Assembler for dummies

[Mikl__]

Hi, All! Is there a book on assembly programming in series "for dummies"? Thanks...

[daydreamer]

Hi mikl
I had game programming for windows ,using win32 and direct draw
It only showed a asm 32 bit snippet fast memory zero
If it doesn't exist,write it?

[Mikl__]

Hi daydreamer!
I was wondering if there was such a book in the "for dummies" series and if there was, who was its author?
It is quite difficult to write understandable textbooks, but if you want to be a co-author, I am all for it.

[NoCforMe]

This is the book I used, way back when, to learn assembly language on the IBM PC (16-bit DOS, of course):

It's out of date, of course. But it's an excellent book, clearly written and comprehensive (for the 8088 at least). And David Bradley was part of the team that designed the PC.

(I still have my copy, still refer to it occasionally if I forget how a certain instruction works.)

[Mikl__]

Hi, NoCforMe! I've translated David Bradley's book into Russian. Excellent book! But this is not a book of series "for dummies".


P.S. David Bradley is screen roles including Argus Filch in the Harry Potter film series, Walder Frey in "Game of Thrones", and Abraham Setrakian in "The Strain".  And also roles in "American Ninja" sequels, and the "Cyborg Cop". He is a versatile person!

[jj2007]

I've translated David Bradley's book into Russian

A big compliment to you, Mikl

[Mikl__]

Ciao, jj2007!
No, no! It is is a translation error. I wanted to say that I have a book translated into Russian by V.V.Skugarev, E.S.Kopelman; Edited by A.A.Chizhov Moscow 1988 Publishing house "Radio and Communications". My joke about an English actor David John Bradley and american actor David Bradley (Bradley Simpson)  looks like it wasn't appreciated either

[NoCforMe]

My joke about an English actor David John Bradley and american actor David Bradley (Bradley Simpson)  looks like it wasn't appreciated either

Oh, you had me going for a second there; actually looked his name up on IMDb.

[HSE]

P.S. David Bradley

David Bradley

[daydreamer]

Hi daydreamer!
I was wondering if there was such a book in the "for dummies" series and if there was, who was its author?
It is quite difficult to write understandable textbooks, but if you want to be a co-author, I am all for it.

Too little time and energy to code my own projects now

English naming convention jack Daniels = jack,Daniels son but also a whisky :)

[NoCforMe]

English naming convention jack Daniels = jack,Daniels son but also a whisky :)

Huh whut? Jack Daniels is just a name, the guy who created that whiskey.

[Mikl__]

For some reason the conversation went in the wrong direction. We started talking about a book from the "for dummies" series, and now the topic is Jack Daniel's whiskey. Strange associations...

[NoCforMe]

Well, to sum up, there seems to be no Assembly Language Programming for Dummies.
Someone needs to write that book.
Any volunteers? (I could be your copy editor; my dream job for many years now ...)
Just one thing, though: would it be Win32? 64-bit? something else?

[Mikl__]

Hi NoCforMe!
Very tempting offer Could you send me your email address in a private message?

[stoo23]

There was talk (at one stage) of creating an "Assembler FAQ" here (suggested initially by FORTANS I believe).

Something that could definitely still be worth considering