Re: New Apple II blog

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Oct 23, 2:26 pm, heuser.mar...@freenet.de wrote:
> On Oct 22, 9:09 pm, JJ Sonick <jj.lawre...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Oh, and I forgot to say: comments very much welcome here and
> > on the blog!
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> Your first few entries make up for an interesting read!
>
> While learning assembly I found it best to NOT rely too much in typing
> in printed example programs. You not only may find errors but they
> also
> tend to be rather extensive for what they do - and often you don't
> have
> a real need for these programs or routines. Short assembly programs
> can
> be as demonstrative and don't take too much of your time.

With this in mind, a good way to learn (and the way I did it) is to
disassemble the Apple II Monitor routines (including the Console
driver). Short routines abound in there, and the skills you acquire
using the Monitor to disassemble itself are invaluable.

Matt