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1994-11-15
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;**************************** TEMPLATE.ASM **********************************
PAGE 66,132
comment
TEMPLATE.ASM
------------
Purpose:
--------
TEMPLATE.ASM is a skeleton assembly language program which
can be used as the basis to start a new program.
Using TEMPLATE.ASM
------------------
The setup in TEMPLATE should work for most programs without using
alot of memory. If no floating point variables are used then
some memory can be saved by modifying the call to library_open
to specify zero floating variables. Next, add code to the
area of TEMPLATE.ASM which indicates the main body of the program
goes here.
TEMPLATE.ASM was tested with MASM and OPTASM, but any assembler
should work.
Compiling
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The following commands can be used to compile TEMPLATE and
create TEMPLATE.EXE:
masm TEMPLATE;
link TEMPLATE,TEMPLATE,,alib.lib;
; Sample template for creating programs using ALIB.LIB
;
include mac.inc
include common.inc
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
extrn library_setup:far
extrn library_terminate:far
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
code segment para public 'CODE'
assume cs:code, ds:code
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
pspseg dw 0 ;Program Segment Prefix
dw 200 dup (0) ;stack
stack_ dw 0
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
start:
cli
mov cs:pspseg,es ;save PSP segment
mov ax,cs ;get CODE segment
mov ss,ax
mov ds,ax
mov es,ax
mov sp,offset stack_
sti
; next, release memory beyond the end of the program
; The definition for ZSEG marks the
; end of the program's code, data and stack area.
; When linking be sure ZSEG is at the end of the program.
mov ax,zseg
mov bx,cs:pspseg ;
mov es,bx
sub bx,ax
neg bx ; size of program in paragraphs
mov ah,4Ah ; resize memory block
int 21h
mov ax,cs
mov es,ax
;
; check if enough memory free to run program
;
mov ax,pspseg ;pass psp segment to setup
mov bx,8 ;number of floating point variables
call library_setup
cmp ax,128 ;check if 128k of memory is available
jae got_enough_mem ;jmp if 128k of memory avail
;
; If you want to have a small program, replace the following error_handler
; call with your own error display. The error_handler is a real memory
; hog.
;
; mov al,7
; mov ah,fatal_return
; call lib_error_handler
; jmp exit2
got_enough_mem:
; prevent an unintended program crash; trap Ctrl+Break, Ctrl+C and
; Ctrl+Alt+Del key combinations
; call BREAK_KEY_INTERCEPT ;optional
; add main body of program here ............
; normal program exit
;
exit1:
;
; de-activate the Ctrl+Break trap
; call BREAK_KEY_RESTORE ;needed only if BREAK_KEY_INTERCEPT called
exit2: mov ax,0
call library_terminate
mov ax,4C00h
int 21h
;------------------------
code ends
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------
;
; This segment definition is needed so linker will put the LIBSEG here
; before the ZSEG. We want ZSEG to be last so memory allocation will
; work correctly.
;
LIBSEG segment byte public 'LIB'
LIBSEG ENDS
;-------------------------------------------------------------------------
; zseg must be at the end of the program for memory allocation from
; DOS.
;
zseg segment para public 'ZZ'
zseg ends
end start