Re: A86: How YOU learned 86 ASM
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Re: A86: How YOU learned 86 ASM
I started out about 4 years ago on an 82, but I didn't get very far in
ASM before switching to an 86 which I have now had for a year and a half.
I learned entirely from reading source code and I have yet to read the
tutorials, which is probably why there are so many holes in my fundamental
comprehension of the language (for instance, I didn't know until Kirk's email
just now that you couldn't do "ld hl,de"). I really should go through those
tutorials one of these days.
Also, I was disadvantaged from the beginning: until a month ago I only
had a Mac. Writing and compiling ASM on a Mac was virtually impossible, until
I became a beta tester for a Mac ASM compiler (top-secret stuff, don't tell
anyone -- but it looks really good so far).
My other source of learning was this list, especially code provided by
Kirk and Jonah. In many ways I still consider myself a beginner.
-- Jonathan Marcus
Appelkore@aol.com