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TITLE Printer
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;* * * * * * * * * * * * * *   P R I N T E R   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  
;
;                             John C. Petrey
;                                (c) 1983
;
;
;
;
CSEG    segment para public 'CODE'
        org     100h    
;
;
PRINTER proc    far
        assume cs:cseg,ds:cseg,es:nothing
;
        jmp     set_up
;
;Data Area
;
        disk        db   00h                ;current default disk drive
        bytes_left  db   00h                ;bytes of code left to read
        sav_row     db   02h                ;start cursor at line 2 
        kbd_input   db   ' '                ;save keyboard input
        print_lit   db   'N'                ;flag to indicate if we were printing literal
        option_nbr  db   '0'                ;option number printed on the screen
        fcb         db   00h                ;1st byte of FCB (00h = default drive)
        fcb2        db   'printer '         ;file name in FCB   
        fcb3        db   'dat'              ;file extension in FCB
        fcb4        db    25  dup(00h)      ;remainder of FCB 
        dta         db   128  dup('d')      ;disk transfer area
        eof         db   '$'                ;end of disk transfer area
        codes       db   20  dup('c')       ;user codes
        line1       db   'Printer (1.1) - Special Print Functions$' 
        more        db   'Change another setting? $'      
        nomatch     db   'Please choose an option listed above $'
        quest       db   'Your Choice $'
        option      db   'Option $'
        done        db   ' done!$'
        escape      db   'Esc -  Exit$'
        dash        db   '   -  $'
        no_file     db   'PRINTER.DAT file not found or error in file$'
;
;Setup stuff
 set_up:
        push    ds                      ;Set return segment address and ...
        sub     ax,ax                   ;put zero on stack ...
        push    ax                      ;so a RET returns us to starting address.   
        push    cs                      ;Move work address into Data Segment ...
        pop     ds                      ;because this is a COM file.
                                        ;
;Save registers                         ;By saving register contents at program 
        push    ax                      ;entry we insure exit will correctly
        push    bx                      ;return to DOS.
        push    cx
        push    dx
        sti                             ;enable interrupts
                                        ;
;Set screen mode
        mov     al,2                    ;80 x 25 B&W alpha
        mov     ah,0                    ;BIOS interrupt 10 - set video mode
        int     10h                     ;call BIOS to do it
                                        ;
;Clear screen
        mov     ah,6                    ;clear screen with scroll active page up
        mov     al,0                    ;entire window
        mov     cx,0                    ;ch,cl = row,column of upper left corner
        mov     dh,24                   ;dh = row to scroll to
        mov     dl,79                   ;dl = column to scroll to
        mov     bh,7                    ;attribute to be used on blank line
        int     10h                     ;Call BIOS to scroll 
                                        ;
;Title
        mov     dx,offset line1         ;get address of program title
        call    print                   ;print it on the screen
                                        ;
;Save current default disk drive
        mov     ah,19h                  ;DOS function to get default drive
        int     21h                     ;Call DOS to do it - returned in AL
        mov     disk,al                 ;Save default disk returned in AL
                                        ;
;Get drive on which PRINTER.DAT file is located
        mov     si,80h                  ;point to command tail address
        mov     dh,[si]                 ;get length of command tail
        tail:
        cmp     dh,00h                  ;Is their a command tail? or any bytes of tail left?
        je      set_dta                 ;   no, go set DTA
        dec     dh                      ;   yes, update bytes of tail left
        inc     si                      ;        point to next byte in command tail
        mov     dl,[si]                 ;        get contents of command tail       
        cmp     dl,097                  ;Is drive spec upper case?
        jb      upper                   ;   yes, now go fold to a value   
        sub     dl,32                   ;   no, fold down to upper case
        upper:
        sub     dl,65                   ;fold to a value
                                        ;
;Select disk drive
        cmp     dl,5                    ;if value not valid (a - f) ...
        ja      tail                    ;   get next command tail byte
        cmp     dl,0                    ;if value not valid ...
        jb      tail                    ;   get next command tail byte
        mov     ah,0Eh                  ;DOS function to select disk
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to do it
                                        ;           
;Set Disk Transfer Address
        set_dta:
        mov     dx,offset dta           ;get address of Disk Transfer Area (DTA)
        mov     ah,1Ah                  ;DOS function to set Disk Transfer Area (DTA)
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to set DTA
                                        
;Open File Control Block  
        mov     dx,offset fcb           ;point to address of File Control Block (FCB)
        mov     ah,0fh                  ;DOS function to open file control block
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to open file control block
                                        
        mov     bp,00h                  ;initialize base pointer - used later
                                        ;as offset into user codes
;
;Sequential read
 read:
        mov     dx,offset fcb           ;get address of file control block
        mov     ah,14h                  ;DOS function to read a record
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to do it.  AL returns 00 if successful.
