22 Nov
2007
22 Nov
'07
3:29 a.m.
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 03:37:56PM -0800, Chris M wrote:
Next book - IBM PC Assembler Language and
Programming, Peter Abel FIRST EDITION. You cannot ask
for a better text on assembler if you asked me (so you
didn't ask me, well I done told you anyway!). Very
righteous tutorial on binary.
I've not seen that, but Zaks "Programming the Z80" is an excellent book.
It's obviously a splendid reference, but it also makes a fairly good
introduction to assembler programming and contains good implementations
of common algorithms (like how to divide and multiply), fully commented
and ready to copy into your own code.
That's why you should start at a suitable level
of
*abstraction* if you will. Learn about the innards
from *a distance*.
Learn about them *when you need to* and not before.
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