80386/80486 assembly language programming Book

	Introduction
1	Introduction to software design	1
	Structured design	2
	Efficiency	3
	Program usability	4
	Documentation	5
	Creating databases	5
	Interrupt handling: transfers, subroutines, and macros	8
	Termination processing	9
	Writing a program	9
2	MS-DOS programming tips	16
	Definitions	17
	System overview	18
	A skeleton program	19
	Assembling programs	21
	Library management	22
	Common MS-DOS operations	23
	BIOS interrupts	24
	MS-DOS interrupts	26
	Common DOS file name extensions	34
3	80486 programming notes and tips	36
	Terminology	37
	Software guidelines	39
	Programming for the 80486	40
4	Arithmetic	50
	Binary addition and subtraction	52
	Binary coded decimal (BCD)	54
	A 64-bit addition/subtraction program	55
	Packed decimal routines	55
	BCD arithmetic programs	58
5	Interrupts and exceptions	87
	BIOS and MS-DOS interrupts	89
	Masked and unmasked exceptions	90
	80486 interrupts	90
	Interrupt and error code handling	95
6	Bit and string manipulation	116
	80486 bit manipulation instructions	116
	Bit manipulation programs	119
	String manipulation	121
	String search routines	123
	String parsing routines	126
7	Code conversion	156
	80486 data handling	156
	80486 data types	156
	Floating-point numbers	158
	Conversion routines	159
8	Input/output and file manipulation	207
	Standard input/output	207
	Disk organization	208
	80486 input/output	210
	An input editing program	215
	File manipulation	217
9	Algorithms	240
	Searching	240
	Buffers	243
	Encryption	246
	Hashing schemes	247
	Sorting	248
	Array manipulation and indexing	255
	Miscellaneous routines	257
10	Graphics	332
	Monochrome mode	332
	The character matrix	333
	Bit shifting	334
	ROM BIOS video services	336
	Elementary graphics routines	339
	App. A: 80486 architecture overview	370
	App. B: 80486 registers, flags, and bits	393
	App. C: The 80486 instruction set	411
	App. D: ASCII characters and keyboard codes	496
	App. E: Overview of BIOS/MS-DOS interrupts and calls	503
	Glossary	560
	Bibliography	581
	Index	583