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Q34577: MASM 5.10 MACRO.DOC: Output

Article: Q34577
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 12-JAN-1989

The following information was taken from the MASM Version 5.10
MACRO.DOC file.

OUTPUT

@DispCh (02h)

Displays one or more characters to screen

Syntax:         @DispCh char [,char]...

Arguments:      char        = 8-bit ASCII code
Return:         Code in AL
Registers used: AX and DL

@PrtCh (05h)

Prints one or more characters to LPT1

Syntax:         @PrtCh char [,char]...

Arguments:      char        = 8-bit ASCII code
Return:         Code in AL
Registers used: AX and DL

@DispStr (09h)

Displays a $-terminated string

Syntax:         @DispStr &address [,segment]

Arguments:      address     = Address of string terminated by
"$" (24h)
                segment     = Segment of address string (DS if not
given)
Return:         None
Registers used: AX and DS

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