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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3V00006Date: 03/25/98
From: ADAM MAJER                                            Time: 02:56pm
\/To: OLE HEJLSKOV                                        (Read 1 times)
Subj: I need some help..

OH>I have a frend and he have forgot his BIOS password.
OH>I prommised him to look for a program to reset then BIOS password or
OH>change it.
OH>Anyone have a code?
I don't think you can reset the BIOS through a program since the
computer is locked up. You have to reset it manually. I think if you
take out the BIOS chip and shorten the pins, the chip should erase
itself. Just make sure that you don't zap it a.k.a. _evil_ static! Can
kill a computer! (Computers are very fregile :)
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3V00007Date: 03/25/98
From: DAVE MCDONOUGH                                        Time: 04:00pm
\/To: GLEASON PACE                                        (Read 1 times)
Subj: New PDN files at <<PRISM BBS

 GP> Could be.  In any case, Prism is not just any BBS.  And Janice does not
 GP> inform us of just any files.  Since I am a shareware  author, I
 GP> happen to know that Janice is a big mover  and shaker in shareware
 GP> distribution.  She has done a  couple for me. Include a hard fought
oh.. I was unaware. What's prism's number? I'll check it out although I must 
admit I hate shareware..
... This tagline is SHAREWARE!  To register, send me $10
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3V00008Date: 03/25/98
From: DAVE MCDONOUGH                                        Time: 04:04pm
\/To: FERNANDO ARIEL GONT                                 (Read 1 times)
Subj: Mouse pointers wanted

 FAG> I'm looking for mouse pointers for graphic modes (the bitmaps).
 FAG> I'm interested in all sort of arrows ("rotated"  arrows, as well),
I could whip one up in 3D studio if you want. What exactly are you looking 
for? (size, color, style..)
... I like the 486 tower.  Does it come in red?
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3V00009Date: 03/25/98
From: DAVE MCDONOUGH                                        Time: 04:07pm
\/To: JANIS KRACHT                                        (Read 1 times)
Subj: New PDN files at <<PRISM BBS

 JK> I dunno.. you tell me.  I know how many systems I have  picking
 JK> up from here at long distance rates, and via  the internet..
 JK> It is certainly up to the Moderator and  all in the echo if they'd
 JK> like me to stop the  announcements, however.
sorry.. just wondering.
... Error #185:  (A)bort (R)etry (S)mack the friggin' thing!
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3W00000Date: 03/23/98
From: FERNANDO ARIEL GONT                                   Time: 07:00pm
\/To: BRIAN MCCLOUD                                       (Read 1 times)
Subj: Problem to make a compile

Hullo Brian McCloud, hope you are having a nice day!!
18-Mar-98 04:49:00, Brian McCloud wrote to Fernando Ariel Gont
          Subject: Problem to make a compile
 BM> FAG>I want to make an ASM compiler for a microprocessor. I want to
 BM> start with FAG>one for the 6809.
 BM> Technically, that's a cross-assembler, not a compiler.
What is a "cross-assebler"? (I mean, what's the difference between a
cross-assembler and an assembler?)
 BM> I don't currently have any such addresses, but I can look...  My
 BM> suggestion would be to keep a table of labels, which would include
 BM> the name of the label, the actual address, and a list of places
 BM> where it is referenced. Assemble the code portions, leaving the
 BM> address part of any jump/call instructions 0 until the label has
 BM> an actual address, then go back as a second pass and fill those in
 BM> from the table.
Ok.
Thank you!
 -=> Yours sincerely, Fernando Ariel Gont <=-
e-mail: FGont@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3W00001Date: 03/23/98
From: FERNANDO ARIEL GONT                                   Time: 07:07pm
\/To: JOHN STEPHENSON                                     (Read 1 times)
Subj: Problem to make a compil

Hullo John Stephenson, hope you are having a nice day!!
18-Mar-98 10:18:00, John Stephenson wrote to Fernando Ariel Gont
          Subject: Problem to make a compil
 JS> If you see a later "yeah", you'll have the "yeah" symbol
 JS> information saying where yeah refers to. I hope that you're
 JS> writing this compiler in a high level language (ie Pascal or C)!
Why? :) I think I'll do it in asm... just because I like it.. :)
 FAG>> I think I should compile the code in several steps
 JS> In this case it's not necessary. However, if you want to put in
Why?
I mean, first you leave space for the labels (first pass), and then you
fill this space (second pass).
 JS> "smart" jumps, then you'll have to link. Basically, you create an
 JS> object file, then put all of the jumps together and write your
 JS> optimized .com file.
Sorry, I didn't understand you very well..
 JS> Good luck putting together such a compiler. They get very tricky.
Thank you! :)
 JS> I'm in the process of trying to write a high-level single-pass
 JS> compiler. If anyone knows anything on compilers, I'd love to talk
 JS> to them.
Whenver you finish it, let me know to try it (if it's shareware, freeware
or public domain, of course..)
 FAG>> I'd like to hear your better ideas to do it, would also be
 FAG>> pleased if you'd have any internet addresses about how to make
 FAG>> compilers (.PDF, .TXT, .DOC, .HTM, .WHATEVER).
 JS> Same here. Make sure to pass along any info to me. I know that
 JS> there are computer books available on the subject, but they also
 JS> carry high prices.
Ok, same to you! :)
 JS> Hope it was helpful.
Of course it was, thank you!
 -=> Yours sincerely, Fernando Ariel Gont <=-
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3W00002Date: 03/24/98
From: FERNANDO ARIEL GONT                                   Time: 06:31pm
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 1 times)
Subj: raster fonts

