Most Significant Bits in DX, Least in AX

ID Number: Q27103

5.00

MS-DOS

docerr

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

Page 312 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0 Programmer's Guide"

incorrectly states "the most-significant bits will be in AX, the

least-significant bits will be in DX" when documenting the mul and

imul instructions.

The sentence should state that "the most-significant bits will be

in DX, the least-significant bits will be in AX."

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.0.

This problem was corrected in MASM version 5.1.