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- Public (software) Library
- Programming Library
-
- Descriptions and Compilation Copyright 1993 Nelson Ford
- Duplication, reprinting and distribution of these descriptions is restricted.
- See LICENSE.DOC in the PSL_NEWS directory for complete information
-
-
- =====Assembly Language
-
- Contents:
-
- -----DOS_ACCS: assembler routines for accessing DOS, DOS functions, etc.
- -----MACROS: assembler macros
- -----MEMORY: assembler code for TSR's, memory management, etc.
- -----COMMUNICA: assembler routines for communications
- -----DAT_TIME: date and time routines for assembler
- -----INPUT: assembler data entry routines
- -----GENERAL: various assembler routines
- -----NUMERIC: assembly source for numeric manipulation
- -----SOUNDS: assm. routines for sound generating
- -----ASM_DISM: assemblers, disassemblers, cross-assemblers
- -----TOOLS: assembler tools
- -----HUMOR
- -----TUTORS: assembly language tutorials
- -----VIDEO: assembler video routines
- -----SIMULATR: simulators for other CPUs
-
-
- -----DOS_ACCS: assembler routines for accessing DOS, DOS functions, etc.
-
- [CMOS]
- CMOS is assembler source for a program that will dump your CMOS data to disk.
- The executable is included.
-
- [FMT_CAH]
- FMT 1.0 (Hardesty, Clair Alan; $10-$25) is the assembler source code (and
- executable) for a full-fledged disk formatting utility. Features include fast
- formatting, installing the system, bypassing the "insert disk" prompt,
- redirectable output, and extensive error trapping.
-
- [CHIPS]
- Chips (Shea, Pat; $0) is assembler source for processor/coprocessor detection
- for V20, 8086, 88, 186, 286, 386 and sort of on the 486. Detects 8087, 287, 387.
-
- [CMOSTD]
- CMOSTD (Cravener, William; $0) is code for retrieving and displaying CMOS time
- and date.
-
-
- -----MACROS: assembler macros
-
- [AMACROS]
- A-Macros 2.10 (Endoh, Hortens S.; $0) is an assembler macro package for
- Microsoft's Macro Assembler MASM to write control structures easier in source
- code.
-
- [LMS]
- LMS 2.50 (Hurukawa, Satoru; $?) is a set of macros to be used with the Optasm
- assembler, by SLR Systems. By using these macro sets, you may find it easier to
- express certain conditional jumps and labelings. Some routine codes are expanded
- automatically with these macros.
-
- [8087]
- 8087.ASM - codemacros for 8087.
-
- [Assemble]
- Assemble.MAC - macro library for assemblies.
-
- [BIOS]
- BIOS data area equates and function call macros.
-
- [DOS]
- DOS equates, function call macros, and structures.
-
- [Equate.INC]
- Equate.INC - useful equates for assemblies.
-
- [GenkMacA.ASM]
- GenkMacA.ASM - library of general purpose macros.
-
- [GenlMacB.ASM]
- GenlMacB.ASM - library of general purpose macros.
-
- [Interupt.MAC]
- Interupt.MAC - macros for items that replace BIOS calls.
-
- [M8087.MAC]
- M8087.MAC - file of macros for 8087 support.
-
- [Macro.ASM]
- Macro.ASM - DOS Function call macros.
-
- [Macro.INC]
- Macro.INC - A few DOS service macros.
-
- [OneKey.ASM]
- OneKey.ASM - make your own macros.
-
- [Skeleton.ASM]
- Skeleton.ASM - skeleton for coding asm program.
-
- [Struct.MAC]
- Struct.MAC - structured control macros.
-
- [Strutest.ASM]
- Strutest.ASM - test program for structured control macros.
-
-
- -----MEMORY: assembler code for TSR's, memory management, etc.
-
- [CLOK_SH]
- Clok-SH (Hopson, Scott; $0) is the assembler source and executable for a
- TSR to display the time in a corner of the screen. In our tests, it quickly
- lost time to the system clock, but the code is of interest anyway.
