This is the x86 Assembly Language FAQ for the comp.lang.asm.x86 and
alt.lang.asm newsgroups.  This FAQ is posted monthly on or about the
21st of the month to both newsgroups and news.answers, alt.answers and
comp.answers.  It also is archived at the normal FAQ archival site,
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu and to SimTel and its mirror sites in the msdos/info
directory and Garbo and its mirrors in the pc/doc-net directory.  When
uploaded to SimTel or Garbo, the filenames are asmxxyyz.zip, where xx is
the two digit year, yy is the number of the month and z is t for text or
h for HTML format.  Lastly, the current version is available from my web
page as:
    As text files:
        http://www2.dgsys.com/~raymoon/faq/asmfaq.zip
    As HTML documents:
        http://www2.dgsys.com/~raymoon/faq/asmfaqh.zip
Currently, this FAQ is broken into six sections.  The following are the
section filenames and the scope of each section of the FAQ.

assembly-language/x86/general/part1 - This is the basic portion of the
    FAQ that contains information of interest to all assembly language
    programmers.  In general, the information contained in this portion
    of the FAQ is not specific to any particular assembler.
assembly-language/x86/general/part2 - This is a continuation of the
    above FAQ.
assembly-language/x86/general/part3 - This is a continuation of the
    above FAQ.
assembly-language/x86/microsoft - This portion of the FAQ contains
    information specific for the Microsoft MASM.
assembly-language/x86/borland - This portion of the FAQ contains
    information specific for the Borland TASM.
assembly-language/x86/a86 - This portion of the FAQ contains information
    specific for the Shareware A86 Assembler and D86 Debugger.

The scope and content of this FAQ is to go beyond just answering the
frequently asked questions.  I am including pointers to assembly
language treasure troves that are hidden on the Internet.  I believe
that this will enhance the FAQ’s value not only to the novices but also
to the old hands.

For the ease of determining what has changed since the last FAQ, the
Table of Contents will have “REVISED” at the end of the subject line for
all revised subjects.  If more than one FAQ revision has been missed,
the “Last Changed:” entry at the end of each subject can be used to
determine which subjects have been revised during the intervening
period.

The information in this FAQ is free for all to use as long as you
acknowledge the source.  This FAQ can be reproduced in part or in its
entirety as long as the copyright is included.  This FAQ can be made
available on public servers, like ftp, gopher or WWW servers.  Please do
not modify the file, such as converting it into some other format,
without prior permission of the author.

All references to files and locations are in Uniform Resource Locators
(URLs) format.  Some web browser will be able to use these URLs directly
as hot links.  If the format is not clear to you, get RFC 1738.  It is
available from:
    http://info.internet.isi.edu:80/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc1738.txt

Suggestions for changes and comments are always welcome.  They can be
posted to either newsgroup or e-mailed directly to me.

Author: Raymond Moon, raymoon@moonware.dgsys.com
Copyright 2000 - Raymond Moon
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Last Changed: 5 Feb 2000

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