Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows [Paperback]

Barry Kauler (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 087930474X | ISBN-13: 978-0879304744 | Publication Date: January 23, 1997 | Edition: 1

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Readers explore the architectural details of Windows at the system level. This book provides the how-to information and example code advanced developers need for the full range of 16- and 32-bit systems-level programming.

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About the Author

Barry Kauler is the author of five books, including Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming, and a contributor to Dr. Dobb's Journal. He is a teacher and consultant on real-time systems design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 419 pages
• Publisher: CMP; 1 edition (January 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087930474X
• ISBN-13: 978-0879304744
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #790,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Use of Assembly in Low Level Windows, December 7, 1999

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Ian A. Hirschsohn (San Diego, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows (Paperback)

This book is NOT for everybody. But if you need to extract maximum performance from Windows 95/98, it is indispensible eg, Games, SCSI i/face, real-time I/O, etc. In conjunction with Walter Oney's "System's Programming for Windows 95" it is unbeatable. The appendix describing the Microsoft DPMI extensions is worth the price. It is the only work that addresses: TSRs with Windows, Call gate thunking and shared VM memory areas. (If you don't understand what these mean, this book is not for you; if you do then you will appreciate their importance and indispensibility for high performance apps, particularly I/O oriented ones.) I found Kauler's description of Assembly implementation of OOP innards most illuminating. The 1st 2 book chapters could be culled substantially, to a summary of x86 architecture & Assembly, and the space better used for subsequent chapters where the descriptions are somewhat thin. Since the number of books on low level Assembly hacking into Windows is just 1, and Ring 0 Assembly is the only way to handle multiple CDRs, RAID array, multi-DAT or other high throughput I/O apps -- this book stands alone, regardless of its warts. Oney's book lays out VxDs, Kauler's fills in the key gaps for direct DPMI calls, fast thunking, VM sharing and working through DOS REAL Real Mode (not V86). Kauler's irreverent style is somewhat flippant for this serious a topic.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Skims the Surface, December 21, 1999

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Thomas C Fox (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows (Paperback)

I have to admit I learned alot from this book. I think it could have been written a little "smoother". I agree with one reader when he says the first two chapters could have been put to better use. If you use Microsofts Masm assembler, then you may be somewhat lost. I know of at least two instances where he refers you to another section to configure your programs in Masm, but, there is no reference to Masm in these sections. The appendices are excellent. I must admit this is the only book of its kind I have been able to find but in most areas he just skims the surface. He doesn't even tell you the proper way to retrieve a key stroke using Windows routines. In all honesty, "Its better than Nothing"..! I know more now than I did...

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars STEER CLEAR OF THIS BOOK, April 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Windows Assembly Language and Systems Programming: 16- and 32-Bit Low-Level Programming for the PC and Windows (Paperback)

Kauler has produced a book, published in 1997, that was last relevant in about 1994. Although he promises 32-bit Windows assembly programming (meaning Win9x), virtually everything is geared towards DOS or Win3.x. The included samples are missing pieces and won't assembly or link. I wish I could sent it back.