Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!usenet From: emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Assembly language primers wanted Message-ID: <1991Jan24.035352.6642@csusac.csus.edu> Date: 24 Jan 91 03:53:52 GMT References: <1991Jan23.013303.611@phoenix.pub.uu.oz.au> <1991Jan23.184840.7737@ariel.unm.edu> Sender: usenet@csusac.csus.edu (News account (alt)) Organization: California State University, Sacramento Lines: 22 In article <1991Jan23.184840.7737@ariel.unm.edu> kgowen@cie.uoregon.edu (Kevin Gowen) writes: >I am trying to teach myself 8086/88 assembly language so I can augment my >C programming. Can anyone recommend books that assumes you know *nothing* >about 8086/88 assembler and takes you through the basics? Try "Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC & XT". by: Robert Lafore. pub: The Waite Group, 1984. $24.95 list (I paid 22.99 at 'Egghead Software', if you happen to have one nearby). I started with this book when I began 8088 assembly language, having 6502 experience, a few years back. I recommend it, but only with another reference, such as: "Programming the 8086/8088". by: James W. Coffron. pub: Sybex Books, 1983. $16.95 list. This book (and many others) give full descriptions of such things as the instruction set which the primer doesn't cover in the same way. Also, It's a good idea to have a Programmer's Reference Manual for looking up BIOS calls and the like. Good luck! L. Scott Emmons --------------- emmons@csus.csus.edu ...[ucbvax]!ucdavis!csus!emmons Packet: kc6nfp@kg6xx.#nocal.ca.usa.na