-
- [INT5]
- INT5 (Giannini, Mario; $0) is assembly language source code and .COM file
- for a sample interrupt handler and TSR.
-
- [TSRTest]
- TSRTest (Thompson, Gary; $0) is assembler source code for a small TSR,
- meant to illustrate how to write TSR's.
-
- [AMISLIB@]
- AMISLIB 0.9 (Brown, Ralf; $0) is source for creating small TSRs which can
- load high, detect hot-key con- flicts, and which may be unloaded in any
- order. Source for several sample TSRs is included.
-
- [CLOCKJC]
- Clock (Chavez, Joe L.; $0) is an example of how to create a TSR clock.
- Source code included.
-
- [CM_INT]
- CM_INT (Martin, Charles ASP; $0) is a TSR Interrupt service for Assembly
- programmers. It includes editable data entry line with prompt string,
- julian date conversion, ASCII string to binary number conversion, screen
- and line print services.
-
- [PRNWAT]
- Printer Watch is ASM code that shows how to write a TSR that monitors
- printer activity, allowing you to make character/control substitutions,
- etc.
-
- [SCBL_SH]
- ScBl-SH (Hopson, Scott; $0) is assembler source and executable for a TSR to
- blank the screen.
-
-
- -----COMMUNICA: assembler routines for communications
-
- [BAUDOT]
- Baudot (Hand, Peter; $0) is assembler source for an ASCII-Baudot terminal
- emulator.
-
-
- -----DAT_TIME: date and time routines for assembler
-
- [DATER1]
- Dater is the assembler source, OBJ and LIB files for calculating days
- between dates.
-
- [DELAYS]
- Delays (Cravener, William; $0) creates timed pauses from milliseconds to
- minutes.
-
- [WAITASM]
- Wait (Doyle, J. L.; $0) is a flexible MASM procedure that can be used in
- multiple ways within one program. It can be used to cause a delay of
- varying length depending on the value of the variable passed to it by the
- calling procedure. Though written for MASM, it could easily be modified for
- use with high level languages as well.
-
-
- -----INPUT: assembler data entry routines
-
- [E_DN]
- "E" (E-DN) (Nye, David; $0) is TASM source and executable for a text
- editor. Features include block operations and search/replace.
-
-
- -----GENERAL: various assembler routines
-
- [FUNPCK2]
- FunPck2 (Cravener, William; $0) is assembler source code (and executables)
- for a collection of utilities: display big print, convert
- decimal-hex-binary, change cursor size, display free disk space, display
- directory listing, display text files, change files from upper/lower case,
- switch monitors.
-
- [ASMLib]
- ASMLib 3.7 (Herr, Douglas R.; $25-$100) is a collection of 120 subroutines
- for assembly language programmers. It features screen manipulation, equipment
- detection, a line editor, string manipulation, CGA/Hercules/EGA/VGA/Super
- VGA graphics, and much more.
-
- [ASMWIZ]
- Assembly Wizard's Library 1.6 (Hanlin, Thomas G. III; $29) is a collection
- of over 150 routines for programming in assembly language. It includes
- sound effects, parsing, advanced file support, mouse handling, string
- functions, lightning screen I/O, 32-bit math, high-resolution timers,
- graphics support and much more.
-
-
- -----NUMERIC: assembly source for numeric manipulation
-
- [NUMVERT]
- Numvert (Swift-Ware; $0) contains assembler source code for a utility to
- convert decimal, hex, and binary numbers. A compiled executable is also
- included.
-
- [Pointr]
- Pointr (Cravener, William; $0) is commented assembly source code showing
- how to change the graphics mouse pointer.
-
- [FLOATADD]
- Floatadd - floating point addition.
-
- [QMath10]
- QMath 1.0 (Moser, Roger; $0) is a set of fast 64-bit signed integer
- arithmetic routines in assembler.