        cmp     al,00h                  ;Was read successful?
        je      success                 ;  Yes, continue with program
        cmp     al,03                   ;Was partial record read?
        je      success                 ;  Yes, continue with program
        file_not_found:
        mov     dx,offset no_file       ;  No, get address of error message
        call    cursor                  ;      print error message
        jmp     exit                    ;      exit
        success:
                                        ;
        mov     SI,00h                  ;initialize SI to zero - will use SI as offset
                                        ;within DTA (byte were currently working with)
                                        ;
        cmp     dta[si],'&'             ;Is this the end of the users file?
        jne     not_end                 ;  No, still more to read
        jmp     cont                    ;  Yes, we're done reading users file
        not_end:                        ;
                                        ;
        cmp     bytes_left,0            ;Were we reading codes when we reached end of DTA?
        je      not_reading             ;  No
        jmp     read_code               ;  Yes, go finsih reading codes
        not_reading:
                                        ;                                           
        cmp     dta[si],'$'             ;Did we just finish printing a literal when we
                                        ;reached the end of the DTA?
        je      end_of_literal          ;  Yes, now read codes
                                        ;
        cmp     print_lit,'Y'           ;Were we printing the literal when we reached the end of the DTA?
        je      finish_print            ;  Yes, go finish printing the literal      
;
;Parse DTA -  Print user literals & save user codes in opt0 - opt9
; 
;               User's file must be in the following format:
;                 1)  Literal of unspecified lengthed ending with "$"
;                     followed by exactly 2 control codes of which
;                     each must be 3 digits in decimal notation.
;
;                 2)  Last digit of last code in file should be followed
;                     by an ampersand "&"           
;
;               Reister uses: 
;                 SI = on entry is address of start of DTA, subsequently
;                      it is the offset into the DTA (points to byte we
;                      are currently looking at.
;                 BP = offset within CODES
;
;
print_literal:
        inc     sav_row                 ;will print literal on next row down
        mov     dh,sav_row              ;set new cursor position
        call    loc                     ;call locate cursor procedure to do it
        mov     dl,option_nbr           ;get number of option (0 to 9)
        mov     ah,2                    ;DOS function to print character in DL
        int     21h                     ;let DOS print option number
        inc     option_nbr              ;increment option nbr for next time
        ;
        mov     dx,offset dash          ;get address of dash literal
        call    print                   ;print dash literal
        ;
finish_print:
        mov     dx,offset dta           ;get address of start of DTA
        add     dx,si                   ;add SI to DX to get address of literal
                                        ;
        mov     di,dx                   ;set DI to address of literal
        cmp     byte ptr [di],0Dh       ;Are we looking at a carriage return?
        jne     not_CR                  ;  No, look at next byte
        inc     dx                      ;  Yes, point to next byte
        not_CR:
        mov     di,dx
        cmp     byte ptr [di],0Ah       ;Are we looking at a Line Feed?
        jne     not_LF                  ;  No, we can now print the literal
        inc     dx                      ;  Yes, point to next byte
        not_LF:
                                        ;
        mov     print_lit,'Y'           ;Set flag to indicate we were printing literal
        mov     ah,9                    ;DOS function to print literal pointed to in DX
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to print literal
        ;
    next_byte:                          ;This loop updates DX to point
                                        ;to the location in the DTA where
                                        ;the codes begin.
                                        ;
        inc     si                      ;Point to next byte in DTA.
                                        ;
        cmp     si,128d                 ;If we are at the end of the DTA,
        jae     read                    ;go get next sector of user's file.
                                        ;
        cmp     si,127d                 ;Are we at next to last byte in the DTA?
        jne     not_127                 ;  No, continue
        cmp     dta[si],'$'             ;  Yes, and is this a end of literal mark?
        jne     not_127                 ;    No, continue
        mov     bytes_left,6            ;    Yes, will read 6 bytes of code
        mov     print_lit,'N'           ;         turn off printing literal flag
        jmp     read                    ;         and get next sector
        not_127:
                                        ;
        cmp     dta[si],'$'             ;If DX pointing to end of literal,
        je      end_of_literal          ;go read the codes following the literal.
                                        ;
        jmp     next_byte               ;Otherwise, get next byte in DTA.
                                        ;
                                        ;
    end_of_literal:                                                      
        mov     print_lit,'N'           ;Set flag to indicate we are not printing the literal
        mov     bytes_left,6            ;Will read 6 bytes of code.
        inc     si                      ;Point to first byte of code.
        cmp     si,128d                 ;Are we are pointing to end of the DTA?
        jbe     first_byte              ;  No, read first byte of code.       
        jmp     read                    ;  Yes, go read next sector of users code.
