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Assembly language by its very nature is system specific. In addition, each assembler has different directives. Directives are instructions to the assmbler to do various things. In many assembler, directives begin with a leading dot, such as .DATA, which tells MASM that what follows goes into the data section. The MASM assembler was designed specifically for MS-DOS, hence the .model directive. Under DOS you had various "models" based upon the pointer size. Also, on DOS, there were several assemblers that were different. Microsoft's MASM had different directives than did Borland's. Since Intel Linux must at least be on a 386, things are going to be different. I can't give you any more help since I have not done Intel assembler work for about 7 years. You really need to get the online docs for NASM. On 1 Feb 00, at 9:13, Anthony J. Gabrielson wrote: > Hello, > Okay, I'm begining to really dislike assembly. How would I do > this program under nasm? > > Thanks, > Anthony > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > That looks like Microsoft DOS (MASM). > > "Anthony J. Gabrielson" wrote: > > > hello, > > > I have copied a nice small program out of my assembly book that > > > won't compile. I was wondering if somebody might know why? > > > > > > .MODEL SMALL > > > .STACK 100H > > > .DATA > > > name_msg DB 'Please enter your name: ',0 > > > query_msg DB 'How many times to repeat welcome msg? ',0 > > > confirm_msg1 DB 'Repeat welcome msg ',0 > > > confirm_msg2 DB ' time (y/n) ',0 > > > welcome_msg DB 'Welcome to Assembly Language Programming ',0 > > > > > > user_name DB 16 DUP (?) ;Buffer for user name > > > response DB ? > > > > > > .CODE > > > INCLUDE io.mac > > > > > > main PROC > > > .STARTUP > > > PutStr name_msg > > > nwln > > > GetStr user_name,16 > > > nwln > > > ask_count: > > > PutStr query_msg > > > > > > GetInt CX > > > nwln > > > PutStr confirm_msg1 > > > PutInt CX > > > PutStr confirm_msg2 > > > GetCh response > > > nwln > > > cmp response,'y' > > > nwln > > > jne ask_count > > > display_msg: > > > PutStr welcome_msg > > > PutStr user_name > > > nwln > > > loop display_msg > > > .EXIT > > > main ENDP > > > END main > > > > > > I get these errors: > > > test.asm:1: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:1: attempt to define a local label before any non-local labels > > > test.asm:2: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:2: attempt to define a local label before any non-local labels > > > test.asm:3: attempt to define a local label before any non-local labels > > > test.asm:10: comma expected after operand 1 > > > test.asm:14: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:16: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:18: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:20: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:21: symbol `nwln' redefined > > > test.asm:23: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:23: symbol `PutStr' redefined > > > test.asm:24: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:25: symbol `nwln' redefined > > > test.asm:26: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:26: symbol `PutStr' redefined > > > test.asm:27: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:28: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:28: symbol `PutStr' redefined > > > test.asm:29: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:30: symbol `nwln' redefined > > > test.asm:32: symbol `nwln' redefined > > > test.asm:35: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:35: symbol `PutStr' redefined > > > test.asm:36: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:36: symbol `PutStr' redefined > > > test.asm:37: symbol `nwln' redefined > > > test.asm:40: parser: instruction expected > > > test.asm:40: symbol `main' redefined > > > test.asm:41: parser: instruction expected > > > > > > I used the command nasm test.asm > > > > > > Anyway I am greatly confused - I thought I understood 'At Least a little > > > bit' > > > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > Anthony > > > > > > - > > > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > > > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > > > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net> > > Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting > > ICQ#156300 > > > > > > > > > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). -- Jerry Feldman Contractor, eInfrastructure Partner Engineering 508-467-4315 http://www.testdrive.compaq.com/linux/ Compaq Computer Corp. 200 Forest Street MRO1-3/F1 Marlboro, Ma. 01752 - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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