-
-
- -----SOUNDS: assm. routines for sound generating
-
- [FUNPCK3]
- FunPck3 (Cravener, William; $0) is a set of six different sound effects:
- telephone, phasor, whooper, siren, Cheer, and Ncounter. Assembler source
- code is included for each.
-
- [FUNPCK4]
- FunPck4 (Cravener, William; $0) is a set of more sound effects routines in
- assembler (with executables): arcade game sounds, motor, telephone,
- falling/rising sound, and a country tune.
-
- [IN_OUT]
- In-Out (Cravener, William; $0) shows how to create sounds through the PC's
- speaker. Source and examples are included.
-
- [PORT_IN]
- Port-In-Out (Cravener. William; $0) is a tutorial and sample code for
- making sounds on the PC's speaker.
-
-
- -----ASM_DISM: assemblers, disassemblers, cross-assemblers
-
- [D4851Z]
- D4851Z (Post, Jeffery, L.; $0) are intelligent cross disassemblers for the
- MCS-48 and 8051/8052 micro- controllers and for the Z80 microprocessor. It
- includes D48, a new version of D51, and all new DZ80. ASM and HEX files are
- included.
-
- [DISASM]
- DisASM is a disassembler written in Basic.
-
- [LASS]
- Little Assembler 1.0 (Mooney, Dorothy R.; $?) is an 8088 assembler for
- small programs. It will create only COM files. It is perfect for Q&D jobs
- and for laptops with limited disk space - LASS is only 11k. Separate source
- files may be linked during assembly.
-
- [OBJ2ASM]
- OBJ2Asm converts OBJ files to assembler source files.
-
- [SIM01]
- Sim01 (Lueschow, Kevin; $5) is a debugging tool that simulates a 6801/6800.
- It lets you look at and change the registers and memory. It also
- disassembles the code that the program counter is about to execute, and
- allows you to simulate the interrupts.
-
- [ASMGEN]
- ASMGen 2.01 (Gersbach, J. and Damke, J.; $?) generates cross-referenced
- assembly language code from any executable file.
-
- [ASSEMBL]
- Assemble (Fulford, George; $10) is a simple assembler for Intel 8088/8086
- instruction set, written in TPascal.
-
- [Un_Asm]
- Un-Asm (Gordon, Guy C.; $20) converts the unassembled listing of a .COM
- file from DEBUG into an .ASM file which can be modified and re-assembled
- with the Macro assembler.
-
- [A86_D86]
- A86 & D86 (Isaacson, Eric ASP; $80) is a full-featured, professional-
- quality assembler that is as highly compatible with the standard Intel/IBM
- assembly language as possible, given design and language enhancements
- necessary to make A86 "significantly better" than MASM.
- Support for the additional instructions of the IIT-2C87 and the 80387
- floating-point coprocessors and compatibility with programs written for
- MASM are included. The A86 manual is so thorough that it can be used to
- learn 86 assembly language. Also included is an outstanding debugger, D86.
- An AFIX package is provided which is a set of machine-readable
- specifications for modifying 61 ASM files from PC Magazine's utilities so
- that they will assemble under A86.
-
- [CHASM]
- Chasm (Cheap Assembler) (Whitman, David; $0) is an assembler written in
- uncompiled BASIC. This is a good learning tool. It also offers symbolic
- debugging support with Trace86 (a commercial product).
-
- [CROS_ASM]
- Cross Assemblers Series I and II (Micept Instruments Inc.; $49/each) is a
- set of two-pass assemblers for the Intel 8051/52, 8044, 8048, 8080, 8085,
- 8096, and Z80 cpus. These versions do not support macros, conditional
- assembly nor included files, but are otherwise very complete.
-
- [DASM]
- DASM (Williams, Dave; $0) is a disassembler for 8086 COM files up to 32K in
- size. Source code is included.
-
- [MD86]
- MD86 (Calkins, Clark A.; $18) is an interactive disassembler for taking
- Intel 8086 programs apart and generating source code files compatible with
- MASM.
