Re: Wanted: Assembler references - Was "Mini-assembler in Apple ][+"

[Bill Bach <bbach@cncdsl.com>]

Yes, I used the old ][ ref manual -- worked very well for me!  I also wrote a
6502 Assembly Language Tutorial as a project in high school.  As soon as I get
my connection to the PC up, I can send it to you.

If you need the source to ALE, why not just dump it from the disassembler to a
text file, and then add comments to it?  I know it is not pretty, but it WOULD
give you a viable (if not easy) way to make a mod.  ;-)  I've done that with
some programs I wrote using the mini-assembler, and it works well.

BTW, the Atlas/Gazeteer in the back of "What's Where" is over 100 pages in
length.  Would take me a VERY long time to copy/scan, unless I cut up the
binding & used my sheet feeder, and then the dogeared pages might jam. Tell me
what part you're interested in, and I'll see what I can do.
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Rob New wrote:

> Bill Bach wrote:
> >
> Books on assembler?  I learned it by studying the Apple ][+ ROM printout
> in the back of the manual, along with the Inside Apple DOS printouts,
> then got a book on 6502 from somewhere -- couldn't find them with a
> quick look, but they might still be around here somewhere.
> <
>
> Were you using the Apple II Tech Ref manual or ?  I don't have anything
> anymore.  Basically starting from just a little bit better than scratch.  I
> recall Basic commands, a little bit of programming Applesoft.  But almost
> nothing regarding the standard housekeeping with assembler, etc.
>
> >What exactly are you looking for?
>
> I wanted to make a mod to the AppleSoft Line Editor (A.L.E.) published in
> Nibble
> Magazine in '82', I believe.  Great little line editor - I keyed the whole
> thing in using
> Merlin.  But, that's another problem.  I need at least a listing of the
> source.  Don't
> have that anymore either.  Though I did pickup the program at Asimov.
>
> "What's Where in the Apple", W.F. Luebbert, as I recall, was a somewhat
> commented
> reference to the Apple ROM.  "Apple Machine Language", Inman, was
> another reference I used.  The Merlin Assembler manual is important to
> me right now, as I still have the software but nothing that shows me
> how to use it.  My Apple ][+ bit the dust back in 1985, and I just went
> to the IBM PC after that - which basically sucked all the fun out of
> computing for me.
>
> Any or all of the above referenced books I would imagine, would be helpful.
>
> Thanks much for the response, Bill.
>
> Rob