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1983-08-24
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TITLE SWPTR - SWAP LPT1: AND LPT2: POINTERS
COMMENT \
COPYRIGHT 1983 by Thomas M. Rowlett
11296 Windsor Court
Ijamsville, Maryland 21754
(301) 831-9382
This program exchanges the printer addresses for LPT1: and
LPT2: in the BIOS Data Area (see page 3-7 of the IBM
Personal Computer Technical Reference Manual for further
information).
This program is made available to all members of the Capital
PC Users Group for their own personal use and not for resale
in any manner. The program may be modified and distributed
but it is requested that the original copyright remain in the
program.
\
;
INTPTR MACRO PTRID ;Call to DOS to initialize the printer
XOR DX,DX ;Clear DX register
MOV DX,PTRID-1 ;Setup printer ID in register DX
MOV AH,01H ;Set high-order byte of accumulator to
; initialize the printer specified by DX
INT 17H ;printer interrupt call to BIOS in ROM
;
ENDM
;
PRINT MACRO MESSAGE
MOV DX,OFFSET MESSAGE ;pointer to message
MOV AH,09H ;set screen function
INT 21H ;go to DOS
;
ENDM
;
DATA SEGMENT AT 40H
RS232 DW 4 DUP (?) ;ADDRESSES OF RS-232 POINTERS
LPT1 DW ? ;ADDRESS OF LPT1: POINTER
LPT2 DW ? ;ADDRESS OF LPT2: POINTER
DATA ENDS
SUBTTL MAIN PROGRAM SECTION
PAGE
CSEG SEGMENT PARA PUBLIC 'CODE'
START PROC FAR
ASSUME CS:CSEG,DS:CSEG,ES:DATA
ORG 5DH ;ESTABLISH ADDRESS TO GET INPUT PARMS
PARM DB ? ;PARM TO INSPECT SETTING
ORG 100H ;BEGIN CODING SECTION
BEGIN: MOV AX,DATA ;INITIALIZE 'ES' REGISTER
MOV ES,AX
;
PRINT MSG1 ;PRINT INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE/HEADER
MOV AL,PARM ;GET INPUT PARAMETER
CMP AL,'I' ;TEST FOR INSPECT
JNE SWAPTM ;GO TO SWAP THE POINTERS
PRINT MSG5 ;PRINT INSPECT TITLE
CALL PTMSG2 ;GO PRINT POINTER VALUES
PRINT INSPMSG ;ALL DONE - Print inspect end message
INT 20H ;Return to DOS
;
SWAPTM: PRINT MSG3 ;Print 'before -' on screen
CALL PTMSG2 ;DISPLAY BEGINNIG STATUS OF POINTERS
;
; SWAP POINTERS
;
MOV DX,LPT1 ;move pointer for LPT1: to DX register
MOV AX,LPT2 ;move pointer for LPT2: to AX register
MOV LPT1,AX ;move old LPT2: pointer to LPT1: pointer
MOV LPT2,DX ;move old LPT1: pointer to LPT2: pointer
;
OR AX,AX ;TEST FOR LPT1: PRESENT
JZ SWPT01 ;BYPASS INITIALIZATION IF NOT PRESENT
INTPTR 1 ;INITIALIZE printer LPT1:
SWPT01: MOV AX,LPT2 ;TEST FOR LPT2: PRESENT
JZ SWPT02 ;BYPASS INITIALIZATION IF NOT PRESENT
INTPTR 2 ;Initialize printer LPT2:
SWPT02: PRINT MSG4 ;Print 'after -' on screen
CALL PTMSG2 ;DISPLAY RESULT OF SWAP
PRINT ENDMSG ;DISPLAY SALUTATION
;
;
EXIT: INT 20H ;RETURN TO DOS
;
;
PTMSG2 PROC NEAR
;
; SUBROUTINE TO PRINT STATUS OF POINTERS
;
MOV BX,LPT1
MOV AL,BH ;CONVERT HIGH-ORDER BYTE OF LPT1:
CALL HEXCHAR
MOV PL1,AX
MOV AL,BL ;CONVERT LOW-ORDER BYTE OF LPT1:
CALL HEXCHAR
MOV PL2,AX
MOV BX,LPT2
MOV AL,BH ;CONVERT HIGH-ORDER BYTE OF LPT2:
CALL HEXCHAR
MOV PL3,AX
MOV AL,BL ;CONVERT LOW-ORDER BYTE OF LPT2:
CALL HEXCHAR
MOV PL4,AX
PRINT MSG2 ;PRINT ADDRESSES TO DISPLAY
RET
PTMSG2 ENDP
;
;
HEXCHAR PROC NEAR
;
; SUBROUTINE TO CONVERT ONE BYTE TO 2 HEX CHARACTERS
; Characters are returned in AX register in reverse order so that
; a MOV x,AX will store the characters in their proper order in 'x'
;
XOR AH,AH ;Clear work register (high-order byte)
CALL HXBYTE ;Convert first four bits to hex char and
; store in AH
MOV DH,AH ;Save high-order character in DH
; temporarily
XOR AH,AH ;Clear AH again
CALL HXBYTE ;Convert low-order four bits and
; save in AH
MOV AL,DH ;move high-order character back
; into low-order of AX
RET ;return with AX set LLHH
HEXCHAR ENDP
;
;
HXBYTE PROC NEAR
;
; SUBROUTINE TO CONVERT HEX CHAR IN AL TO DISPLAY HEX IN AH
;
MOV CL,04H ;set shift count register
SHL AX,CL ; shift ax left 4 bits or positions
OR AH,30H ; make it an ASCII number (e.g. 30 - 3F)
CMP AH,3AH ;check for less than a hex 3A
JB HXCEX ;it is -- get out
ADD AH,07H ;make it an ASCII 'A' to 'F' then
HXCEX: RET ;exit
HXBYTE ENDP
;
;
MSG1: DB 'SWAP LPT1: AND LPT2: ADDRESS POINTERS IN BIOS DATA AREA'
DB 13,10,10
DB ' LPT1: LPT2:',13,10,'$'
MSG2 DB ' '
PL1: DW 'XX'
PL2: DW 'XX'
DB ' '
PL3: DW 'XX'
PL4: DW 'XX'
DB 13,10,'$'
MSG3: DB 'Before - ','$'
MSG4: DB 'After - ','$'
MSG5: DB 'Inspect ','$'
ENDMSG DB 10,'LPT1: and LPT2: POINTERS SWAPPED',13,10,'$'
INSPMSG DB 10,'$'
START ENDP
CSEG ENDS
END BEGIN