with most,t here's not even an equiv. dos's write is totally different from linux's write, as far as I can remember. Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler at tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Sten-Clanton" <Albert.E.Sten_Clanton@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:55 PM Subject: RE: programming question > "you can't just convert the interupts by switching the flags. the system > calls are way different." > > Yes. I meant to suggest some equivalency, not that one wouldn't have to > change the calls. Not saying I was right, only that that's what I meant. > > Al > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:41 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: programming question > > you can't just convert the interupts by switching the flags. the system > calls are way different. > And no prob. > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > email: tyler at tysdomain.com > web: tysdomain-com > Visit for quality software and web design. > skype: st8amnd2005 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Al Sten-Clanton" <Albert.E.Sten_Clanton at verizon.net> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:51 AM > Subject: RE: programming question > > >> I'm in the early stages of learning assembly on my Linux box. Feel free >> to >> correct me, of course, since I'm a beginner on my Linux box and never did >> any assembly programming in DOS. My understanding is that using >> >> Int 0x80 >> >> With the appropriate number in the EAX register (and sometimes things in >> other registers) is equivalent to the DOS interrupt routines. >> >> Also, Tyler, thanks for the links. I rely on two assembly books, >> "Assembly >> Language Step-by-Step: Programming with DOS and Linux, Second Edition," >> by >> Jeff Duntemann, and "Professional Assembly Language," by Richard Blum. I >> now mostly use Blum's book, because it covers more instructions and >> because >> it uses the GNU assembler instead of NASM. (I much prefer the AT&T >> syntax >> to Intel's.) I have these books by way of a farily expensive online >> service, >> though, and don't think there's a cost-free version of either. (I do >> believe there's at least a separate electronic version of Blum's book >> that >> you can buy.) Blum's book sometimes contains poor explanations, so I hope >> I >> may get some additional help from one or more of the links. >> >> Al >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] >> On Behalf Of Kerry Hoath >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:05 AM >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: Re: programming question >> >> Regarding assembler under Linux; there are a few things you should know. >> firstly any programs you wrote in dos would need to be completely >> rewritten, >> >> as Linux does not have a series of interrupt routines like dos; >> so you can't call int 10h, int21h etc. >> also note that Linux's memory model is flat; and does not use segment >> registers in the way 08x86 assembler does. >> >> there are assemblers under Linux, you want the manpages for as86 and >> nasm, >> note however that the syntax differs for Linux from dos syntax. >> >> Lame and flac have assembler code if you want to take a look at some. >> Regards, Kerry. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bruce Noblick" <brunobrook at columbus.rr.com> >> To: "speakup info" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:10 AM >> Subject: programming question >> >> >>>A few years ago, I took a unix course. 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