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Assembly Language Primer for the I. B. M. Personal Computer/X.T.and A.T.

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Norton and Socha's authority makes this book a must to every "beginner" assembly programmer. This book presents basic items such as binary numbers, registers & basic arithmetic inside the 8086 family processors into part 1. The contents of the book becomes closely related with DSKPATCH - a real program written in assembly - so the reader has a UNIQUE opportunity to see how real programmers (and here Norton is a PC guru) use step-wise refinements techniques and modular projects in a real world. The 2nd edition is based in MASM 5/5.1, Borland TASM and OPTASM features. Maybe we must wait for MASM 6.1 update... then it'll become a rating 10...

This book has the great advantage of presenting such a difficult subject just like a personal teacher would do. It's written in a clear way and explains some important concepts about the 8086 processor.My advice is:if you want to learn assembler here's a good book to start with (even if it seems a little dated!)

I've read this book, and I really liked it. It is great. It teaches assembly language in a simple a versatile way. If you want lo learn Assembly language, this is a MUST-READ.

Who knew Peter Norton was not only an exceptional coder but also an exceptional writer!
His clear and casual style should be emulated by all technical books.
By far the best book to learn assembly bar none!
Before reading this book I thought the Jeff Duntemann assembly book was pretty good but this book makes it look bad!
First half of book has you working in debug, which comes with every version of windows, and thus easier to get coding assembly than using Masm.
2nd half covers Microsoft's Masm but code still works with latest version of Microsoft Assembler 8.0 which I'm currently using!
Except for the disk writing code of course, since modern versions of Windows won't let you directly manipulate disk interrupts.

Fantastic book, the best way to learn Assembly by far. Arrived quickly and in great condition, and is the only reason I passed my Computer Organization/Assembly class.