Assembly sample source codes

Drives

Drives

; Goes thru drives A-Z and determines if they:
; 1) Exist
; 2) Are removable or fixed
; 3) Are local, remote, or shared
; 4) Are a floppy, hard, RAM, subst, or CD-ROM drive

.model tiny
.286

DRIVEXISTS      EQU     1

REMOVEDRV       EQU     0
FIXEDDRV        EQU     1

LOCALDRV        EQU     0
REMOTEDRV       EQU     1
SHAREDRV        EQU     2

FLOPPY          EQU     0
HARD            EQU     1
RAM             EQU     2
SUBST           EQU     3
CDROM           EQU     4

.code
        org     100h

start:          mov     ah,19h
                int     21h             ; get start drive
                mov     [curdrive],al

                mov     ax,40h
                mov     es,ax
                mov     bh,es:[10h]     ; 40:10h is # of floppies-1
                shr     bh,6
                inc     bh              ; # of actual floppy drives
                mov     bl,1
                mov     di,offset drives
nextchkfloppy:  mov     ax,4409h        ; check if drive exists
                int     21h
                jc      nextsetfloppy
                test    dh,10000000b    ; check if SUBST drive
                jz      chkfloppy
                dec     bh              ; dec actual drive count
                mov     byte ptr [di+3],SUBST
setfloppyexist: mov     byte ptr [di],DRIVEXISTS
                jmp     nextsetfloppy
chkfloppy:      dec     bh              ; dec actual drive count
                js      nextsetfloppy
                mov     byte ptr [di+1],REMOVEDRV
                mov     byte ptr [di+3],FLOPPY
                jmp     setfloppyexist
nextsetfloppy:  add     di,4
                inc     bl
                cmp     bl,2            ; if B then jump back
                je      nextchkfloppy

                mov     ch,24           ; loop 24 times (drives C - Z)
                mov     cl,3            ; start at C:
drivechkloop:   mov     ax,4409h        ; check if drive exists
                mov     bl,cl           ; set drive letter
                int     21h             ; 0 = default, 1 = A:, etc.
                jc      nextsetdrv
                mov     byte ptr [di],DRIVEXISTS
                mov     ax,4408h        ; check if removable
                int     21h
                mov     byte ptr [di+1],al      ; set REMOVABLE or FIXED
                mov     bx,dx
                mov     dl,dh
                shr     dl,7
                and     dh,00010000b
                shr     dh,4
                mov     byte ptr [di+2],dh      ; set REMOTE or LOCAL
                or      dl,dl                   ; if not SUBST, then jump
                jz      chkremote
                mov     byte ptr [di+3],SUBST
                jmp     nextsetdrv

chkremote:      cmp     dh,REMOTEDRV    ; if REMOTE, then check for CD ROM
                je      chkcdrom

                test    bh,00000010b    ; sharable?
                jz      drivenoshare
                mov     byte ptr [di+2],SHAREDRV
drivenoshare:   test    bl,00000010b    ; RAM drive?
                jnz     nextsetdrv
                mov     byte ptr [di+3],RAM
                jmp     nextsetdrv

chkcdrom:       push    cx
                mov     ax,1500h
                xor     bx,bx
                int     2fh
                pop     cx
                or      bx,bx           ; MSCDEX driver found?
                jz      nextsetdrv      ; if not, jump to next drive setup
                mov     ax,150bh
                dec     cl              ; 0=A:, etc.
                int     2fh
                inc     cl
                or      ax,ax
                jz      nextsetdrv      ; drive supported by MSCDEX?
                mov     byte ptr [di+3],CDROM

nextsetdrv:     add     di,4
                inc     cl
                dec     ch
                jnz     drivechkloop

                mov     ah,0eh
                mov     dl,[curdrive]
                int     21h             ; reset start drive

                mov     cl,'A'          ; output all existing drives
                mov     di,offset drives
                mov     ah,9
drvdumploop:    cmp     byte ptr [di],DRIVEXISTS
                jne     nextdrvdump
                mov     al,cl
                int     29h
                xor     dh,dh
                mov     dl,byte ptr [di+1]
                shl     dx,4
                add     dx,offset removablemsg
                int     21h
                xor     dh,dh
                mov     dl,byte ptr [di+2]
                shl     dx,3
                add     dx,offset localmsg
                int     21h
                xor     dh,dh
                mov     dl,byte ptr [di+3]
                shl     dx,3
                add     dx,offset typemsg
                int     21h
                mov     dx,offset crlf
                int     21h

nextdrvdump:    add     di,4
                inc     cl
                cmp     cl,'Z'
                jbe     drvdumploop

                ret

curdrive        db      0
drives          db      26 dup(0,1,0,1)
        ; default to not exist, fixed, local, hard drive
crlf            db      10,13,'$'
removablemsg    db      ':    Removable $'
                db      ':        Fixed $'
localmsg        db      'Local  $'
                db      'Remote $'
                db      'Shared $'
typemsg         db      'Floppy $'
                db      'Hard   $'
                db      'RAM    $'
                db      'Subst  $'
                db      'CD-ROM $'

        end     start