ECE291 Computer Engineering II Lockwood, Spring 1999

Homework Assignment 1

Due: Tuesday, February 2, 1999, 5pm

75 Points

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Homework Questions

    In order to program a computer, you must be able to think like the computer. From the CodeView debugging window below, trace through the program and determine the final values of the registers AX, BX, CX, DX, SI, and DI. All addresses and data are given in hex.

  1. AX= [hex] (3 pts)
  2. BX= [hex] (3 pts)
  3. CX= [hex] (3 pts)
  4. DX= [hex] (3 pts)
  5. SI= [hex] (3 pts)
  6. DI= [hex] (3 pts)

    The mode byte () is used to encode the format of an effective address. Understanding how the microprocessor encodes instructions provides an insight as to how memory can be most efficiently accessed.  The mode byte also  determines which instructions are valid.  For each of the following questions, provide the 8-bit binary (0 and 1) representation of the mode byte. If an instruction is invalid on any member of the x86 family, enter xxxxxxxx
  7. MOV [DI],[SI] [binary] (3 pts)

  8. MOV BX, [BX] [binary] (3 pts)

  9. MOV DI,[BP+07] [binary] (3 pts)

  10. MOV AX,[CX] [binary] (3 pts)

  11. MOV [BX+04],CX [binary] (3 pts)

  12. MOV CL,SI [binary] (3 pts)

  13. MOV [BX+DI+0F1h],AL [binary] (3 pts)

    For the following questions, step through the program given below and find the contents of the variables upon its completion. On a test, you would be expected to be able to solve problems such as these without the aid of a calculator or computer. 
    ............ data ............
reslt1  db 0AEh         ; MASM needs '0' prefix for hex values
reslt2  db 0A3h         ; starting with [A..F].
reslt3  db 0C5h
reslt4  db 23           ; Note: MASM's default integers are decimal (base 10)
reslt5  db 162
reslt6  db 11001001b    ; Binary numbers can be entered with 'b' suffix
reslt7  db 01010101b
reslt8  db 'E'          ; ASCII values can be entered with quotes.
reslt9  db -74

x1      dw 7            ; Define six 16-bit variables in memory
x2      dw 10E7h
x3      dw 239Ch
x4      dw 0EC29h
x5      dw 8A92h
x6      dw 0BED1h

............ code ............
        mov     ax, cseg
        mov     ds, ax          ; Initialize DS

        sal     reslt1, 1
        rcr     reslt2, 1
        mov     ax, x1
        sub     reslt3, al

        shr     al, 1
        mov     cx, ax
        mov     di, offset reslt4
        sar     byte ptr [di], cl
        shr     cl, 1
        adc     [di+1], cl

        mov     ah, reslt6
        mov     al, reslt7
        xor     reslt7, ah
        and     reslt6, al

        mov     ch, 0A0h
        add     ch, 70h
        sbb     reslt8, 4
        not     reslt9

        test    x1, 0FFF1h
        jnz     JumpThis
        and     x2, 2468h

JumpThis:
        or      x3, 5055h
        add     x4, 30
        adc     x5, 7777h
        adc     x6, 8765

  14. Variable reslt1 = [hex] (2 pts)
  15. Variable reslt2 = [hex] (2 pts)
  16. Variable reslt3 = [hex] (2 pts)
  17. Variable reslt4 = [hex] (2 pts)
  18. Variable reslt5 = [hex] (2 pts)
  19. Variable reslt6 = [hex] (2 pts)
  20. Variable reslt7 = [hex] (2 pts)
  21. Variable reslt8 = [hex] (2 pts)
  22. Variable reslt9 = [hex] (2 pts)
  23. Variable x1 = [hex] (3 pts)
  24. Variable x2 = [hex] (3 pts)
  25. Variable x3 = [hex] (3 pts)
  26. Variable x4 = [hex] (3 pts)
  27. Variable x5 = [hex] (3 pts)
  28. Variable x6 = [hex] (3 pts)
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