Abel has designed the text to serve as both tutorialand reference, covering a full range of programminglevels so as to learn assembly language programming.Coverage starts from scratch, discussing the simpleraspects of the hardware and the language, thenintroduces technical details and instructions as theyare needed.
Preface.
Part A.FUNDAMENTALS OF PC HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE.
1.Basic Features of PC Hardware.
2.Intruction Addressing and Execution.
3.Examining Computer Memory and Executing Instructions.
Part B.FUNDAMENTALS OF ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE.
4.Requirements for Coding in Assembly Language.
5.Assembling, Linking, and Executing a Programs.
6.Symbolic Instructions and Addressing.
7.Program Logic and Control.
Part C.VIDEO AND KEYBOARD OPERATIONS.
8.Introduction to Video and Keyboard Processing.
9.Video Systems.
10.Keyboard Operations.
Part D.DATA MANIPULATION.
11.Processing String Data.
12.Arithmetic I: Processing Binary Data.
13.Arithmetic II: Processing ASCII and BCD Data.
14.Defining and Processing Tables.
Part E.ADVANCED INPUT/OUTPUT.
15.Facilities for Using the Mouse.
16.Disk Storage I: Organization.
17.Disk Storage II: Writing and Reading Files.
18.Disk Storage III: INT 21H Functions forSupporting Disks and Files.
19.Disk Storage IV: INT 13H Disk Functions.
20.Facilities for Printing.
Part F.SPECIAL TOPICS.
21.Defining and Using Macros.
22.Linking to Subprograms.
23.Program Loading and Overlays.
Part G.REFERENCE CHAPTERS.
24.BIOS Data Areas, Interrupts, and Ports.
25.Operators and Directives.
26.The PC Instruction Set.
APPENDICES
A.Conversion between Hexadecimal and Decimal Numbers.
B.ASCII Character Codes.
C.The DEBUG Program.
D.Reserved Words.
E.Assembling and Linking Programs.
F.Keyboard Scan Codes and ASCII Codes.
Index.
