programming-examples/assembly/FXN4BH --- demonstrate use of the PC-DOS 2.0 EXEC function call 4BH.asm

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;
cr equ 0dh ;ASCII carriage return
lf equ 0ah ;ASCII line feed
;
cseg segment para public 'CODE'
;
assume cs:cseg,ds:data,ss:stack
;
demo proc far
;at entry DS & ES = PSP
push ds ;Save address for final
xor ax,ax ;FAR RET to PC-DOS on stack
push ax
;save copy of SS:SP for use
;after return from overlay
mov cs:STK_SEG,ss
mov cs:STK_PTR,sp
;
;Reserve 1000H bytes for
;this loader and release
;the rest of memory for
;use by the overlayed program.
mov bx,100h ;ES=segment of PSP of loader
mov ah,4ah ;BX=paragraphs to reserve
int 21h
;make the messages in data
;segment addressable
mov ax,seg DATA
mov ds,ax
mov es,ax
;jump if memory
;de-allocation failed
jc ALLOC_ERR
;print memory successfully
;released
mov dx,offset MSG2
mov ah,9
int 21h
;
;now load and execute
;the overlaid program.
mov dx,offset PGM_NAME
mov bx,offset PAR_BLK
mov al,0
mov ah,4bh
int 21h
;restore stack pointers
;to state before EXEC call
mov ss,cs:STK_SEG
mov sp,cs:STK_PTR
;Make data segment
;addressable again
mov ax,seg DATA
mov ds,ax
;print message that loader
;successfully regained control
mov dx,offset MSG3
mov ah,9
int 21h
;now exit to PC-DOS
ret
alloc_err: ;come here if memory
;cannot be released
mov dx,offset MSG1
mov ah,9
int 21h ;print error message and
ret ;exit to PC-DOS
;
demo endp
;
;these two variables must
;reside in Code Segment so
;that they are addressable
;after return from overlay.
stk_seg dw 0 ;original SS contents
stk_ptr dw 0 ;original SP contents
;
cseg ends
;declare a stack area
;for use by this loader
stack segment para stack 'STACK'
;allow 64 bytes in this case
db 64 dup (?)
stack ends
;declare data segment to
;contain variables and tables
data segment para public 'DATA'
;
msg1 db cr,lf
db 'Unable to release memory.'
db cr,lf,'$'
msg2 db cr,lf
db 'Memory above loader released.'
db cr,lf,'Now loading CHKDSK.COM.'
db cr,lf,'$'
msg3 db cr,lf
db 'Loader regained control from CHKDSK,'
db cr,lf
db 'now making final exit to PC-DOS.'
db cr,lf,'$'
;
;drive, path, and name of program
;to be loaded and executed.
pgm_name db '\CHKDSK.COM',0
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par_blk dw ENVIR ;segment address of
;environment descriptor
;
;full address of command line
;to be passed at offset 80H
dw offset CMD_LINE ;in overlaid
dw seg CMD_LINE ;program's PSP
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;full address of default
;File Control Block to be
;passed at offset 5CH in
dw offset FCB1 ;overlaid
dw seg FCB1 ;program's PSP
;
;full address of default
;File Control Block to be
;passed at offset 6CH in
dw offset FCB2 ;overlaid
dw seg FCB2 ;program's PSP
;
;actual command line tail
;to be passed to overlay
cmd_line db 4,' *.*',cr,0
;
;first default FCB to
fcb1 db 0 ;be passed to overlay
db 11 dup ('?')
db 25 dup (0)
;second default FCB to
fcb2 db 0 ;be passed to overlay
db 11 dup (' ')
db 25 dup (0)
;
data ends
;declare separate data
;segment to contain
;environment descriptor
envir segment para 'ENVIR'
;
;Search path used by PC-DOS
;to look for commands or
;batch files not found in
db 'PATH=',0 ;the current directory
;
;Search path used by PC-DOS
;to locate COMMAND.COM
db 'COMSPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM',0
db 0 ;extra 0 byte designates
;end of environment
envir ends
end demo