Find Jobs
Hire Freelancers

design and write an assembly language program for the MARIE processor that inputs, transforms, stores, and then outputs a sequence of characters from the set A-Z;

$35-55 USD

In Progress
Posted almost 6 years ago

$35-55 USD

Paid on delivery
You are to design, write, test, and debug a MARIE assembly language program that inputs a sequence of characters from the set A-Z (capital letters only), stores each character in memory after it is transformed by the trivial ROT13 cipher, and then, after character input completes, outputs the transformed characters. A template source code file ([login to view URL]) is provided with this assignment. Edit this file to create a program that meets the program specifications. Note that the template includes instructions to initialize some working values that your program can use. The template also defines memory locations. You may add data memory locations. The program can be designed without additional data locations, but it may be necessary to do so for your design. For full credit, your solution must perform the functions and satisfy the requirements specified below. a) The first instruction of the program must be placed at location (address) 0x100 (100 hexadecimal) in MARIE’s memory. This is accomplished by following the program template that is provided. b) The constant data values (One, ChA, ChZ, ChPer, Val13, Start) should not be changed by the program. The program can load from these memory locations, but should not store to them. c) Transformed input characters must be stored in successive memory locations beginning at location 0x200 (200 hexadecimal) as indicated in the program template. The program should store all transformed input characters before any characters are output. d) The program should always initialize the values for Ptr in the working data memory and not rely on the values for these locations that are defined in the assembly source file. This initialization is done by the provided template file. e) The program should work for any inputs ‘A’ through ‘Z’ and ‘.’ (a period terminates input). In the interest of keeping the program simple, the program does not need to validate inputs. f) When transformed characters are stored and when transformed characters are output, the program must use a loop and indirect addressing to access the values in the array of words. Note that variable Ptr is initialized in the template code and should be used in the loop. You may also define a Count variable to count the number of characters, but there are also correct designs that do not require a Count variable. g) The program should operate as follows. Input Phase: 1. A character (A-Z or ‘.’) is input. MarieSim allows the user to input a single character that is read into the accumulator (AC) with an Input instruction. 2. If character ‘.’ (period) is input, then the input phase ends and the output phase begins (step 5 below). (The period may be stored in memory to mark the 3. end of the characters or the characters can be counted to determine how many transformed characters to output during the output phase.) 4. The character that is input is transformed using the trivial ROT13 cipher (see Section 5.1). 5. The transformed character is stored in the next location in the block of memory beginning at location Start. (Variable Ptr must be updated and indirect memory addressing must be used.) Output Phase: 6. All transformed characters are output, beginning with the first character that was transformed. The ‘.’ character is not to be output. (This will require a loop using variable Ptr and indirect addressing. Note that the number of characters to output will vary and the program must know when to stop the output by relying on a ‘.’ or other special character in memory, counting the number of input characters during the input phase, or some other method.) 7. After all characters are output, the program halts by executing the HALT Instruction.
Project ID: 17340028

About the project

4 proposals
Remote project
Active 6 yrs ago

Looking to make some money?

Benefits of bidding on Freelancer

Set your budget and timeframe
Get paid for your work
Outline your proposal
It's free to sign up and bid on jobs
4 freelancers are bidding on average $63 USD for this job
User Avatar
Hello! Please check my profile and reviews to know a bit about me and my work. It would be great if I could help you out.
$50 USD in 1 day
5.0 (80 reviews)
6.1
6.1
User Avatar
hi, I am interested in your project. I can provide you with the marie assembler program as well as the report with explanations.
$50 USD in 1 day
5.0 (1 review)
1.0
1.0

About the client

Flag of UNITED STATES
falls church, United States
4.8
1
Payment method verified
Member since Jul 11, 2018

Client Verification

Thanks! We’ve emailed you a link to claim your free credit.
Something went wrong while sending your email. Please try again.
Registered Users Total Jobs Posted
Freelancer ® is a registered Trademark of Freelancer Technology Pty Limited (ACN 142 189 759)
Copyright © 2024 Freelancer Technology Pty Limited (ACN 142 189 759)
Loading preview
Permission granted for Geolocation.
Your login session has expired and you have been logged out. Please log in again.