difference between 8051 to 8086

[DavidZiegler]

we started learning 8051 assembly at school and it's pretty easy. is there anything in common between 8051 and 8086?

[Gunther]

Hi DavidZiegler,

we started learning 8051 assembly at school and it's pretty easy. is there anything in common between 8051 and 8086?

the only thing common is: both are processors. But the register structure is very different and therefore the assembly language mnemonic, binary encoding etc., too. But never mind, learning Intel based assembly language is always a good idea. You should install the MASM32 package and reading the documentation. That'll give you the right direction. Have a lot of fun and welcome to the forum.

Gunther

[dedndave]

Gunther is right - they are very different
particularly with regard to the different 8051 start-up modes - the x86 family has nothing like that
and, of course the instruction sets and register sets are very different, as well

here is what i found, though
after you have learned a few different processors/controllers, it gets easier to learn new ones   :P

[DavidZiegler]

the 8051 is extremely easy i hoped it'll help me with the x86. well there's no way but the hard way i guess

[Gunther]

Hi David,

the 8051 is extremely easy i hoped it'll help me with the x86. well there's no way but the hard way i guess

yes, exactly. But the way isn't so hard. Download the MASM32 package and read the documentation that'll lead you into the right direction. Have fun.

Gunther

[hutch--]

David,

The nod is x86 assembler is quirky alongside many others, this has been the comments from some of the mainframe old timers and many of the 68k guys but Dave s right, once you get the swing of mnemonic coding in one processor, you will pick up another a lot easier.