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Old 8086 version/Venksi's self-assembling assembler+runcom (Miscellaneous)

posted by Arjay, 27.03.2012, 21:35
(edited by Arjay on 27.03.2012, 23:23)

> Actually, a fair number of assemblers are written in themselves (e.g.
> Octasm, FASM), so it'd be easier just to use one of those, though I admit
> those aren't 8086 friendly. (But check out Venksi's very tiny 8086 one
> here.)

Also worth noting that Venksi's self-assembling assembler is preinstalled on JSLinux and runs happily via Fabrice Bellard's runcom:
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ runcom asm.com hpigot.s
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ ls -al hpigot.*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 arjay linux   77 2012-03-27 21:23 hpigot.com*
-rwxrwxr-x 1 arjay linux  378 2012-03-27 21:23 hpigot.lst*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 arjay linux 4043 2012-03-27 21:15 hpigot.s
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ echo u | runcom debug.com hpigot.com
-u
1526:0100 BD1027        MOV     BP,2710
1526:0103 BB427F        MOV     BX,7F42
1526:0106 8BCB          MOV     CX,BX
1526:0108 B002          MOV     AL,02
1526:010A BF4D01        MOV     DI,014D
1526:010D F3AB          REP     STOSW
1526:010F 53            PUSH    BX
1526:0110 F7E3          MUL     BX
1526:0112 96            XCHG    AX,SI
1526:0113 8BFA          MOV     DI,DX
1526:0115 03DB          ADD     BX,BX
1526:0117 4B            DEC     BX
1526:0118 8B874C01      MOV     AX,[BX+014C]
1526:011C F7E5          MUL     BP
1526:011E 03C6          ADD     AX,SI
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ runcom hpigot.com
000314159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640...
...2823608963208068222468012248

As per my comments on runcom thread, obviously not all programs compiled with asm.com will run under runcom (currently) due to limited interrupt support:

[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ ls
asm.com*  Changelog  display.s*  equ.s*   input.s*     lister.s*   output.s*    support.s*  symtab.i*
asm.s*    direct.s*  dos.i*      expr.s*  license.txt  message.s*  readme.txt*  symbols.s*  symtab.s*
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ ls -al display.s
-rwxr-xr-x 1 arjay linux 2240 2009-04-21 18:25 display.s*
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ runcom asm.com display.s
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ ls -al display.com
-rwxrwxr-x 1 arjay linux 224 2012-03-27 20:19 display.com*
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$ runcom display.com
[arjay@ asm]$ debug display.com
-g

unhandled vm86 return code (0x1)
EAX=0001005c EBX=00020000 ECX=004000e2 EDX=bfe900ae
ESI=00000000 EDI=00000002 EBP=00000000 ESP=0000fff0
EIP=0000ffff EFL=000b0246
CS=1526 DS=1526 ES=1526 SS=1526 FS=0000 GS=0000
[arjay@linuxbox asm]$

However at least being able to compile DOS asm programs like this from the Linux command-line may be of interest/use to some people.

Complete thread:

• Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Ibidem, 08.01.2012, 03:54 (Miscellaneous)
  • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 01.03.2012, 01:01
    • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 01.03.2012, 06:58
      • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 01.03.2012, 07:26
        • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 01.03.2012, 21:33
          • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 01.03.2012, 21:48
            • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 03.03.2012, 23:43
              • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 04.03.2012, 03:34
                • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 05.03.2012, 20:14
                  • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 05.03.2012, 20:56
                    • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 06.03.2012, 03:51
                      • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 06.03.2012, 04:14
                        • LCC-DOS.ZIP 4.2 using DJGPP libc 2.01 (28-Aug-2011) - Rugxulo, 07.03.2012, 01:38
                          • LCC-DOS.ZIP 4.2 using DJGPP libc 2.01 (28-Aug-2011) - bocke, 10.03.2012, 08:29
                            • LCC-DOS.ZIP 4.2 using DJGPP libc 2.01 (28-Aug-2011) - Rugxulo, 10.03.2012, 18:51
                              • LCC-DOS.ZIP 4.2 using DJGPP libc 2.01 (28-Aug-2011) - bocke, 19.03.2012, 02:17
                                • LCC-DOS.ZIP 4.2 using DJGPP libc 2.01 (28-Aug-2011) - Rugxulo, 19.03.2012, 19:00
                      • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 06.03.2012, 06:26
                        • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - roytam, 06.03.2012, 12:36
                          • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 10.03.2012, 08:17
          • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Ibidem, 22.03.2012, 00:58
            • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 22.03.2012, 08:38
              • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Ibidem, 22.03.2012, 18:17
                • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 22.03.2012, 20:34
                  • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Ibidem, 23.03.2012, 07:06
                    • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 27.03.2012, 20:28
                      • Old 8086 version/Venksi's self-assembling assembler+runcom - Arjay, 27.03.2012, 21:35
      • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - bocke, 01.03.2012, 19:23
        • Old 8086 version of pcc spotted (cross-compiles to DOS) - Rugxulo, 01.03.2012, 21:36