                                        ;
    read_code:
        cmp     bytes_left,6            ;If we reached the end of the DTA 
        je      first_byte              ;reading the codes this jump table
        cmp     bytes_left,5            ;will return us to the place where
        je      five_left               ;we left off.  The value in CL is
        cmp     bytes_left,4            ;the number of bytes we have left 
        je      four_left               ;to read.
        cmp     bytes_left,3
        je      three_left
        cmp     bytes_left,2
        je      two_left   
        cmp     bytes_left,1
        je      last_byte_jmp           ;This jump arround stuff is required only
        jmp     exit                    ;becasue it's to far for a conditional jump
        last_byte_jmp:  jmp last_byte
                                        ;
    first_byte:
        call    byte1
        mov     dl,100d                 ;1st byte of code is 100's place
        mov     bl,0                    ;initialize sum to zero - will use BL to
                                        ;accumulate hex value of users code
        call    byte2   
        cmp     si,128                  ;Are we at end of DTA?
        jb      five_left               ;  No, continue.
        jmp     read                    ;  Yes, get next sector
                                        ;
    five_left:
        call    byte1
        mov     dl,10d                  ;2nd byte of user's code is 10's place
        call    byte2
        cmp     si,128                  ;Are we at end of DTA?
        jb      four_left               ;  No, continue.
        jmp     read                    ;  Yes, get next sector.    
                                        ;   
    four_left:
        call    byte1
        add     bl,al                   ;add one's place to sum in BL
        call    byte3
        cmp     si,128                  ;Are we at end of DTA?
        jb      three_left              ;No, continue.
        jmp     read                    ;Yes, get next sector.
                                        ;
    three_left:
        call    byte1
        mov     dl,100d                 ;1st byte is 100's place
        mov     bl,0                    ;initialize sum to zero - will use BL to 
                                        ;accumulate hex value of users code
        call    byte2
        cmp     si,128                  ;Are we at end of DTA?
        jb      two_left                ;  No, continue.
        jmp     read                    ;  Yes, get next sector
                                        ;
    two_left:
        call    byte1
        mov     dl,10d                  ;2nd byte is 10's place
        call    byte2
        cmp     si,128                  ;Are we at end of DTA?
        jb      last_byte               ;  No, continue.
        jmp     read                    ;  Yes, get next sector.
                                        ;
    last_byte:
        call    byte1
        add     bl,al                   ;add one's place to sum in BL
        call    byte3
        cmp     si,128                  ;Are we at end of DTA?
        jb      end_codes               ;  No, continue.
        jmp     read                    ;  Yes, get next sector.
                                        ;
    end_codes:
        cmp     dta[si],'&'             ;Is next byte and end of file marker?
        je      cont                    ;  Yes, we're done.
        cmp     bp,20d                  ;Have we written all 10 codes (20 bytes)
        je      cont                    ;  Yes, we're done.
        jmp     print_literal           ;  No, print the next literal
;
;
cont:
        inc     sav_row                 ;set cursor to next row
        mov     dh,sav_row              ;set new cursor position
        call    loc                     ;call locate procedure to set cursor at next row
        mov     dx,offset escape        ;get address of "ESC - Exit" literal
        call    print                   ;print escape literal 
                                        ;
        mov     sav_row,10h             ;set cursor to be at line 16 (message line) 
        call    msgs                    ;locate cursor at messages line
        mov     dx,offset quest         ;print question "your choise"
        call    print  
;
;
kboard: call    kbd
        mov     [kbd_input],al          ;save user's input in kbd_input
        cmp     al,1Bh                  ;Check to see if input was escape key
        je      escp                    ;  Yes, go print message & exit
                                        ;
        cmp     al,'0'                  ;Check to see if input was less than zero
        jl      none                    ;  Yes, print error message
                                        ;
        cmp     al,option_nbr           ;Check to see if input was greater than nbr options
        jae     none                    ;  Yes, print error message
                                        ;
        sub     al,30h                  ;fold user's ASCII character to a quantity
        mov     dl,2                    ;get offset into codes by multiplying users
        mul     dl                      ;input in AL times 2 (2 bytes per option)
        mov     di,ax                   ;move result to DI (offset into CODES pointing 
                                        ;to option user wants to execute                                ;
                                        ;
;First byte of code
        mov     dl,offset codes[di]     ;get users code into DL
        cmp     dl,0                    ;Is code zero?
        je      next_code               ;  Yes, get next code
                                        ;
        call    sendit                  ;send code in DL to printer
                                        ;
        inc     di                      ;point to next code
                                        ;
;Second byte of code
next_code:
        mov     dl,offset codes[di]     ;get users code into DL
        cmp     dl,0                    ;Is code zero?
        je      finished                ;  Yes, we're done - go print Done!
