MASM32: hello world in DOS

[alaphate]

The code below can be compiled and linked to an .exe file.

However, when I executed it, it "encountered a problem, and needs to be closed".

MASM32 has no @data macro, how to get the msg's DS address?

Thank you for help in advance.

.386

.model flat, stdcall

.data

msg db "Hello World!$"

.code

Main PROC

;mov ax,@data

;mov ds,ax

lea dx,msg

mov ah,9

int 21

int 20

Main ENDP

end Main

Edited April 20, 2009 by alaphate

[enhzflep]

The code below can be compiled and linked to an .exe file.

However, when I executed it, it "encountered a problem, and needs to be closed".

MASM32 has no @data macro, how to get the msg's DS address?

You should really use an assembler that's designed to produce 16 bit DOS executables.

I just looked at the start of your source - you've told it to use a flat memory model DOS didn't have

a flat memory model - it was cut into 64kb segments - I'm about 90% sure this won't fly.

Never bothered to write exe file using assembler until I did it under windows - I always wrote .com files since they had

no header and one could easily produce a 10byte executable.

When writing dos .com files, DS is the same as CS. I.e code and data reside in the same segment.

All you have to do is

mov ax, cs
 mov ds, ax

or

push cs
 pop ds

Nasm combined with NasmIDE used to be my toolset of choice under DOS. You can find both windows and dos versions here:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6208

[alaphate]

Enhzflep,

Thank you for your help.

I downloaded TASM5.0, and the code below can run successfully.

Then, the problem comes to how to convert it to MASM version.

Especially, this line: mov ax, @data, because no @data syntax in MASM.

The program has data segment because it uses small model.

I don't know why I should fill DS when the program starts.

I think DS should be auto-filled when the program starts.

Does @data have value before the program starts?

.model small.data
	msg db "Hello world!$".code
main:
	mov ax, @data
	mov ds, ax
	mov dx, offset msg
	mov ah,9h ;print string in dx
	int 21h
	mov ah,4ch ;terminate process
	int 21h
end main

Edited April 21, 2009 by alaphate

[enhzflep]

Enhzflep,

Thank you for your help.

The program has data segment because it uses small model.

I don't know why I should fill DS when the program starts.

I think DS should be auto-filled when the program starts.

Does @data have value before the program starts?

That's okay, a pleasure.

Yes, from memory DS is set to the correct segment by the OS between loading and executing the code (though that may only be when you use the .tiny memory model)

As to the question about the @data notation in masm, it's as easy as writing "seg data"

Here's a masm source for a HelloWorld.

.model small
 .stack
	 .data
	 message   db "Hello world!", "$"	 .code	 main   proc
		mov   ax,seg message
		mov   ds,ax		mov   ah,09
		lea   dx,message
		int   21h		mov   ax,4c00h
		int   21h
	 main   endp
	 end main

Check out this thread for a 600kb zip of some dos asm stuff: http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=10213.0

The above code comes from this tutorial: http://www.xs4all.nl/~smit/asm01001.htm

Edited April 21, 2009 by enhzflep

[alaphate]

Enhzflep,

Thank you very much!

Now I can compile it under MASM.

The tutorial is very helpful. Thx, bro!

[X-88]

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http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=514.0

 

 

 

Edited May 28, 2016 by X-88