Mastering Turbo Assembler 2nd Edition

by Tom Swan (Author)

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Written by nationally known, bestselling author Tom Swan, Mastering Turbo Assembler, Second Edition, provides a complete introduction to assembly language programming, as well as thorough coverage of intermediate and advanced topics.
With hundreds of working examples of code, chapter summaries, exercises, and projects, you'll learn how to write inline assembler code and master all the features of Borland's Turbo Assembler - painlessly.

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Written by nationally known, best-selling author Tom Swan, this book provides a complete introduction to programming as well as thorough coverage of intermediate and advanced topics.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sams; 2nd edition (April 10, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 944 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0672305267
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0672305269
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.46 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 2 x 9.5 inches

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MosesJoe

Great learning tool

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2001

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This book was very well written. I liked the authors writing style. This book is very effective in starting the reader from the beginning and taking them through writing assembly apps. It has great examples throughout each chapter to help put together the content. Overall it is a great book!

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Berth-Olof Bergman

The best assembler book ever

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2002

I have programmed professionally in assembly language for 15 years. I'm also a collector of good books. This book is a great book, having all information of Turbo Assembler, instructions and assembly language programming in one book. It also tech you to use Turbo Assembler IDEAL mode. Turbo Assembler in IDEAL mode is the greatest x86 assembler in the world. This is the only book I have found learning you using Turbo Assembler IDEAL mode syntax. In IDEAL mode you can handle structures and unions as you do in C, easy interface to high level languages etc. This book will learn you how to use Turbo Assembler strengths and you will learn a more productive way of programming in assembly language. Regardless wether you are a beginner, intermediate or professional I highly recommend this book. If you refer to your self a professional of x86 assembly language programming and do not program using Turbo Assembler IDEAL mode, buy this book and learn IDEAL mode syntax, to become even more skilled as a professional.

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Clark

Excellent book !

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2000

"Mastering Turbo Assembler" is a great book! It teaches you to write stand-alone assembly programs in DOS AND Windows. The book is full of examples which are explained in detail. All the code is written in TASM's IDEAL mode, which is better than MASM mode. Tom Swan really stimulates you to write your own programs and that is the key to become a good programmer. So read the book and with the information it profides you must try to make your own programs in order to check if you really understand it.
But I must make clear that this book ONLY teaches you to WRITE programs in assembly. If you need basic information about the architecture of the 8086/8088 family (how memory and processor works etc.) this is not a good book to begin with. If you want to learn assembly from scratch (as I did) I recommend the book Jeff Duntemann wrote; "Assembly Language: Step by step". With this book and "Mastering Turbo Assembler" you have all the information you need to start programming in assembly.

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Dahtim

great!

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2002

this is a great book. it's clear and concise, organized well, and great for the beginner. as for the argument about windows programming I disagree. it teaches you plenty about using asm in windows(assuming you know the windoes api). but but but! no one in their right mind would write an assembly program using the windows api, unless of course their reasons were purely academic. you write windows programs in c or some other high level language then you write your most used application specific algorithms in assembly. it's a waste of time to develop a windows program in pure assembly, most of the "windows" in a windows program consists of calls to windows functions anyway, so what's the use? buy this book if you're a beginner interested in using assembly.

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eastbone@geocities.com

The best referance and TASM coverage!

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 1998

This book has the best instruction coverage, every 8086 insctruction is fully covered. It also covers the TASM assembler from Borland. Every directive is fully described. So if you are planning on doing your Assembly programming with TASM, this is the best Assembler there is. The book goes through pretty fast, I recommend you learn another language like C/C++ or Pascal. I would also recommend tobe familiar with Debug that comes with DOS. This book is not for complete beginners, sorry :( but it does a very good job if you are a little bit familiar with the Intel 8086 programming.

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Christopher R. Evans

Excellent guide for the beginning assembly language programmer

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2009

Tom Swan does an excellent job at introducing Turbo Assembler usage and sytax commands as well as the
instruction set that is listed in the back of the book. Book makes great reference, with plenty of exercises ad examples to try.

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Scott Parish

Wordy, horid as a reference

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 1999

I had to use this book in a class that i was in, and i did not find this book useful at all. The book is so verbose it is hard to read and understand, with the index it is impossible to find topics, and coverage of topics are spoty so it is not a good reference book. It is very specific to the architecture, and uses IDEAL mode exclusively, which is cumbersome when MASM is also a desired mode to learn.

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darko68

Whatever some say - It's a great book

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2007

This is definitely a great book and worth of this money. You can learn a lot and do not hesitate a minute to buy it. Even as a reference, this is a great book!

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Gm Cyr

Best intro asm book I've seen yet

Reviewed in Canada on November 28, 2014

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Probably the best book ever for introduction to assembly language. If you're going to poo-poo it because it's so old - you might be surprised to see how little assembly has changed in the intervening years.

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