MASM COMMANDS PROBLEM ON DOSBOX

[shahnaz]

Okay so i am new on this forum , and i am just trying to grasp its rule!!
but anyways i am having a problem on running masm commands on dosbox,
currently i am  learning how to use its commands! As i have a 64bit processor so i have to download dosbox and follow certain steps to run it  i have done all the installations correctly and have taken help from all the tutorials and lessons that i came across while searching on google but its not helping!
So, what i did that i made an .asm file and have stored it in the BIN folder of my masm, and then through dosbox i am running it but when i try to compile it , its giving me the errors that unable to link the file!!
So guys, please HELP!!!

[Gunther]

, its giving me the errors that unable to link the file!!
So guys, please HELP!!!

for producing a DOS program, which can run under DOS Box, you'll need to use LINK16.exe. It's in the bin sub-directory. Link.exe is for 32-bit windows applications.

Gunther

[shahnaz]

I tried to do what u told! but it is still giving me error that this program cannot be run on DOS!

[dedndave]

show us your code
you can attach by clicking on the "Attachments and other options" link below the Reply window
Zip it, first

[shahnaz]

i have attached my code, and i am also specifying that from where did i got my masm :
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~pager/312/masm%20615%20downloading.htm

[dedndave]

in the upper right corner of the forum is a link to a download page
the masm32 package contains much more than just the assembler
it contains include files, libraries, examples, tutorials, etc

[hutch--]

Try replacing this,

Code Select Expand


MOV AX,SOURCE
MOV AX,DESTINATION
ADD BX,AX
MOV SUM,BX


with

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MOV AX,SOURCE
ADD AX,DESTINATION
;;; ADD BX,AX
MOV SUM,AX


Then get the 32 bit dowload MASM32 at the above link.

[dedndave]

it assembles and links fine
you have to use Link16.exe, rather than Link.exe - as Gunther mentioned

and, what Hutch said   :P

[dedndave]

here is a little better version of the 16-bit program

Code Select Expand

        .MODEL  Small
        .STACK  4096
        .DOSSEG
        .386
        OPTION  CaseMap:None

;####################################################################################

        .DATA

SOURCE      WORD 100
DESTINATION WORD 200

;************************************************************************************

        .DATA?

SUM     WORD ?

;####################################################################################

        .CODE

;************************************************************************************

_main   PROC    FAR

        mov     dx,@data
        mov     ds,dx

        mov     bx,DESTINATION
        mov     ax,SOURCE
        add     bx,ax
        mov     SUM,bx

        mov     ax,4C00h
        int     21h

_main   ENDP

;####################################################################################

        END     _main

honestly, i don't know why you have a 64-bit OS to write 16-bit code, though - lol

[shahnaz]

honestly, i don't know why you have a 64-bit OS to write 16-bit code, though

because my instructor has told me to use 16-bit code instead of 32-bit =( and i cant just replace my 0S!!
anyways thanks alot for ur help guys !!

[Gunther]

shahnaz,

because my instructor has told me to use 16-bit code instead of 32-bit =( and i cant just replace my 0S!!
anyways thanks alot for ur help guys !!

so, your instructor is an ignoramus. Anyway, I hope it runs now, at least under DosBox.

Gunther