From: "J.A. Bijsterbosch" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Syntax differences between TASM and NASM Date: 8 Nov 1997 08:36:01 GMT Organization: Bijsterbosch Productions Lines: 36 Message-ID: <01bceb7e$5fa22600$LocalHost@none> References: <199711040138 DOT RAA11022 AT adit DOT ap DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: asd2-p58.worldonline.nl To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Hello Nate, Nate Eldredge schreef in artikel <199711040138 DOT RAA11022 AT adit DOT ap DOT net>... > At 06:02 11/3/1997 GMT, J.A. Bijsterbosch wrote: > [ some snipped ] > >There's info about floating point stacks and macro stacks, but nothing how > >to set the SS and the SP register. > TASM's .STACK directive is a shorthand which declares a stack segment and > gives it a certain size. I don't know how you do it in NASM, and I think it > may also depend on what linker you use. (You need a linker to make EXE's, > and for COM's created by NASM, you don't need an explicit stack.) I know ;-)) I was trying to use tlink from Turbo C++ since using djgpp's ld is a little bit like using a sledge hammer to kill a fly for my humble beginner tries in assembler. > > Also, I think this is getting rather off topic for comp.os.msdos.djgpp. I aggree, I'll try my luck in comp.lang.asm.x86 for this one... > > Nate Eldredge > eldredge AT ap DOT net -- Greetings from rainy Amsterdam, Jan Bijsterbosch email: bijster AT worldonline DOT nl http://www.worldonline.nl/~bijster