Re: Best ASM Programming book for Apple

[jon@i-manila.com (Jon Co)]

having just finished making a clock driver for my AE time II (see
thread on strange clock card) All I did was do a google search for
"6502 assembly language" and used this one
http://www.geocities.com/oneelkruns/asm1step.html
it's not apple-centered but I was able to make good use of it in
conjunction with the apple IIE technical reference manual (for zero
page and monitor entry points)
yourIP@127.0.0.1 (SlickRCBD) wrote in message news:<yourIP-2401031557280001@12-248-104-46.client.attbi.com>...
> In article
> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0301241558180.4923-100000@mail1.ats.rochester.edu>, 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 can't help you much there, none of the books I read were that great for
> beginners. I was pretty much limited to my libraries selection at the
> time.
> 
>  I'm taking a class on assembly right now at school, and
> > I hope to start doing some serious programming on my Apple when I get home
> > this Summer.
> Well, I took an assembly course two years ago, and aside from already
> knowing how to do hex and binary math/conversions, twos compliment
> concepts, and a little about logical ANDs and ORs, my knowledge of Apple
> II assembly programming wasn't all that great an assest in an ASSIST
> Assembly course. Don't expect it to give you that much of an edge.
> 
> > 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?
> > I'm sure I used some incorrect terminology in this post, so please feel
> > free to correct me.  Much appreciated!
> > 
> Ah, the mini assembler. It's limited in that you have to hand-code the
> memory references. No labels, no macros, no equates, no symbols. YOu can't
> do "JSR MLI", you have to do "JSR BF00", and there is no db thing. To call
> ProDOS, you have to do a "JSR BF00" and then drop out of it and manually
> specify the rest of the call.
> You're better off getting a real assembler that can handle labels and
> stuff. Not to mention libraries.