Hello World

[Structure]

.zeroTerminated:

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times 512-($-$$) db 0
jmp start

print:
 pusha
 .printloop:
   mov al, [si]
   cmp al, 0
   jne .printchar
   popa
   ret
 .printchar:
   mov ah, 0x0e
   int 0x10
   add si, 1
   jmp .printloop
ret

string: db "Hello World.", 0

start:
  mov si, string
  call print


[debs3759]

.zeroTerminated:

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times 512-($-$$) db 0
jmp start

print:
 pusha
 .printloop:
   mov al, [si]
   cmp al, 0
   jne .printchar
   popa
   ret
 .printchar:
   mov ah, 0x0e
   int 0x10
   add si, 1
   jmp .printloop
ret

string: db "Hello World.", 0

start:
  mov si, string
  call print


In your code, if that is the entire code, $ = $$ (both are at the start of your code). So

times 512-($-$$) db 0

inserts 512 0 bytes at the start of the code. What is that for?

[Structure]

The first 512 kb are reserved for the boot sector:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_sector

or a file header, etc...

[debs3759]

I did wonder if this was related to a boot sector, but it wasn't obvious from your code. My FAT12 boot sector code is lower down in this forum

[T145]

You don't need any of that bootcode, since you're not making anything to boot into, like a virtual floppy disk. As you know, in 16 bit land we just start executing from the top, so you can always just use the following macro to print your string:

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%macro puts 1
    pushaw
    mov     si, %1
    mov     ah, 0Eh    ; INT 10h doesn't trash ah or bx
    mov     bx, 7      ; video mode support
%%read:
    lodsb
    test    al, al     ; check for null-terminating character (0)
    jz      %%done
    int     10h        ; print character in al
    jmp     %%read
%%done:
    popaw
%endmacro

Then just `puts string` and either `ret` or `jmp $` to avoid running into the data section.

[Structure]

rebuild:

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string: db "Hello World", 0
%macro print 1
    mov si, %1
    %%char_loop:
        mov cl, [si]
        inc si
        cmp cl, 0 
        je  %%exit_loop
        mov al, cl
        mov ah, 0x0e
        int 0x10
    call %%char_loop
  %%exit_loop:
%endmacro
print string
jmp $

 

[michaellongge]

cant run on win7

[Frank Kotler]

No. int 0x10 is BIOS code.  It is 16 bit code.

If you want something for Windows, look into WriteFile.

Best,
Frank