-
- [TASM]
- TASM (Speech Technology Inc.; $30) is a set of table driven cross
- assemblers for the MS-DOS environment. Currently versions for the 6502,
- 8048, 8051, 8080/8085 and Z80 microprocessors are supported, but you can
- also build versions for other 8 bit microprocessors.
-
- [YILMAZ]
- Yilmaz Disassembler 1.1 (Towfeek, Yilmaz; $25) is an interactive
- disassembler. It teaches assembly language by allowing the user to be a
- part of the disassembling process. You can disassemble in different modes
- such as visibility of machine codes, visibility of data labels and using
- different data format. Requires 400K free memory.
-
- [ZanySoft]
- ZanySoft Debugger (Kirmse, Christopher; $25) is a symbolic debugger for
- most common assemblers such as MASM, TASM, and A86. Features include pull
- down menus, multiple movable and resizable windows, quick-key combinations,
- and macros. It is fast, easy and only 40K.
-
-
- ----TOOLS: assembler tools
-
- [A86_MAKE]
- A86_Make is a Make batch file for the shareware assembler, "A86".
-
- [ASMFLO]
- AsmFlow (Quantum Software; $0) generates flow charts, tree diagrams and
- provides a variety of other functions for assembly language programmers.
-
- [ASSEM]
- Assem (Richwell, Gunner; $5) contains several programs: FOFFSET.COM will
- compute the offset value for a given segment:offset combination and a new
- segment value. FPHYS.COM will compute the physical address value for a given
- segment:offset combination. FSEGMENT.COM will compute the segment value for a
- given segment:offset combination and a new offset value.
-
- [FPANEL]
- FPanel is a PC Front Panel Simulation. It displays the contents of the IP,
- FLAG, SS, ES and DS registers at the top of the screen. Assembler source is
- included. (res:1k)
-
- [MPUBLIC]
- MPublic 2.0 (Derouen, Craig; $0) parses MASM and TASM source files and builds
- a public statement file for all symbols for use with debuggers. It
- automatically excludes local labels as defined by MASM and TASM. Includes C
- source code.
-
- [CASE]
- Case (Bly, Vincent; $0) is for assembly language programmers who wish to write
- their source in all caps and their comments in lower case. It provides
- automatic case switching and indicates the current case by the shape of the
- cursor.
-
- [DISP_REG]
- Disp-Reg (Gilbrech, Skip; $?) will display registers as set by loader.
-
- [LOAD]
- Load (Laboratory Microsystems; $?) will load .COM files bigger than 64k.
-
- [OBJSNOOP]
- ObjSnoop - will find and display label references in .OBJ files.
-
- [OPER]
- Oper (Duncan, Ray; $?) will test Microsoft assembler operators, show operation
- of various operators and demonstrate some notational idiosyncracies.
-
- [PRHEX]
- PRHex - displays 4 hexadecimal numbers contained in AX.
-
- [PX]
- PX Procedure Cross Referencer (Dunford, Christopher J.; $?) is a procedure
- documenter. It allows you to print out all of the procedure prologues in a
- "dictionary" and to then print a cross reference of all procedural calls;
- i.e., a listing of which procs call which procs.
-
- [REPRTJJ]
- Report (Johnsen, James L.; $0) will return a report of what is in what
- register when the program enters.
-
- [Snap_D]
- Snap_D (Gentry, Don; $?) is a user written interrupt service routine. It is
- designed for assembly language programmers to provide debugging assistance. It
- will print selected portions of memory when invoked.
-
- [TRACE2]
- Trace02 (Fricano, C. P.; $?) will display the current values of the CS:IP
- registers. The CS:IP can be sampled a maximum of 18 times per second. This
- program must be the last inperupt handler loaded.
-
- [UAsm_Lst]
- UAsm-Lst.BAS removes addresses from files created from debug unassemble script
- files and inserts labels. A script file (ASCII) is created with the debug
- instructions.
