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- ;title LPTPORT.ASM - Switch Printer Ports Between LPT1: and LPT2:
- ;
- ; (C) Copyright 1984, Dickinson Associates Inc.
- ;
- ROM_BIOS_DATA segment at 40h ; Low Memory "BIOS" Parameters at 40H
- org 8h ; Printer port addresses are at byte 8
- PRINTER_BASE dw 4 dup(?) ; Four words for Printer Port
- ; I/O Address Locations
- ROM_BIOS_DATA ends ; End of data segment
- ;
- CODE_SEG segment para 'code'
- ;
- assume ds:ROM_BIOS_DATA, cs:CODE_SEG, ss:NOTHING, es:NOTHING
- org 100h ; .COM format program
- ;
- BEGIN:
- mov ax,ROM_BIOS_DATA ; Make ROM_BIOS_DATA addressable
- mov ds,ax ; via DS register.
- ;
- mov ax,PRINTER_BASE[0] ; Move LPT1: port address to AX
- mov bx,PRINTER_BASE[2] ; Move LPT2: port address to BX
- mov PRINTER_BASE[0],bx ; Switch the port addresses around
- mov PRINTER_BASE[2],ax ; by moving them back in reverse order.
- ;
- ret ; Back to PC-DOS
- ;
- CODE_SEG ends ; End of code segment
- ;
- end BEGIN ; End of program
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