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by Peter Swinkels
Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:58 am
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

Well compatibility settings don't work. Doesn't appear to matter what options I try. Here's the log: STATUS INFO : @ 12:15:34 MSG : Starting Application IN : Initialization STATUS INFO : @ 12:15:36 MSG : Terminating Application IN : Finalization Mmmmm, it seems that compatibility mode isn't so comp...
by Peter Swinkels
Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:17 am
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

I have tried compatability settings. Should it work with XP? Yes, I it should run with no problems on Windows 95 / 2000 / XP / Vista / Windows 7. If you coulnd't run it, check this walkthroughs made by the gammers: Atari - Programmed in C and Assembly : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmlqMEdeQTY A...
by Peter Swinkels
Thu Jun 11, 2020 8:41 pm
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

I downloaded the Windows version. The screen briefly goes black and then the program returns to Windows. What gives? It's a bit old (year 2003), works on Windows 7 but unfortunately It doesn't work on Windows 8 and Windows 10, sorry. It's another project for me :) I have tried compatability setting...
by Peter Swinkels
Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:45 pm
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

I have no idea. Run tests and see for yourself. What are you writing and what is the intended platform? Hehehe, I'm writing nothing useful, just a simple shooter. I've made a shoot'm'up for Windows, Amiga, Atari and Speccy and now I'm converting it to MS-DOS, VGA and SB using C and assembly for gra...
by Peter Swinkels
Wed Jun 10, 2020 12:16 pm
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

I did a bit of searching: you should be able to find a copy by typing "helppc abandonware" in Google. Let me know how it turns out, okay? I have downloaded HelpPC 2.10 and in fact I remember using this very useful tool in the early 90s. Good memories :) Well, if I didn't get it wrong and ...
by Peter Swinkels
Tue Jun 09, 2020 12:56 pm
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

I see "dec cx" followed by a JNZ instruction. I believe the LOOPNZ does both at once. Just a tip. Wikipedia has a fairly decent overview you may want to look into at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_instruction_listings#Original_8086/8088_instructions Yeap, It really makes sense, thanks....
by Peter Swinkels
Mon Jun 08, 2020 9:16 am
Forum: 8086 Assembly Programming
Topic: What is faster: stack or registers?
Replies: 15
Views: 11043

Re: What is faster: stack or registers?

Hi; Thank you very much for your great help and nice explanation :) I have made a little shooter for Windows, Amiga, Atari and Spectrum and now I'm converting it to MS-Dos using assembly, so efficiency is very needed. You can check my little game here: http://sardonic.planetaclix.pt/ By the way, wh...
by Peter Swinkels
Wed May 20, 2020 9:00 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: hi
Replies: 4
Views: 4432

Re: hi

Yeah, reverse engineering your way through a decompiled piece of code, without any assembler provided labels or comments written by the original developers is not a easy thing. I've tried decompiling a few 6502 programs, and made some headway looking for RTS calls to return from a subroutine. I was...
by Peter Swinkels
Mon May 18, 2020 5:30 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: hi
Replies: 4
Views: 4432

Re: hi

Hi Peter, welcome to the forums! x86 assembly is very interesting, just not my personal cup of tea. I'm more of a 6502 programmer. What made you choose to go to x86 assembly from programming in a high level language such as VB.NET? Just out of curiosity for how to talk to the hardware? I have known...
by Peter Swinkels
Sun May 17, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: hi
Replies: 4
Views: 4432

hi

I am a vb.net developer who mostly dabbles in personal projects in his spare time. Started using computers during the mid 80s, mostly gaming and learned programming in Qbasic on a 386. My projects mostly include personal attempts at game development, database related stuff, small finance related stu...

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