8085 assembly #5: Task #4

17/1/2018

Task 4 is a subroutine implementation of multiplication. In addition of using a subroutine the program uses a list which is a defined portion of memory you can address. The subrotuine requires three bytes of memory - a byte for the multiplicand, multiplier and a storage byte for the result. The comments as always are very helpful if you're trying to understand it.

; CALLING A ROUTINE AND PREPARE A MEMORY ADDRESS
; ROUTINE WILL REQUIRE 3 BYTES FIRST NUMBER -> SECOND NUMBER -> RESULT STORAGE
; ROUTINE WILL MULTIPLY M WITH M+1 AND STORE RESULT IN M+2

JMP START
			; DEFINE A LIST TO STORE OUR REQUIRED BYTES
			; DB = DEFINE BYTE
			; DS = DEFINE STORAGE. OPERAND IS NUMBER OF BYTES
MULTI1:	DB 05H		; MULTIPLICAND
	DB 03H		; MULTIPLIER
	DS 01H		; RESERVES "ONE BYTE OF STORAGE
START:	LXI H,MULTI1	; LOAD HL AS POINTER TO MULTI1 LIST MEMORY ADDRESS
	MVI A,0		; CLEAR A
	MOV D,M		; STORE MULTIPLICAND IN D
	INX H		; INCREASE MEMORY POINTER TO GET MULTIPLIER
	MOV E,M		; STORE MULTIPLIER IN E
	MVI C,00H	; COUNTER SET TO 0
	CALL MULT	; CALL MULTIPLY FUNCTION
	INX H 		; INCREASE MEMORY POINTER TO RESULT STORAGE
	MOV M,A		; STORE RESULT
	HLT		; HALT
MULT:	MOV B,A		; STORE A
	MOV A,C		; MOVE COUNTER INTO A
	CMP E		; COMPARE MULTIPLIER TO COUNTER
	MOV A,B		; MOVE B STORAGE BACK INTO A
	RZ		; RETURN IF ZERO FLAG SET (COUNTER == MULTIPLIER)
	INR C		; INCREASE COUNTER
	ADD D		; ADD MULTIPLICAND TO A
	JMP MULT	; JUMP TO MULT