Debug Doesn't Accept SAL Mnemonic (69708)



The information in this article applies to:
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 2.11
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
    Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22

This article was previously published under Q69708

SUMMARY

The SAL mnemonic, which is equivalent to the SHL mnemonic in the 80x86 instruction set, is not accepted by the Debug editor in MS-DOS. Using the mnemonic results in Debug reporting an error. The SHL mnemonic must be used instead.

Modification Type: Major Last Reviewed: 5/12/2003
Keywords: KB69708