Re: Best ASM Programming book for Apple

[yourIP@127.0.0.1 (SlickRCBD)]

In article <u8i43vkdmhdjg0osp8scfj82533biel4bm@4ax.com>, Scarlet Otter
<SecretaryBird@SoftHome.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:01:33 -0500, Mookie Harrington
> <ch003i@mail.rochester.edu> wrote:
> 
> >Hello all!
> >
> >I was interested in recommendations for the best assembly programming book
> >for the Apple ][ (particuarly //e).  I have two in my collection, one
> >which is specifically addresses to turning Pascal programs into Assembly,
> >and one which is entitled something like "Apple Machine Code" (red book,
> >spiral binding).  I'm taking a class on assembly right now at school, and
> 
> I highly recommend Compute!'s Apple II Machine Language for Beginners.
> I think that's one of the best books ever for learning Assembly on an
> A2; one of the few  that actually does not assume that the reader is
> already familiar with another programming language.  It also features
> a nice little assembler called LADS (Labelled Assembly Development
> System) that you can type in.
> 
> >Also, I know that the //e allows you to enter some sort of Machine Code
> >assembler with the "!" command.  Is that so you can type in ASM commands
> >directly, instead of having to use the 00-FF codes?
> 
> If you are running ProDOS, you can write your source code with a word
> processor (save as a plain ASCII file), and then from within the Mini
> Assembler you can exec it into memory using the EXEC or - command.
> 
> -- Otter
I did that many times myself before getting a ProDOS assembler.