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6502 Machine Language for Beginners

Posted by timothy on from the your-motivation-may-vary dept.

savetz writes "If you've always wanted to learn 6502 assembly language, now's your chance. The full text of the classic, best-selling 1983 book Machine Language for Beginners is now on the Web. It includes examples and program code for Atari 8-bit, Apple ][, PET/CBM, VIC-20, and Commodore 64 computers."

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  1. Re:Interesting fact... by PD · · Score: 2, Funny

    But the Amiga had an HCF instruction. Halt and Catch Fire.

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  2. Learning old machine languages???? by Tuxinatorium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, that ranks right up there with sorting my sock drawer or beating my head against the window.

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  3. Re:Interesting fact... by rasteri · · Score: 3, Funny
    The 6502 doesn't have an ADD instruction.

    Ah well, at least it won't get distracted as easily.
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  4. Oh sure, now you tell me... by John+Harrison · · Score: 2, Funny
    When I was in 4th and 5th grade I REALLY wanted to learn machine language for the C64. But I could never find an assembler. I had no idea how people found an assembler in order to write ML programs. Now I find out that I could have bought this book and typed in the assembler in the back that was written in BASIC. At this point that isn't helpful information, it is simply frustrating.

    As a side note, I remember being all excited when I found out that we were going to write ML programs in intro to computer theory. Little did I know that the name "ML" is overloaded in the computer languages department. We didn't learn machine language, we learned the "other" ML. Of course I did get really good at recursion. Not that I ever use it now.

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