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> Can someone recommend a 6502 Assembly book?


I have two 6502 assembly language books.  Here is a description of
each.
	PROGRAMMING THE APPLE II IN ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
	By Rodney Zaks
	Published by Sybex, Inc.
	2344 Sixth St.
	Berkeley, CA 94710
	price= ?? (was a gift, but worth $24-30)
	415-848-8233

	This book is 456 pages plus appendices, and is beautifully done,
is up-to-date (ProDos, etc.), and very thorough.  It is not a "learn by
doing" book.  The author recommends buying "6502 Applications Book" as 
a followup to this book.  It is written with the Merlin assembler used
in some examples, but you do not have to be committed to Merlin to get
the full value out of this book.  Highly recommended.

	USING 6502 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
	By Randy Hyde
	Datamost
	8943 Fullbright Ave.
	Chatsworth, CA 91311
	price=$19.95
	213-709-1202

	This book is a pocket-sized paperback.  $19.95 seems a lot for 
it, but it is often seen discounted at computer shows, flea markets.  It
is based on the Lisa assembler and is also well done, with a mix of 
theory and practical examples.  If you were in a hurry you could 
probably get through this one much faster than the first one, although
your education would not be top notch. ( Sort of like a community
college vs. Harvard)

	I would appreciate expansion of this discussion to include
recommendations on various assemblers. In particular, does anyone
know if "The ProDos Assembler" is produced by Apple?  It is recommended
several times in the first book mentioned above.

Rick
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