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using the sal command
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sal ax,16
Take note however that the instruction sal behaves differently on the 8086 versus later versions (80186 and onwards only allow shift counts of 31 or less. If you input a higher number, only the 5 LSig bits will be used).
8086's will except shift counts up to 255. On an 8086 you can only enter shift counts greater than 1 if the shift count is on cl (As opposed to an immediate value) like below
mov cl, 16
sal ax, cl
This will also zero ax:
xor ax,ax
Kim_Christensen@telus.net
Take note however that the instruction sal behaves differently on the 8086 versus later versions (80186 and onwards only allow shift counts of 31 or less. If you input a higher number, only the 5 LSig bits will be used).
8086's will except shift counts up to 255. On an 8086 you can only enter shift counts greater than 1 if the shift count is on cl (As opposed to an immediate value) like below
mov cl, 16
sal ax, cl
This will also zero ax:
xor ax,ax
Kim_Christensen@telus.net
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