Before starting Let’s Understand Some useful things!

MASM or Microsoft Assembler is an application which converts Assembly Program (.ASM) to object Program (.OBJ), it is a 16-
bit program and can be run on operating system that supports execution of 16-bit program, Windows XP supports 16-bit and 32-bit
program execution. so it runs flawlessly on windows XP, where as ‘Windows 7 32-bit’ supports only the execution of 32-bit program
and ‘Windows 7 64-bit’ supports both 32-bit and 64-bit program execution, if you are running a ‘windows 7 64-bit’ version, you
can always look up in C:\ (C drive) you have two folders present.
1.)Program Files - stores 64-bit installed software.
2.)Program Files(x86) - stores 32-bit installed software.
The Program which you require to run an Assembly program (.ASM) are
EDIT(Program Editor- To Edit Program),
MASM (Microsoft Assembler- Converts Assembly program to object program .obj),
LINK (Linker- Links all necessary environment for conversion into .obj program),
DEBUG (Debugger- Checks if the program has any error,and displays memory allocation details in registers)
these all are 16-bit programs and can’t be run on windows 7 or above versions of Windows directly, so we need an
emulator called DOSBOX which is used to run 16-bit program on 32-bit Operating or 64-bit operating system.

Let’s Get Started.

Step 1 :
Download and Install DOS-BOX.
Download MP (Microprocessor) Zipped folder
Step 2:
Extract the ‘MP’ folder and Paste it on your C:\ Drive

Step 3 :
-Open DOS-BOX from your desktop.
Type in the following Commands ,the default terminal drive is set as Z:\> ( Press Ctrl+Enter to go Full Screen)
Z:\>mount c c:\MP
(Sets Virtual ‘C:\’ C Drive as the path C:\MP )
Z:\>c:\
(changes the drive terminal)
C:\>
(we are in our Virtually allocated C:\ which is the path C:\MP)

Let’s start with Executing our first Program, Type the Command to Open Editor Window.
C:\>EDIT PGM.ASM
This opens you the Editor with the filename ‘PGM.ASM’ as given.

Write down you program here and save the file,Go to File>Exit
Type the Commands,you use for Executing your Assembly Program, it works like a charm.
C:\>MASM PGM.ASM;
C:\>LINK PGM.OBJ;
C:\>PGM
to run the Program.
Also,
To DEBUG your Program type
C:\>DEBUG PGM.EXE
When GUI Debugger Window Opens, Press “Alt” button from your keyboard to display the top Menus.
Click on File>EXIT to return to prompt window.
Note : If you have some other style or flavor of Debugger, don’t panic. Copy the specific DEBUG.EXE from your set of files and
replace it with DEBUG.EXE present in C:\MP.
Attention:
Okay, so if you are fed up with typing the command for mounting C Drive as Local Directory and Changing the
Executingterminal again and again, you can Configure Settings of DOS-BOX,which can automatically run theses Commands.
To do this simply look out for the directory where DOS-BOX is installed
C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74 or C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.74
Since, it’s a 64-bit Windows 7 it’s Present in C:\Program Files (x86)\DOSBox-0.74
Now,you’ll see different files in this directory, Search for ‘DOSBOX0.74 Options’ , and double-click on it.
-A Notepad Editor Window Opens, Scroll Down to the bottom,you’ll find,
[autoexec]
Type the automatically executing command here
After you typed in the command it should look like
[autoexec]
mount c: c:\MP
c:\
-Click on File>Save on the Notepad editor
-Now Run the DOS-BOX
Also there are different lists of option available to configure DOS-BOX, you can set ‘fullscreen=true‘ if you want to get a full screen
window at the starting of DOS-BOX.
Also, If your screen gets stuck when switching to full-screen mode, it is advised to change the output mode, by
setting‘output=overlay’ from ‘output=surface’.
Comment Below if you are still facing any difficulties,We’ll be delighted to help you!