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Dave
Dave

Reputation: 8461

How to write assembler language - what do I need to get set up

I've read that learning a low level language can help writing higher level languages (although not essential).

However, I don't know how to get set up.

If some one said to me, "I want to learn VB.NET or C#.NET, how do I do it?" I would reply with: Get a PC with Windows OS, download .NET framework, download Visual Studio and here is a 'hello world' tutorial.

I have exactly the same question, but with an assembler language. I appreciate it may be different for each language, but I'm not precious about which language you choose to explain.

The reason for this, is I can run code natively on my machine but I get the feeling assembler is more about hardware and does that require an emulator or does it have to be done in live (where I need a piece of hardware to work on).

Upvotes: 2

Views: 806

Answers (3)

gef
gef

Reputation: 7141

A recent option you have is to buy a Raspberry Pi and follow this tutorial: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/

Another option is to buy this book: http://nostarch.com/hacking2.htm. It comes with a LiveCD already setup for you to start tinkering, which you may download for free here: http://nostarch.com/hackingCD.htm

Happy hacking :)

EDIT:

A free ebook is here for 6502 assembly: http://skilldrick.github.com/easy6502/

Upvotes: 3

Big_t
Big_t

Reputation: 41

With all the other answers you should be well on your way one thing I haven't noticed is example code or anything to help you start writing code. Try out this link: http://www.gabrielececchetti.it/Teaching/CalcolatoriElettronici/Docs/i8086_instruction_set.pdf

try this code:

a200 

Db"Hello World$"

A190

MOV DX,0200;    MOVE DX TO LOCATION WHERE THE STRING IS AT

MOV AH,09;  09 IS THE OUTPUT STRING SELECTION

INT 21; DOS SERICES...WRITING TO THE SCREEN

RET

a100

call 190; write the string starting at location 0200

int 3

I have not tested this code so if there are bugs.... happy coding!!!

Upvotes: 2

Greg
Greg

Reputation: 350

Another fun one to play with is the MARS MIPS simulator. You don't need to purchase any extra hardware to run it, and it shows you what is happening in memory as you use it. Also, it's free.

Link here

Upvotes: 2

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