8086 Assembly Language Programs
Contents << Previous Page

;11. Write an 8086 ALP to check for the password using DOS interrupt.If
;     entry does not match password display "Wrong Password! Try Again" and
;     remain in the loop,else display "You are authorized person" and come
;     out.

        name checkpassword
        page 60,80
title to check for password using DOS function call
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
cr equ 13
lf equ 10
password db 'INDIA$'
prompt db 'Enter Password & then <cr> (Max 40 chars)',cr,lf,'$'
entry db 41 dup(?)
msgsuc db 'You are Authorized person',cr,lf,'$'
msgfail db 'Wrong Password! Try Again',cr,lf,'$'
        .code
pass:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov es,ax
        lea dx,prompt
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h
        mov bp,0
tryagain:
        mov cx,40
        mov bx,0
again:
        mov ah,08h  ;read a char from KB w/o echoing on screen
        int 21h     ;stores the char read in al
        cmp al,0dh  ;cmp al with <cr>(0dh)
        je action
        mov entry[bx],al  ;store the chars read in entry[]
        inc bx
        loop again  ;to read next char from KB
action:
        mov entry[bx],'$'   ;store $ at the end of the array
        lea si,password
        lea di,entry
        mov cx,06           ;cx=6 length of the password
        repe cmpsb          ;cmp si(password) & di(entry)
        je sucmsg
        lea dx,msgfail
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h
        jmp tryagain
sucmsg:
        lea dx,msgsuc
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h
        mov ah,4ch
        int 21h
end pass

;12. Write an 8086 alp to compute factorial of a given 8 bit integer at a
;     byte location using recursion.The Program should display the number
;     and its factorial(4 digit hex value) with an appropriate message on
;     the CRT.

        name factorial
        page 60,80
title recursive computation of factorial
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
num equ 3
msg db 'Factorial of ',num+'0',' is:'
ascres db 4 dup(?),'H',0dh,0ah,'$'
res dw ?
hexcode db '0123456789abcdef'
        .code
hex_asc proc
        mov dl,10h
        mov ah,0
        mov bx,0
        div dl          ;div al/dl where al=char & dl=10h
        mov bl,al       ;al=quotient
        mov dh,hexcode[bx]
        mov bl,ah       ;ah=remainder
        mov dl,hexcode[bx]
        ret
hex_asc endp

fact proc
        cmp ax,01     ;if n=1, fact=1  else fact=n*fact(n-1)
        je exit
        push ax
        dec ax        ;n-1
        call fact     ;fact(n-1)
        pop ax
        mul res       ;n*fact(n-1)
        mov res,ax    ;res=factorial
        ret
exit:
        mov res,01
        ret
fact endp

main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov ax,num   ;ax=n
        call fact
        mov al,byte ptr res+1   ;convert msb of result to ascii
        call hex_asc
        mov ascres,dh
        mov ascres+1,dl
        mov al,byte ptr res     ;convert lsb of result to ascii
        call hex_asc
        mov ascres+2,dh
        mov ascres+3,dl
        mov ah,09h
        mov dx,offset msg       ;display msg
        int 21h
        mov ah,4ch              ;exit
        int 21h
        align 16
end main

;13. Write an 8086 alp to rename a file,if it exists,using DOS interrupt.
;     Otherwise display an error message.
        name rename_file
        page 60,80
title program to rename a file using DOS function 56h
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
old db 'bubsort.asm',0
new db 'bubble.asm',0
sucmsg db 'bubsort.asm renamed as bubble.asm','$'
failmsg db 'Error! bubsort.asm could not be renamed','$'
        .code
main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov es,ax
        lea dx,old  ;ds:dx points to the ASCIIZ string 'bubsort.asm',0
        lea di,new  ;es:di points to the ASCIIZ string 'bubble.asm',0
        mov ah,56h  ;DOS function 56h is used for renaming
        int 21h
        jc error    ;if there is an error carry flag is set
        lea dx,sucmsg
        jmp display
error:
        lea dx,failmsg
display:
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h
        mov ah,4ch
        int 21h
end main

