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- WELCOME TO TURBO ASSEMBLER 1.0
- ------------------------------
-
- This README file contains important, last minute information
- about Turbo Assembler 1.0. The HELPME!.DOC file on the TURBO
- ASSEMBLER/INSTALLATION disk also answers many common Technical
- Support questions.
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
-
- 1. How to Get Help
- 2. Installation
- 3. Important Notes
- 4. Manual Additions and Corrections
- 5. Files on the Disks
-
-
- 1. HOW TO GET HELP
- ------------------
-
- If you have any problems, please read this file, the HELPME!.DOC
- file, and the Turbo Assembler manuals first. If you still have a
- question and need assistance, help is available from the following
- sources:
-
- 1. Type GO BOR on the CompuServe bulletin board system for
- instant access to the Borland forums with their libraries of
- technical information and answers to common questions.
-
- If you are not a member of CompuServe, see the enclosed special
- offer, and write for full details on how to receive a free
- IntroPak containing a $15 credit toward your first month's on-
- line charges.
-
- 2. Check with your local software dealer or users' group.
-
- 3. Write to us at the following address:
-
- Borland International
- Turbo Assembler Technical Support
- 1800 Green Hills Road
- P.O. Box 660001
- Scotts Valley, CA 95066-0001
-
- Please remember to include your serial number or we will be
- unable to process your letter.
-
- 4. If you have an urgent problem that cannot wait and you have sent
- in the license agreement from the front of your manual, you may
- call the Borland Technical Support Department at (408) 438-5300.
- Please have the following information ready before calling:
-
- a. Product name and serial number on your original distribution
- disk. Please have your serial number ready or we will be
- unable to process your call.
-
- b. Product version number. The version number for Turbo Assembler
- is displayed when you run the program.
-
- c. Computer brand, model, and the brands and model numbers of any
- additional hardware.
-
- d. Operating system and version number. (The version number can
- be determined by typing VER at the MSDOS prompt.)
-
- e. Contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- f. Contents of your CONFIG.SYS file.
-
-
- 2. INSTALLATION
- ---------------
-
- This disk contains a program called INSTALL.EXE that will
- assist you with the installation of Turbo Assembler 1.0. There
- are two options for installation:
-
- 1. Hard Disk - This option allows you to pick the subdirectories
- where the files will be loaded.
-
- 2. Floppy Disk - This option will install the files necessary to
- use Turbo Assembler on a two-drive system. Be sure to have
- four formatted disks ready before you start.
-
- To start the installation, change your current drive to the one
- that has the install program on it and type INSTALL. You will
- be given instructions in a box at the bottom of the screen for
- each prompt. For example, if you will be installing from drive
- A:, type
-
- A:
- INSTALL
-
- You should read the rest of this README file to get further
- information about this release before you do the installation.
-
-
- 3. IMPORTANT NOTES
- ------------------
-
- o Additional tips and answers to many common questions will be found
- in the text file HELPME!.DOC, which has been installed to the same
- location as this file (README). You can use the README.COM utility
- to view the HELPME!.DOC file by giving the following command:
-
- README HELPME!.DOC
-
- o If you will be running INSTALL on a laptop or any other system
- that uses an LCD display, you should set your system into black
- and white mode before running INSTALL. You can do this from DOS
- with the following command line:
-
- mode bw80
-
- or, you can force INSTALL to come up in black and white mode by
- using the /b switch:
-
- install /b
-
- o Changed Switches for OBJXREF:
-
- The /O option (object files directory) has been changed to
- the /D (directories) option. The switch now allows for
- multiple search directories to be specified. The new syntax
- follows:
-
- OBJXREF /Ddir1[;dir2[;dir3]]
-
- or
-
- OBJXREF /Ddir1 [/Ddir2] [/Ddir3]
-
- OBJXREF will search each of the directories in the specified
- order for all object and library files. If no /D option is
- used, only the current directory will be searched. However,
- if a /D option is used, the current directory will NOT be
- searched unless it is included in the directory list. For
- example, to first search the BORLAND directory for files and
- then search the current directory, you would type
-
- OBJXREF /Dborland;.
-
- If multiple search directories are specified and a file
- matching the file specification is found, OBJXREF will
- include the file as part of the cross-reference. OBJXREF will
- only continue to search the other directories for the same
- file specification if the file specification contains
- wildcards.
-
- A new option has been added to allow you to specify an output
- file where OBJXREF will send any reports generated. The new
- option is the /O option, and it has the following syntax:
-
- OBJXREF myfile.obj /RU /Ofilename.ext
-
- By default, all output is sent to the console.
-
- o Turbo Linker (TLINK) Notes:
-
- 1) When linking with the /V option, TLINK will initialize all
- segments. If you have a program that runs differently when
- linked with debug information, you have an uninitialized
- variable somewhere.
-
- 2) TLINK loads last any segments of class 'STACK' even if
- they are part of DGROUP.
