FIRST STEPS IN MACHINE CODE

ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE LISTINGS

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ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE EXAMPLES

Example 1
LD HL, 22528 210058

Start of the attributes

LD DE, 30100 119475

Storage byte

LD A, 22 3E16

Loop counter

ONE

LD (DE), A 12

Stored at 30100

LD B, 32 0620

Column counter

TWO

LD (HL), 127 367F

Attribute value

INC HL 23

placed in row

DJNZ TWO 10FB
LD A, (DE) 1A

Recover loop counter

LD B, A 47

Copy in B

DEC A 3D

Loop counter minus one

LD (DE), A 12

Replace loop counter

DJNZ ONE 10F3

Jump back to ONE

RET C9

unless all done

 
Example 2
This is the same as 1 except for the first three lines
LD HL, 16384 210040

Start of display file

LD DE, 30100 119475

Storage byte

LD A, 200 3EC8

Loop counter

 
Example 3
LD HL, 22528 210058

Start of the attributes

LD DE, 30100 119475

Storage byte

LD A, 6 3E06

First loop counter

LD (DE), A 12

stored

LD A, 0 3E00

Attribute value

LD (30101), A 329575

stored

ONE

LD A, (30101) 3A9575

Recover attribute value

LD B, 128 0680

Loop counter

TWO

LD (HL), A 77

Place attribute in file

INC HL 23

next position

DJNZ TWO 10FC

until 128 done

LD B, 8 0608

Add eight

TRE

INC A 3C

to attribute value

DJNZ TRE 10FD
LD (30101), A 329575

Store new value

LD A, (DE) 1A

Recover counter

LD B, A 47

Copy into B

DEC A 3D

Counter minus one

LD (DE), A 12

Store new counter value

DJNZ ONE 10EB

Jump back to ONE

RET C9

unless B = 0


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