;14. Write an 8086 alp to search for a given 8 bit field using linear
;      search in an array of records with 2 fields.The searchkey is the first
;      byte of the record.Message should be displayed on CRT indicating
;      whether the search was a success or a failure.If it is a success case,
;      the position of the record in the array is to be displayed.

        name linear_records
        page 60,80
title linear search on an array of records
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
array db 55h,22h,33h,55h,45h,11h,66h,44h
len dw ($-array)/2
scrkey equ 66h
asc1 equ (scrkey/10h)+'0'
asc2 equ (scrkey mod 10h)+'0'
msgsuc db 'Record with first byte as ',asc1,asc2
       db ' Found at position: '
result db ?,0dh,0ah,'$'
failmsg db 'Record with first byte as ',asc1,asc2
        db ' Not found ',0dh,0ah,'$'
        .code
main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov cx,len
        mov bx,0
        mov al,scrkey
again:
        cmp al,array[bx]
        je sucmsg
        inc bx
        inc bx
        loop again
failure:
        lea dx,failmsg
        jmp display
sucmsg:
        ror bx,1
        inc bx          ;position=(bx/2)+1
        add bl,'0'
        mov result,bl
        lea dx,msgsuc
display:
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h
        mov ah,4ch
        int 21h
end main

;15. Write an 8086 alp to multiply two 3x3 matrices of signed 8 bit
;      integers.Display result using DEBUG or CODEVIEW.Assume that each
;      of the elements of the product matrix can be stored in 8 bits.

        name matrixmul
        page 60,80
title 8086 alp for matrix multiplication of 3x3 matrices
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
ar1 db 2,2,2   ;row1 of array A
ar2 db 2,2,2    ;row2   ,,
ar3 db 2,2,2   ;row3   ,,
bc1 db 1,1,1   ;column1 of array B
bc2 db 1,1,1   ;column2    ,,
bc3 db 1,1,1    ;column3    ,,
c db 9 dup(?)   ;result matrix
l2 db ?
l1 db ?
        .code
main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov es,ax
        mov bp,0
        mov l2,3
        lea si,ar1
rep2:
        lea di,bc1
        mov l1,3
rep1:
        call matmul
        mov ds:c[bp],dl
        inc bp
        add di,3
        dec l1
        jnz rep1
        add si,3
        dec l2
        jnz rep2
        int 3

matmul proc
        mov cx,3
        mov bx,0
        mov dl,0
again:
        mov al,[si][bx]
        imul byte ptr [di][bx]
        add dl,al
        inc bx
        loop again
        ret
matmul endp

        align 16
end main

;16. Write an 8086 alp to compute nCr,given n and r,using recursion.
;     Dislpay result using DEBUG.

        name nCr
        page 60,80
title computation of nCr using recursion
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
n db 4
r db 2
res db ?
        .code
main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov al,n
        mov bl,r
        call ncr
        int 3

ncr proc
        cmp al,bl    ;if n=r then ncr=1
        je p8
        cmp bl,0     ;if r=0 then ncr=1
        je p8
        cmp bl,1     ;if r=1 then ncr=n
        je p10
        dec al       ;n-1
        cmp bl,al    ;if r=n-1 then ncr=n
        je p9
        push ax      ;(n-1)Cr
        push bx      ;
        call ncr     ;
        pop bx
        pop ax
        dec bl       ;
        push ax      ;
        push bx      ;
        call ncr     ;(n-1)C(r-1)
        pop bx
        pop ax
        ret
p8:     inc res
        ret
p9:     inc res
p10:    add res,al
        ret
        align 16
ncr endp
end main

;17. Write an 8086 alp to read a string of 8 characters on screen at(x1,y1)
;     and display the same at (x2,y2) using BIOS interrupts.

