MARS syscalls

rvice	Code in $v0	Arguments	Result
print integer	1	$a0 = integer to print
print float	2	$f12 = float to print
print double	3	$f12 = double to print
print string	4	$a0 = address of null-terminated string to print
read integer	5		$v0 contains integer read
read float	6		$f0 contains float read
read double	7		$f0 contains double read
read string	8	$a0 = address of input buffer	See note below table
		$a1 = maximum number of characters to read
sbrk (allocate heap memory)	9	$a0 = number of bytes to allocate	$v0 contains address of allocated memory
exit (terminate execution)	10
print character	11	$a0 = character to print	See note below table
read character	12		$v0 contains character read
open file	13	$a0 = address of null-terminated string containing filename	$v0 contains file descriptor (negative if error). See note below table
		$a1 = flags
		$a2 = mode
read from file	14	$a0 = file descriptor	$v0 contains number of characters read (0 if end-of-file, negative if error). See note below table
		$a1 = address of input buffer
		$a2 = maximum number of characters to read
write to file	15	$a0 = file descriptor	$v0 contains number of characters written (negative if error). See note below table
		$a1 = address of output buffer
		$a2 = number of characters to write
close file	16	$a0 = file descriptor
exit2 (terminate with value)	17	$a0 = termination result	See note below table
Services 1 through 17 are compatible with the SPIM simulator, other than Open File (13) as described in the Notes below the table. Services 30 and higher are exclusive to MARS.
time (system time)	30		$a0 = low order 32 bits of system time
			$a1 = high order 32 bits of system time. See note below table
MIDI out	31	$a0 = pitch (0-127)	Generate tone and return immediately. See note below table
		$a1 = duration in milliseconds
		$a2 = instrument (0-127)
		$a3 = volume (0-127)
sleep	32	$a0 = the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.	Causes the MARS Java thread to sleep for (at least) the specified number of milliseconds. This timing will not be precise, as the Java implementation will add some overhead.
MIDI out synchronous	33	$a0 = pitch (0-127)	Generate tone and return upon tone completion. See note below table
		$a1 = duration in milliseconds
		$a2 = instrument (0-127)
		$a3 = volume (0-127)
print integer in hexadecimal	34	$a0 = integer to print	Displayed value is 8 hexadecimal digits, left-padding with zeroes if necessary.
print integer in binary	35	$a0 = integer to print	Displayed value is 32 bits, left-padding with zeroes if necessary.
print integer as unsigned	36	$a0 = integer to print	Displayed as unsigned decimal value.
(not used)	37-39
set seed	40	$a0 = i.d. of pseudorandom number generator (any int).	No values are returned. Sets the seed of the corresponding underlying Java pseudorandom number generator (java.util.Random). See note below table
		$a1 = seed for corresponding pseudorandom number generator.
random int	41	$a0 = i.d. of pseudorandom number generator (any int).	$a0 contains the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value from this random number generator's sequence. See note below table
random int range	42	$a0 = i.d. of pseudorandom number generator (any int).	$a0 contains pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value in the range 0 <= [int] < [upper bound], drawn from this random number generator's sequence. See note below table
		$a1 = upper bound of range of returned values.
random float	43	$a0 = i.d. of pseudorandom number generator (any int).	$f0 contains the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed float value in the range 0.0 <= f < 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence. See note below table
random double	44	$a0 = i.d. of pseudorandom number generator (any int).	$f0 contains the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed double value in the range 0.0 <= f < 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence. See note below table
(not used)	45-49
ConfirmDialog	50	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is the message to user	$a0 contains value of user-chosen option
			0: Yes
			1: No
			2: Cancel
InputDialogInt	51	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is the message to user	$a0 contains int read
			$a1 contains status value
			0: OK status
			-1: input data cannot be correctly parsed
			-2: Cancel was chosen
			-3: OK was chosen but no data had been input into field
InputDialogFloat	52	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is the message to user	$f0 contains float read
			$a1 contains status value
			0: OK status
			-1: input data cannot be correctly parsed
			-2: Cancel was chosen
			-3: OK was chosen but no data had been input into field
InputDialogDouble	53	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is the message to user	$f0 contains double read
			$a1 contains status value
			0: OK status
			-1: input data cannot be correctly parsed
			-2: Cancel was chosen
			-3: OK was chosen but no data had been input into field
InputDialogString	54	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is the message to user	See Service 8 note below table
		$a1 = address of input buffer	$a1 contains status value
		$a2 = maximum number of characters to read	0: OK status. Buffer contains the input string.
			-2: Cancel was chosen. No change to buffer.
			-3: OK was chosen but no data had been input into field. No change to buffer.
			-4: length of the input string exceeded the specified maximum. Buffer contains the maximum allowable input string plus a terminating null.
MessageDialog	55	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is the message to user	N/A
		$a1 = the type of message to be displayed:
		0: error message, indicated by Error icon
		1: information message, indicated by Information icon
		2: warning message, indicated by Warning icon
		3: question message, indicated by Question icon
		other: plain message (no icon displayed)
MessageDialogInt	56	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is an information-type message to user	N/A
		$a1 = int value to display in string form after the first string
MessageDialogFloat	57	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is an information-type message to user	N/A
		$f12 = float value to display in string form after the first string
MessageDialogDouble	58	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is an information-type message to user	N/A
		$f12 = double value to display in string form after the first string
MessageDialogString	59	$a0 = address of null-terminated string that is an information-type message to user	N/A
		$a1 = address of null-terminated string to display after the first string