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From: kehoe@scotty.dccs.upenn.edu (Brendan Kehoe)
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Subject: Re: books on 6502
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Date: 15 Oct 90 13:03:28 GMT
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In <34769@cup.portal.com>, CTuna@cup.portal.com writes:
>For the Commodore 64 and/or 128, I recommend the "Machine Language for
>the Commodore 64 and 128" By Jim Butterfield. Excellent examples for about
>any routine that you would want to use.

 I have to agree, and take this opportunity to again edify a book that
is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to learn proper programming
I've seen.
 I started out on a 64 in Basic, graduated to ML on it, then jumped to
the 128 and went hog-wild with my own hand-hacked version of Lads.
(Tho I still thank the guy who introduced me to Merlin on the 64.)
 Since then, I've been able to absorb programming languages like a
sponge, because of the excellent foundation that Mr. Butterfield's
book gave me. I picked up Vax Macro so fast I nearly fell over
backward.
 If you're at all interested in learning machine language, but have
been intimidated, get this book!



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