                                        ;
        call    sendit                  ;send code in DL to printer
                                        ;
finished:
        mov     dx,offset option        ;get address of Option literal
        call    cursor                  ;call procedure to print literal
        mov     dl,[kbd_input]          ;move user's keyboard input to DL
        mov     ah,2                    ;DOS function to print character in DL
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to print users keyboard input
        mov     dx,offset done          ;get address of done! literal
        call    print                   ;call print procedure to print the literal
        jmp     again                   ;go ask user if he wants to play again
                                        ;
none:
        call    msgs                    ;clear the message line
        mov     dx,offset nomatch       ;get address of nomatch literal
        call    print                   ;call print procedure to print literal
        jmp     kboard                  ;go wait for user input
;
escp:
        call    msgs                    ;blank-out message line
        mov     dh,23                   ;position cursor at ...
        call    loc                     ;line 23        
        jmp     exit                    ;We're DONE!!!!
;
again:  call    msgs                    ;blank-out message line line
        mov     dx,offset more          ;print more literal
        call    print                   ;call print procedure to print more literal
        jmp     kboard                  ;go wait for user input
;
exit:
        mov     dl,disk                 ;get original default disk drive
        mov     ah,0Eh                  ;DOS function to set default disk drive
        int     21h                     ;Call DOS to do it
                                        ;
        pop     dx                      ;restore registers so the
        pop     cx                      ;exit to DOS works OK.
        pop     bx
        pop     ax
        int 20h                         ;Program terminate & return to DOS
;
PRINTER endp
;
;
;
BYTE1   proc
;   
        mov     al,dta[si]              ;get 1st byte of user's code     
        sub     al,30h                  ;convert to hex quantity (from ASCII)
        ret
BYTE1   endp
;
;
BYTE2   proc
;
        mul     dl                      ;Multiply times value in AL - result in AX
        add     bl,al                   ;Add low byte of result to BL
        inc     si                      ;point to next code in DTA
        dec     bytes_left              ;first byte is done
        ret
BYTE2   endp
;
;
BYTE3   proc
;
        mov     codes[bp],bl            ;put user's code (converted to hex quantity) into CODE
        inc     bp                      ;point to next byte in CODE
        inc     si                      ;point to next byte in DTA
        dec     bytes_left              ;now there are three bytes left
        ret
BYTE3   endp
;
;
KBD     proc                            ;This proc reads input from the keyboard
;                                   
        mov     ah,1                    ;  DOS function to read char from keyboard
        int     21h                     ;  call DOS to do it
        ret
KBD     endp
;
;
;
CURSOR  proc                            ;This proc restores the cursor to
                                        ;the position last saved, moves the
                                        ;cursor to down one line and lastly
                                        ;saves the new cursor position
                                        ;
        push    dx                      ;save address of display message
                                        ;
        mov     dh,sav_row              ;get row last saved
        inc     dh                      ;add one to row
        cmp     dh,22                   ;test to see if row is at 22 yet
        jb      no                      ;  no, continue
        mov     dh,21                   ;  yes, set row to 21
    no:
        mov     sav_row,dh              ;save current row
        call    loc                     ;set cursor at new location
        pop     dx                      ;restore address of display message
        call    print                   ;call print procedure to print message
        ret                             ;return
CURSOR  endp                        
;
;
;
PGE     proc                            ;This proc gets the active display
        mov     ah,15                   ;page returning it in bh
        int     10H
        ret
PGE     endp
;
;
;
LOC     proc                            ;This proc sets the cursor at the
                                        ;row number set in dh
;
        call    pge                     ;get active page number
        mov     dl,0                    ;column 0
        mov     ah,2
        int     10H
        ret
LOC     endp
;
;
;
PRINT   proc                            ;This proc sends the data pointed
                                        ;to by register DX to the screen 
                                        ;for display
                                        ;
        mov     ah,9
        int     21h
        ret
PRINT   endp                                    
;
;   
SENDIT  proc                            ;This proc sends the contents of
                                        ;register DL to the printer
                                        ;
        mov     ah,5
        int     21H
        ret
SENDIT  endp                    
;
;
MSGS    proc                            ;This proc locates the cursor at
                                        ;the message line (line 15)
                                        ;
        mov     dh,15                   ;locate cursor at line 15
        call    loc                     ;call locate procedure
        mov     cx,75                   ;75 times we will ...
        mov     dl,' '                  ;print spaces
        print_space:
        mov     ah,2                    ;DOS function to print character in DL
        int     21h                     ;call DOS to print the space
        loop    print_space             ;If CX is not zero, jump to print_space         
        mov     dh,15                   ;locate cursor at line 15
        call    loc                     ;call locate procedure
        ret
MSGS    endp
;
CSEG    ends
        end     PRINTERooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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