        name movestring
        page 60,80
title to move a string of 8 chars on CRT from location (15,25) to (18,35)
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
str db 'ABCDEFGH'
oldrow db 15
oldcol db 25
newrow db 18
newcol db 35
        .code
main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov bh,0     ;bh=page 0
        mov si,0
        mov dh,oldrow
        mov dl,oldcol
repeat:
        mov ah,02h   ;set cursor position at (dh,dl)
        int 10h
        mov al,str[si]
        mov bl,07h
        mov cx,1
        mov ah,09h
        int 10h
        inc dl
        inc si
        cmp si,08
        jl repeat
        mov si,08
again:
        call movchar
        inc oldcol
        inc newcol
        dec si
        jnz again
        mov ah,4ch
        int 21h

movchar proc
        mov dh,oldrow
        mov dl,oldcol
        mov ah,02h
        int 10h
        mov ah,08h      ;to read a char and its attribute
        int 10h
        mov bl,ah       ;bl=attribute byte(07h)
        mov dh,newrow
        mov dl,newcol
        mov ah,02h      ;set cursor position at (dh,dl)
        int 10h
        mov ah,09h
        mov cx,1
        int 10h
        ret
movchar endp
end main

;18. Write an 8086 alp which checks whether the printer is online.If it
;      is online,print a message on the printer using DOS interrupt,else
;      display printer status on CRT.

        name printmsg
        page 60,80
title program to send a message to printer
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
msg db 'If this is Printed on paper',0dh,0ah
    db 'Then Program is Working',0dh,0ah
len equ $-msg
errmsg db 'Error! Printer is not connected or switched off',0dh,0ah,'$'
        .code
main:
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov ah,02h  ;get printer status
        mov dx,0    ;printer 0
        int 17h     ;returns with ah=status
        rol ah,01   ;if ah7=1 then printer is ready | mov ah7 to carry flag
        jc online
offline:
        lea dx,errmsg
        mov ah,09h    ;displays errmsg
        int 21h
        jmp exit
online:
        mov cx,len
        mov si,00h
        mov ah,05h   ;prints the char in dl on printer
again:
        mov dl,msg[si]
        int 21h
        inc si
        loop again   ;dec cx,until cx=0
exit:
        mov ah,4ch
        int 21h
end main

;19. Write an 8086 alp to display the command line parameters,and the total
;      length of the parameters using DOS interrupts.

        name commdlinepara
        page 60,80
title to display command line parameters
        .model small
        .stack 64
        .data
hexcode db '0123456789abcdef'
msg db 'Total length of parameters (in Hex) is:'
len db ?,?,0dh,0ah,'The parameters are: $'
        .code
hex_asc proc
        mov dl,10h
        mov ah,0
        mov bx,0
        div dl
        mov bl,al
        mov dh,hexcode[bx]
        mov bl,ah
        mov dl,hexcode[bx]
        ret
hex_asc endp
main:
        mov bx,80h
        mov cl,[bx]
        mov ax,@data
        mov ds,ax
        mov al,cl
        call hex_asc
        mov len,dh
        mov len+1,dl
        lea dx,msg
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h
        mov ah,62h   ;returns with bx=segment address of PSP
        int 21h
        mov ds,bx
        mov dx,81h   ;[starting from 81h in the PSP the cmd line parameters
        mov bx,dx    ; are stored] | bx=81h or bl=81h |
        add bl,cl    ;81h+(length of cmd line parameters)
        mov byte ptr[bx],'$'  ;mov '$' at the end of cmd line parameters
        mov ah,09h
        int 21h      ;displays the cmd line parameters pointed by dx
        mov ah,4ch   ;exit
        int 21h
end main
 


Contents Previous Page<<

All the above Programs were executed on Microsoft's Macro Assembler Version 5.0

 © Copyrights Madhu Sudan Rao G.K  

[CodeEverywhere.Com]