Category : Miscellaneous Language Source Code
Archive   : BDISK10.ZIP
Filename : SECWRT.ASM

 
Output of file : SECWRT.ASM contained in archive : BDISK10.ZIP
DOSSEG
.MODEL medium

PUBLIC _SecWrt

;========================================================
; Write diskette sectors. The usage is:
;
; push ;drive number
; push ;head (side) number
; push ;track number
; push ;sector number
; push ;number of sectors to write
; push ;segment of buffer
; push ;offset of buffer
; call _SecWrt ;write
;
; The values are not checked. AX = 0 if no errors,
; otherwise the disk status is returned in AL and
; AH = 0.
;
; The stack is cleared on exit and all registers are
; preserved except AX.

SecWrtStk STRUC
registers dw 7 DUP (?)
retaddr dw 2 DUP (?)
buf_off dw ?
buf_seg dw ?
count dw ?
sector dw ?
track dw ?
head dw ?
drive dw ?
SecWrtStk ENDS

ASSUME ds:NOTHING, es:NOTHING, ss:NOTHING

.CODE

_SecWrt PROC
push bx
push cx
push dx
push di
push si
push bp
push es
mov bp, sp

;--- write the sectors

mov al, byte ptr [bp].count ;sector count
mov ch, byte ptr [bp].track ;track number
mov cl, byte ptr [bp].sector ;sector number
mov dh, byte ptr [bp].head ;head number
mov dl, byte ptr [bp].drive ;drive number
mov bx, [bp].buf_off ;buffer offset
mov es, [bp].buf_seg ;buffer segment

push es
mov ah, 3 ;write function
int 13h ;execute
pop es
jnc Scwr1

;--- error, reset disk and try again

push es
mov ah, 0 ;reset function
int 13h ;execute
pop es

push es
mov ah, 4 ;write function
int 13h ;execute
pop es
jnc Scwr1 ;jump if okay

;--- error writing sectors

mov al, ah
sub ah, ah
jmp Scwr2

;--- sector is written

Scwr1: sub ax, ax

Scwr2: pop es
pop bp
pop si
pop di
pop dx
pop cx
pop bx
ret 14
_SecWrt ENDP

END


  3 Responses to “Category : Miscellaneous Language Source Code
Archive   : BDISK10.ZIP
Filename : SECWRT.ASM
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    January 27, 2013 at 3:59 pm

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