PC-SIG #2337 PC ASSEMBLER HELPER & TUTOR #1 >>>> ║
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║ To read author's introductory note, type: TYPE PCREADME.DOC (Enter) ║
║ ║
║ To access author's installation instructions from the program drive, ║
║ type: CD PCTUTOR (press Enter) ║
║ DIR (press Enter) ║
║ COPY UNPACK.DOC PRN (press Enter) ║
║ ║
║ ║
║ (c) Copyright 1990, PC-SIG Inc. ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
UNPACK.DOC
This subdirectory contains compressed files which make up disk1,
disk2 and disk3 of The PC Assembler Tutor. It no longer fits on 3
disks so it is divided into 4 disks. Disk4 is included in this
directory if you received this on a high-density disk. Otherwise
it is on a separate disk.
These files are self-extracting. You enter the name of a file on
the command line, just as you would the name of a program.
>disk1-A
The program will start and unpack all the files into the current
directory. Before starting, these programs will prompt you to
make sure that you want to continue. Press N if you don't want to
go on.
Disk1 is divided into two parts: DISK1-A and DISK1-B. This is so
that DISK1-A, which contains the i/o interface program for the
Tutor, may be electronically transmitted. You need to unpack both
DISK1-A.COM and DISK1-B.EXE into the current directory and then
run DISK1MAK.BAT (which is in DISK1-B.EXE). It is a batch file
which will create subdirectories and put all the files in their
proper subdirectories.
In order to use DISK1MAK.BAT, you need to put an empty, formatted
DSDD (or larger) disk in a drive and give the batch file the name
of the drive:
>disk1mak a:
disk1mak will copy the files from the current directory to the
specified drive. You must give a drive specification.
Disks 2, 3 (and 4) need no subdirectories. They are the chapters
of the Tutor. You may unpack them directly to floppy disk. Just
use an empty formatted disk and make the floppy disk drive the
current directory.
The list of all files is in FILELIST.DOC which is in the
\COMMENTS subdirectory of disk1. You start doing the Tutor by
reading INTRO1.DOC and INTRO2.DOC and then doing the chapters
starting with chapter 0.
UNPACK.DOC
This subdirectory contains compressed files which make up disk1,
disk2 and disk3 of The PC Assembler Tutor. It no longer fits on 3
disks so it is divided into 4 disks. Disk4 is included in this
directory if you received this on a high-density disk. Otherwise
it is on a separate disk.
These files are self-extracting. You enter the name of a file on
the command line, just as you would the name of a program.
>disk1-A
The program will start and unpack all the files into the current
directory. Before starting, these programs will prompt you to
make sure that you want to continue. Press N if you don't want to
go on.
Disk1 is divided into two parts: DISK1-A and DISK1-B. This is so
that DISK1-A, which contains the i/o interface program for the
Tutor, may be electronically transmitted. You need to unpack both
DISK1-A.COM and DISK1-B.EXE into the current directory and then
run DISK1MAK.BAT (which is in DISK1-B.EXE). It is a batch file
which will create subdirectories and put all the files in their
proper subdirectories.
In order to use DISK1MAK.BAT, you need to put an empty, formatted
DSDD (or larger) disk in a drive and give the batch file the name
of the drive:
>disk1mak a:
disk1mak will copy the files from the current directory to the
specified drive. You must give a drive specification.
Disks 2, 3 (and 4) need no subdirectories. They are the chapters
of the Tutor. You may unpack them directly to floppy disk. Just
use an empty formatted disk and make the floppy disk drive the
current directory.
The list of all files is in FILELIST.DOC which is in the
\COMMENTS subdirectory of disk1. You start doing the Tutor by
reading INTRO1.DOC and INTRO2.DOC and then doing the chapters
starting with chapter 0.
Directory of PC-SIG Library Disk #2337
Volume in drive A has no label
Directory of A:\
PCREADME DOC 1369 8-12-90 8:33a
GO BAT 36 10-05-90 1:52a
GO TXT 1034 10-05-90 2:10a
FILE2337 TXT 3183 10-05-90 12:39p
PCTUTOR <DIR>
5 file(s) 5622 bytes
Directory of A:\PCTUTOR
. <DIR>
.. <DIR>
UNPACK DOC 2213 8-13-90 7:01p
DISK1-A COM 25872 8-13-90 11:36a
DISK1-B EXE 76299 8-13-90 6:39p
DISK2 EXE 110530 8-12-90 10:36p
DISK3 EXE 96348 8-11-90 7:38p
7 file(s) 311262 bytes
Total files listed:
12 file(s) 316884 bytes
37888 bytes free