Directions for Installing and Preparing MASM6.11® under Win95®

 

 The textbook used in this course comes with MASM6.11® software on a CD-ROM. These installation directions were created by Prof. Mohamed Abdulla and James E. Hinds and debugged during the MIM3122 course in the Fall of 1998.

The advantage of this installation is that it needs NO change in the system environments. The installed folder can be placed on a ZIP diskette and this ZIP diskette can then be used in the lab or on your personal machine. These installation directions can also be followed to install on a hard disk. If you do install on your personal machine and you do not have a ZIP drive, you will need to store your source files (*.asm) on a floppy for transport to the lab machines. You still should create the installation on a ZIP disk for use at school. For ease of use, copy the latest versions of your *.asm files from the floppy disk to the ZIP disk's X:\masm611\bin directory before using in the labs (X is the chosen drive letter for the ZIP drive).

Part I:

Insert the Assembler CD in CD-ROM drive
  · Go to the MASM directory and run SETUP.EXE [this is a DOS installation]
· Choose Install MASM
· Choose MS-DOS/Microsoft Windows [middle option]
· Choose YES for all the questions
· At the question for destination drive choose C: if you wish to install on the boot
  drive OR
· Choose the correct letter for your ZIP drive [if you have one]
  Note: The original installation needs about 8-9 MB, but the following installation will need about 20 MB on the drive you have chosen above (This is because you create a working folder which contains all the files which exist in separate directories normally).
  · Accept all the default directories.
· When the Confirmation screen appears, accept the NO CHANGES offering.
· The installation will commence and install the files as you have chosen!
· The installation will show a number of screens, select ENTER until you get to the
   MAIN MENU screen.
· Using the arrow keys on the keyboard, move to the Exit SETUP line and hit Enter.
· The install window will close, as the installation [from the CD] is finished. Part II: Click on the START button in the lower left hand corner of the WIN95 main window [or Menu BAR].
  · Move through the menu choices to: START/PROGRAMS/WINDOWS
  EXPLORER.
· Go to the ZIP drive or the hard disk, depending on where you installed the
  software.
· Open the MASM611 directory in the Explorer window.
· Copy the MASM611\bin directory using the menu commands [Edit/Copy]
  [Edit/Paste]  [this will  create a new directory called Copy of Bin] Highlight the
  new copy directory and rename this directory to Bin directory by using
  [File/Rename].
· Copy the file contents of the Help, Include, Init, and Lib directories to this the Bin
   directory. Also copy the files in the MASM611 directory with the extension .txt to
   the Bin directory.
· Open each directory, select all the files [Edit/Select All], copy the files
  [Edit/Copy], open the Bin directory and paste the files there [Edit/Paste].
· Do the above copy command for the Help, Include, Init and Lib directories.  Part III. Once you have copied all the files to the Bin directory, open this directory. Choose the file PWB [with the MS-DOS icon] and double click on it or hit enter.

Once the PWB program is started, the following changes to the Environment must be ma From the Menu chose:
 

· Options/Build -- select Debug Options [click on OK]
· Options/Project Templates -- select Set Project Templates
  -- For the RUN TIME SUPPORT choose Assembler then for the
  PROJECT TEMPLATES -- choose DOS EXE [click on OK]
· Options/Language Options/MASM Options -- Click on Set Debug Options --
  Click on Generate Listing File and Generate First Pass Listing
  [Click on OK twice]
· Now you may create your own assembly code using the PWB editor or load
  files created elsewhere.
· NOTE: it is essential that you use a plain ASCII text editor such as a Notepad to
  prepare your source files. Extra formatting elements are not allowed.
· Be sure to save your code files before compiling them.
· To compile: from the menu choose Project/Build All.
· If successful, you will have a report window with a Run and/or Debug option,
   or else you will only have a Report window that will give you errors in your code.
  Note the line numbers listed to find the errors.