Hullo All , hope you are having a nice day!!
Hi I'm looking for all sort of raster fonts sets.
I have got some, but they aren't pretty, and I know there are some pretty
ones around...
If you have any set of raster fonts, or know where I could get them, I'd be
pleased to hear you...
For those who don't know what raster fonts are, they are the bitmaps used
to display characters on the screen.
For example, when you are in text mode, all you see on the screen is a
translation from the ASCII codes of the character to its "pixel cell"
(?)... Well, the bitmap representation of the character you want to
represent is taken from the current defined set of fonts...
There is the hardware set of fonts, which is included in the video adapter,
but you can create your own fonts, and use them as the hardware ones.
That's what I'm looking for: pretty designs of raster fonts.
 -=> Yours sincerely, Fernando Ariel Gont <=-
e-mail: FGont@siscor.bibnal.edu.ar
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3W00003Date: 03/24/98
From: FERNANDO ARIEL GONT                                   Time: 07:47pm
\/To: JASEN BETTS                                         (Read 1 times)
Subj: putsprit.asm

Hullo Jasen Betts, hope you are having a nice day!!
10-Mar-98 16:50:00, Jasen Betts wrote to FERNANDO ARIEL GONT
          Subject: putsprit.asm
 JB> I've taken out PUSH CX/POP CX because I couldn't see what they
 JB> did. lodsb/stosb/movsb don't modify CX, it takes REP to modify CX.
 JB> and I've split the end of the loop to save the inc/dec/stosb
First, thank you for your remarks....
The fact is that when I was reading your answer I found the code I had
posted very strange... I looked it up in my directory, and I got this code,
which is different from the one it seems I posted here (maybe that I had
modified the code and posted the old version)...
Well, here's the code I should have posted, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS i've
made according to your message:
/* (PUTSPRIT.ASM)
putsprite proc public
;**************************************
; On entry:
; cx= y coordinate
; dx= x coordinate
; bl= columns
; bh= rows
; ds:si= pointer to sprite
; *************************************
        
MODECOLUMNS equ 320
; Preserve the contents of the registers.
        push ax
        push bx
        push cx
        push dx
        push bp
; es= video memory segment
        mov ax, 0a000h
        mov es, ax
; Here I calculate a number that'll be added to di, so that the beginning
; of the next row will be pointed
        mov bp, MODECOLUMNS
        mov ax, bx
        and ax, 11111111b
        sub bp, ax
; Now I calculate the value di will hold. (Its the address of first
; pixel where the sprite will be put)
        
        push dx
        mov ax, MODECOLUMNS
        mul cx
        pop dx
        add ax, dx
        mov di, ax
; cld, so that the index registers will be incremented.
        cld
        xor cx, cx
        mov cl, bh
; Wait for vertical retrace.
        mov dx, 3dah
waitfor1:
        in al, dx        
        and al, 8
        jz waitfor1
waitfor0:
        in al, dx
        and al, 8
        jnz waitfor0
; These nestled loops puts the sprite on the screen.
; the inner loop is based on the number of columns of the sprite.
; The outter is based on the number of rows.
loophere:
        push cx
        mov cl, bl
putrow:
        lodsb
        and al, al
        jz nextrow
        stosb
loop putrow
nextrow:
     inc di
        loop putrow        
        add di, bp
        pop cx
        loop loophere
; Restore the contents of the registers.
        pop bp
        pop dx
        pop cx
        pop bx
        pop ax
        ret
putsprite endp
*/
It's fairly optimized? (Or at least, not so inefficient)
Feel free to correct my code, if you want....
 JB> you could probably gain even more speed by storing the sprites in
 JB> a format that allowed you to write the "solid" bits with "rep
 JB> movsb" and skip the blank bits with "add di,cx", but this would
 JB> make them harder to edit.
What format would you suggest?
 -=> Yours sincerely, Fernando Ariel Gont <=-
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3W00004Date: 03/26/98
From: DAVE RICHMOND                                         Time: 05:40am
\/To: ALL                                                 (Read 1 times)
Subj: Anyone Listening?

Is anyone receiving, sending to this echo?  I haven't had a single message 
here in almost six months.  Just wondering if there is a cut somewhere....
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 145 ASSEMBLY LANG. Ref: F3W00005Date: 03/26/98
From: GLEASON PACE                                          Time: 06:06am
\/To: DAVE MCDONOUGH                                      (Read 1 times)
Subj: New PDN files at <<PRISM BBS

Hello Dave.
25 Mar 98 16:00, Dave McDonough wrote to Gleason Pace:
 GP>> Could be.  In any case, Prism is not just any BBS.  And Janice does not
 GP>> inform us of just any files.  Since I am a shareware  author, I
 GP>> happen to know that Janice is a big mover  and shaker in shareware
 GP>> distribution.  She has done a  couple for me. Include a hard fought
 DM> oh.. I was unaware. What's prism's number? I'll check it out although I
 DM> must admit I hate shareware..
Sounds to me like you are telling on yourself.  And you obviously aren't a 
sysop or you would know that you don't need prism's number to access Janice's 
files.  Many who post in the echos are, and can make use of file information 
posted here.
Gleason
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