Machine Language: where should I start?

Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:01 pm

Good evening everybody guys (at least any of you who lives near the greenwich parallel). I need help: Can anybody tell me which book I can use for learning ML basics... I was good enough programming in basic V2 on real vic but now I want to learn (finally) ML that was my final aim (never reached for lack of time)! Please, don't forget to tell me where I can find it too, if you can, anyway... thanks for your patience (...to help a poor rookie!!!)

Post by **Jeff-20** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 6:30 pm

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orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:49 am

Hi Ivanhoe, sorry for answering late to your request. I found this online book which seems to include VIC-specific chapters (ML is not my cup of tea

).

A little note: several books are digitized there, mostly for Atari, but there are also gems like "BASIC Computer Games" or "Creating Adventure Games on Your Computer".

Have fun!

Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:52 am

thanks ... let's try to buy the book you mentioned, orion... if I can!!!

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:59 am

Why should you buy it, when it's entirely OCRed on the site? You'd better print it out for your personal use, maybe one chapter at a time, so that you can learn ML gradually...

Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:36 pm

excuse me orion: where should i find that book? I mean, where is in the site I cannot find it (i think it's a matter of my age that is going on....)

6502dude · Post by **6502dude** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:25 pm

A couple of years ago, after I learned this text was released, I ripped out all of the Atari crap from the html and put it on my internal home network.

(I guess I had too much spare time then

).

You can access this e-book from this link:

http://www.6502dude.com/6502/mlb/mlb.htm

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:38 am

Ivanhoe76 wrote:excuse me orion: where should i find that book? I mean, where is in the site I cannot find it (i think it's a matter of my age that is going on....)

The original is here: http://www.atariarchives.org/mlb/index.php

EDIT: I've found an ebay auction for a book specifically about VIC-20 ML.
Click HERE

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:16 am

orion70 wrote:EDIT: I've found an ebay auction for a book specifically about VIC-20 ML.
Click HERE

Thanks for the heads-up on that. It looks like an interesting book so I snagged it. When it arrives I'll get it scanned in and I'll make it available to anyone that wants a copy.

TMR · Post by **TMR** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:03 pm

gklinger wrote:
orion70 wrote:EDIT: I've found an ebay auction for a book specifically about VIC-20 ML.
Click HERE

Thanks for the heads-up on that. It looks like an interesting book so I snagged it. When it arrives I'll get it scanned in and I'll make it available to anyone that wants a copy.

Bloody hell... that's the book i learnt 6502 from!

Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:25 pm

Thanks everybody guys... I think I can start learning now.... a new world is opening before me...

gklinger · Post by **gklinger** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 10:27 pm

The book arrived today (that was fast!) and it's in perfect condition which is going to make it tough to break for scanning. Oh well. It's for the greater good. I'll be as gentle as I can.

Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:10 am

Very great gklinger... I keep waiting for it (if you can scan it all)... Don't be afraid for the time it takes, be gentle with it, it' a real treasure

... Unluckily the book i desired ("Alla scoperta del vic 20", an italian programming learning book) wasn't found anywhere by my girlfriend...

nikoniko · Post by **nikoniko** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:04 pm

Ivanhoe, there's a copy of Alla scoperta del Vic 20 up on Ebay Italy right now. Click here to view the auction.

Ivanhoe76 · Post by **Ivanhoe76** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:24 am

thanks very much nikoniko... i'm just following that item.... I'm willing to get it.... as i wish to get a real vic: what are the things i really need to get started with a new vic? a monitor cartridge, 16k expansion cartridge and a disk drive or what else?