-
-
- 5. MANUAL ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
- -----------------------------------
-
- Additions and corrections to the manual will be found in the text
- file MANUAL.DOC, which has been installed to the same location as
- this file (README). You can use the README.COM utility to view the
- MANUAL.DOC file by giving the following command:
-
- README MANUAL.DOC
-
-
- 6. FILES ON THE DISKS
- -----------------------
-
- TURBO ASSEMBLER/INSTALLATION
- ----------------------------
- INSTALL EXE - Installation program
- README COM - Reads this README
- TASM EXE - Turbo Assembler
- TCREF EXE - Turbo Assembler cross-reference utility
- MAKE EXE - Program for managing projects
- TLINK EXE - Borland Turbo Linker
- TLIB EXE - Borland Turbo Librarian
- OBJXREF COM - Object file cross-reference utility
- GREP COM - Turbo GREP program
- TOUCH COM - Program that updates a file's date and time
- MANUAL DOC - Last minute additions and corrections to the manual
- HELPME! DOC - Text file with the answers to many common
- questions. Please read HELPME!.DOC before
- contacting Technical Support
- README - This file
- MMACROS ARC - MASM Mode Macros
- BIOS.INC - Equates representing the BIOS services
- DOS.INC - Equates representing the DOS services
- KBD.INC - Equates representing the IBM PC keyboard keystrokes
- MBIOS.MAC - Macros used to interface with the IBM PC BIOS. MASM Mode
- MDOS.MAC - Macros to interface with DOS. MASM Mode
- MMACROS.MAC - General macros. Masm Mode
-
- TURBO DEBUGGER UTILITIES/EXAMPLES
- -----------------------------------------
- This diskette also contains files for use with the Turbo Debugger.
- Please see the Turbo Debugger README and manuals for a complete
- description of these files.
-
- TDCONVRT EXE - Turbo Debugger utility
- TDPACK EXE - Turbo Debugger utility
- TDNMI COM - Turbo Debugger utility
- UNPACK COM - Program to unpack the .ARC files
- TDEXMPL ARC - Packed file that contains Turbo Debugger examples
- TAEXMPL1 ARC - Ideal mode example and macros
- BIOS.INC - Equates representing the BIOS services
- BIOSMAC.DOC - Documentation for macros implemented in ?BIOS.MAC
- DEMO1.BAT - Batch file to make Whereis.exe
- DOS.INC - Equates representing the DOS services
- DOSMAC.DOC - Documentation for macros implemented in ?DOS.MAC
- IASCIIZS.ASM - Routine to display an ASCIIZ string
- IBIOS.MAC - Ideal mode macros used to interface with the IBM PC BIOS
- IBYTECPY.ASM - Routine that copies an array of bytes from one
- location to another
- IDELCHAR.ASM - Routine that deletes n characters from a
- Pascal-style string starting at position i
- IDOS.INC - Type declarations used to interface with DOS
- IDOS.MAC - Macros to interface with DOS. Ideal Mode
- IFINDBYT.ASM - Routine that searches an array of bytes looking for a
- value; routine that returns the length of an ASCIIZ string.
- IFINDFIL.ASM - Routine that does a recursive search of a hard disk
- looking for a file
- IFINDREP.ASM - Routine that searches through an array of bytes,
- replacing all instances of a value with another value.
- ILOCSTRG.ASM - Routine that searches through memory looking for the
- nth Pascal-style string
- IMACROS.MAC - General macros. Ideal Mode
- IPARAM.ASM - Routines to return the # of command-line parameters and
- the contents of an individual parameter
- IPARSEFN.ASM - Routine that parses a file name into Drive,
- Path, and File spec
- ISKPWHIT.ASM - Routine to advance a pointer past any whitespace in
- an array of bytes
- IWHEREIS.ASM - Main module for Whereis program
- IWHGLOBL.INC - Global declarations for Whereis
- IWRITEPS.ASM - Routine to display a Pascal-style string
- KBD.INC - Equates representing the IBM PC keyboard keystrokes
- WHEREIS.DOC - Documentation for Whereis file locator program
- WHEREIS.MAK - Make file for creating Whereis.exe using the Make utility
- WHUSAGE.INC - Usage screen text
-
- TAEXMPL2 ARC - Simplified (FILT) and standard segmentation (SHOW87)
- examples
