Re: [OT] Paging Frank K. (was: ' [OT] Why Bush?')
From: Annie (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 11/09/04
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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:18:25 +0000 (UTC)
On 2004-11-09 klee@unibwm.de (Herbert) said:
> Must then be British humour which I don't understand.
I don't understand British humor, either.
> AA> Besides, at least I post ASM code to this newsgroup. Beth
> AA> hasn't posted any for eons. Hehe!
>
> That's right. Since she started to support HLA she has stopped
> assembly programming.
True. HLA is definitely not 'assembly programming.' :)
> But you really shouldn't use a random generator to remove
> bytes from the code.
Now, Herbie, that's not nice! If I were Beth, I might be
offended. Hehehe!
> What happend to the two lines:
> mov ax,0003h
> int 10h
> This is required to clear the screen. If there is only
> white text on the screen, you will see no difference
> because you have selected now also white gray (0x0700)
> as background. But try it with your old dark gray (0x3800)
> or write some colored text to the screen before you execute
> the program.
Yes; I see your point. Okay. These lines are now restored.
> > mov dx,3C6h
> > in al,dx
>
> This "in" instruction can be removed.
Okay.
> Why don't you restore the Pixel Mask Register anymore?
> mov al,0ffh
> out dx,al
It didn't make any difference on my computer. But since it
is good practice, I will restore the pixel mask.
> > int 20h
>
> A "ret" is shorter than a "int 20h"
Yes.
> > end
> _____
> This get us back to my posted code! ((( `\
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