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

["Rob New" <robroyn2@home.com>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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Bill Bach wrote:

>>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.  ;-)

>
A thorough study of the Apple II monitor will teach you more than most
people know about programming the 6502.  In fact, though a commented
listing will make it go faster, creating your own comments for an
uncommented disassembly will deepen your knowledge and
appreciation of structure and function.
<

True enough.  I do well in a classroom environment with a structured
approach
to what you describe.

<
Of course, you should have access to a good description of the 6502
architecture and instruction semantics.  Guessing is no substitute
for knowing exactly which status bits are set by an operation and
how many cycles it requires to execute under which circumstances.
>

I do have access to the 6502 processor reference, so I'm good to go there.

Thanks for your input,
Rob