- CONVERT1.INC - Converts from binary numbers to strings
- CONVERT2.INC - Converts from floating point to integer numbers
- DEMO3.BAT - Batch file to make Filt.exe text filter program
- DEMO2.BAT - Batch file to build Show87
- FILT.ASM - Text filter main file
- FILT.DOC - Documentation file for Filt.exe text filter program
- FILT.MAK - Make file for creating Filt.exe using the make utility
- FILT.RSP - Linker response file for linking Filt.exe
- GLOBALS.INC - Declares procedures and symbols needed by the modules
- of FILT
- OBYTEHI.ASM - Processes the current high byte value in AL
- OBYTELOW.ASM - Processes the current low byte value in AL
- OBYTENRM.ASM - Processes the current normal byte value in AL
- OCMDNUM.ASM - Parses the command line
- OERREXIT.ASM - Handles the printing of error messages
- OFCREATE.ASM - Creates or truncates a file; the file is opened
- for writing
- OFILALOC.ASM - Allocates a read/write buffer
- OFILCLOS.ASM - Closes a file
- OFILEFIL.ASM - Fills a read buffer
- OFILFREE.ASM - Deallocates a read/write buffer
- OFILREAD.ASM - Reads from a file
- OFILWRIT.ASM - Writes to a file
- OFLFLUSH.ASM - Flushes the write buffer
- OFOPENR.ASM - Opens a file for reading
- OFOPENW.ASM - Opens a file for writing
- OLOCASE.ASM - Routine converts a letter to lowercase
- OPARSCMD.ASM - Parses the command line
- OPRCBYTE.ASM - Processes a byte
- OPROCDOC.ASM - Processes an entire document, one line at a time
- OPROCLIN.ASM - Processes a line
- OSETOPTN.ASM - Sets input buffer size; sets output buffer
- size; sets the byte to end lines; clears all
- tab stops; sets a tab stop; truncates lines to
- a specified length; sets the left margin;
- deletes the left margin; displays a help
- message
- OSPACES.ASM - Stores a specified number of spaces at
- particular location
- OSTORSPC.ASM - Stores any currently stored spaces
- OSTORTAB.ASM - Stores a tab character if there are any spaces
- to compress
- OTABCLR.ASM - Clears all tab stops
- OTABNEXT.ASM - Returns the number of spaces to the next tab stop
- OTABRSET.ASM - Sets tap stops every eight columns
- OTABSET.ASM - Sets a tap stop at a specified column location
- OUPCASE.ASM - Routine converts a letter to uppercase
- SHOW87.ASM - Standard Segmentation Demo Program
- SHOW87.DOC - Documentation for Show87 8087 register display
- program
- VIDEO1.INC - Routines to display text and control the screen
- VIDEO2.INC - Routines to display formatted text strings
-
- CHAPXMPL ARC - Examples Programs from the Manual
-
- Note: This file is not automatically unpacked when Turbo Assembler
- is installed to a hard disk. To unpack these files you will
- first need to switch to the drive and subdirectory containing
- this file and then give the command
-
- unpack /r chapxmpl
-
- HELLO.ASM - Pg 9
- HELLO2.ASM - Pg 13
- HELLOPRN.ASM - Pg 15
- REVERSE.ASM - Pg 16
- ECHOCHAR.ASM - Pg 56
- MODCHAR.ASM - Pg 80
- DELAY.ASM - Pg 88
- DSLYSTR.ASM - Pg 109
- USE_ES.ASM - Pg 110
- STDSEG.ASM - Pg 115
- STRINGS.ASM - Pg 132
- PRNTSTR.ASM - Pg 175
- CNTWORDS.ASM - Pg 181
- MAIN.ASM - Pg 208
- SUB1.ASM - Pg 208
- PLUSONE.C - Pg 285
- PLUSONE.ASM - Pg 285
- SQRETBLE.C - Pg 289
- SQRTBLE2.C - Pg 289
- STRINGUP.C - Pg 295
- DOTOTAL.ASM - Pg 308
- SHOWTOT.C - Pg 309
- DOTOTAL2.ASM - Pg 309
- TOGLFLAG.C - Pg 316
- TOGFLAG.ASM - Pg 316
- CALLCT.C - Pg 330
- COUNT.ASM - Pg 330
- COUNTLG.ASM - Pg 332
- CALCAVG.C - Pg 337
- AVERAGE.ASM - Pg 337
- SAMPLE.PAS - Pg 347
- ASMPROC.ASM - Pg 347
- TSAMPLE.PAS - Pg 348
- HEXTEST.PAS - Pg 361
- HEXSTR.ASM - Pg 360
- XCHANGE.PAS - Pg 363
- XCHANGE.ASM - Pg 363
- ENVTEST.PAS - Pg 366
- ENVSTR.ASM - Pg 366
- SCROLLH.PRO - Pg 391
- SCROL.ASM - Pg 392
- MYPROLOG.PRO - Pg 395
- MYASM.ASM - Pg 395
- ADDPRO.PRO - Pg 397
- ADD.ASM - Pg 397
- SHOWMESS.PRO - Pg 399
- FROM_ASM.ASM - Pg 400
- SHOWNEW.PRO - Pg 400
- FROM_NEW.ASM - Pg 401
- FUNC.PRO - Pg 402
- IFUNC.ASM - Pg 402
- MULT_C&D.ASM - Pg 475
- PRIMES.ASM - Pg 526
- MASEXMPL.ASM - Pg 555
- IDLEXMPL.ASM - Pg 557