-
-
- -----HUMOR
-
- [INSTRUC]
- Humorous Assembler Instruction Set (American Gumby Corporation; $0) is a very
- old set of Assembly Language Mnemonics with a humorous twist.
-
- [RealProg.TXT]
- RealProg.TXT - definition of a "real programmer".
-
-
- -----TUTORS: assembly language tutorials
-
- [ASMTUTR]
- Assembly Language Tutorial (ASMTUTR) (Auerbach, Joshua; $0) is a beginner's
- tutorial in Assembler. It includes the 8086/8088 instruction set.
-
- [MACHO]
- (Groff Software; $5-$20) in Assembly Language. It starts with a discussion of
- HEX arithmetic, touches on such basic tasks as multiplication and division,
- and ends with some advanced ideas such as BIN addition. This 14-Lesson course
- covers ground slowly and thoroughly and there are many tests to make sure you
- understand everything as you go along. It can be used with nothing more than
- DEBUG and no assembly language program is required.
-
- [PC_ASSEM]
- The PC Assembler Helper and Tutor (Nelson, Chuck; $10) is a program and
- tutorial designed to help those who are just starting to learn assembly
- language as well as those who know some assembler instructions, but want to
- have a firmer grasp of the complete instruction set for the 8086. It supports
- both Turbo Assembler and A86.
-
- PCAHT provides input and output of all standard 8086/8087 integral data types.
- These include 1 byte, 2 byte, 4 byte and 8 byte signed and unsigned numbers
- along with 1 byte and 2 byte hex, ASCII and binary data. Lastly, there is I/O
- for 10 byte BCD numbers.
-
- The interface has been designed so that beginners can use it with a minimum of
- trouble. There are also 30 pages of help for those BASIC programmers who want
- to use assembler language.
-
- [TRNCOMP]
- Training Computer (Castle Oaks Computer Services; $10) is a tutorial on
- machine and assembly languages. It includes a computer simulator and assembly
- programs; lessons in their use; example programs; and question and answer
- exercises.
-
-
- -----VIDEO: assembler video routines
-
- [LAMBDA]
- Lambda (Duro, Albert; $0) demonstrates how to use Interrupt 10H, Function 11H,
- Subfunction 0, to create an alternate character and substitute it for the
- default characters.
-
- [SCRNSAV]
- ScreenSave (SCRNSAV) (Barlow, Troy; $0) is a MASM routine that demonstrates
- using DOS from a TSR. It saves a MCGA 256-color palette and screen to disk.
-
- [Shadow]
- Shadow (Cravener, William; $0) is assembler code which shows how to create a
- shadowed window box, as well as how to save a copy of the current video screen
- contents, fill the screen with a background, pop down a window box, shadow the
- window box along the right and bottom sides, wait for a keypress then restore
- original screen contents.
-
- [Window1]
- Window1 (Blanford, Joe; $?) is actually a demo of how to make and use windows
- with machine language programs for MS-DOS. The source code is provided to
- allow you to modify and integrate it into your programs for better displays
- using colored windows.
-
-
- -----SIMULATR: simulators for other CPUs
-
- [PC370@_1, PC370@_2, PC370@_3]
- PC/370 (Higgins, Donald S.; $45) is a PC/370 Virtual Machine. The PC/370
- package provides the capability to assemble, link, and execute IBM 370
- assembler programs on any 80x86 MSDOS micro computer such as the IBM PC, XT,
- or AT.
-
- [Sim85]
- Sim85 (Lueschow, Kevin; $15) is an 8085 simulator that assists in writing code
- for the 8085 processor. It shows code, memory, ports, and registers
- simultaneously while allowing you to step through or run through the code
- non-stop.
-
- [SIM68]
- SIM68 (Fisch, Perry J.; $25) S19 object code. EGA/VGA monitor is required to
- support the I/O and A/D simulator modules. 512K is also required.
-