Q39445: The IN Instruction Receives Data from a Port

Article: Q39445
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 12-JAN-1989

On Page 300 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler Programmer's Guide," the
fourth paragraph incorrectly states that the IN instruction is used to
send data to a port. Instead, the IN instruction is used to receive
data from a port.

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