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Assembly Suicide... !!!

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  • 28-11-2002 2:03am
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    Chaos-Engine
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    I'm in dire straits. Could anyone please point me toward a FAST and usable site/book that i can read in the next couple of days and be capable of getting a assemble assignment done...

    its MC68332 instruction set. Just the basic move, add, sub, shift and rotate and others...

    I'm such a waster when it comes to time management... LAstminuteme.com


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    daveirl
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    fatherdougalmag
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    Also, you could consider developing on an emulator. As long as it's nothing platform specific that you're doing you could use an Atari ST or Amiga emulator in conjunction with the DevPac assembler. The ST and Amiga are MC68000 machines.

    As for programming references I'm at a bit of a loss there but the commands you give as examples are quite processor-generic and there are equivalent commands on, for example, the Intel x86 family so don't get in a tizzy about MC68332-specific texts.

    If you need a hand, just post and we'll help where we can.


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    str8_away
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    One little tip about programming in assembly language:
    Think small steps very small steps.


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    leeroybrown
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    Most microcontrollers/microprocessors have a readily available Architecture and Instruction Set guide.

    Also if you get a simple sample program, it will allow you to gloss over a lot of the directives that make up the setup/initialisation sections of the code.


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    DeadBankClerk
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    Michael Manzke would not be happy if he saw this.
    Think about your assembly in terms of Substructions.


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    leeroybrown
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    If I were doing it I'd want to understand and write from scratch but ...

    When you're stuck fro time (and lazy) modifying working code is often a good place to get started.

    Anything complicated would make it an uber-bad idea tho.


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    Tom Dunne
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    Probably a tad late, but I only seem to come to this board when I am stuck myself.

    Anyway, I have used several books on assembly language, here's two that spring to mind: Assembly language Step-by-step, by Jeff Duntemann is a great book.There's not too many books on this subject matter than can make you chuckle, this one does. It is for x86 assembly, but he expains the concepts extremely well.

    Introduction to microprocessors, Third edition, by Aditya P Marthur is another good book. You certainly won't be chuckling, but it has a whole chapter devoted to the 68000 (among other chips).

    PM me if you are stuck.

    TD.


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