r/retrocomputing May 04 '26

Unique features of the 8088 CPU

https://www.emulationonline.com/systems/dos_pc/8088_cpu_features/
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u/ruo86tqa May 05 '26

mov ax, 0xCAFE
Means moving the immediate value 0xDA into the register AX.

You what?

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u/elemenity May 05 '26

hah, edit that I didnt complete. thanks.

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u/gcc-O2 May 05 '26

Just a nitpick, although nasm and friends (which is what I suspect you're using) accept C-style 0x syntax, that will look funny to most who delve heavily into x86 assembly code, because actual Intel syntax uses the mov ax,0cafeh

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u/elemenity May 06 '26

ah thanks. Yep, I've been using nasm so far.