Assembly Language for the IBM PC Family

by William B. Jones

Book Overview

Teaches useful programming techniques. This textbook presents important but difficult concepts only after a sound grasp of the fundamentals has been attained and the more advanced concepts are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576760014
• ISBN13: 9781576760017
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Scott Jones Publishers
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 50.0" x 75.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

This review refers to the 3rd edition. I've used this book for a course on assembly language and found that this book was all I needed to do well in class. I still find myself referring to it every now and then, and it's definitely the best book I have on assembly language. The author also has a very friendly writing style so that definitely helps. Important points are highlighted and placed in boxes so you keep them in mind when programming. Overall it's a great book, I highly recommend it!

Superb book for UNDERSTANDING assembly language

This review is for the 2nd Edition.I've read quite a few books on assembly language, but the approach to the material in each of them was not from a "teaching" point of view.This book is the only one I've come across that addresses the material through the students eyes. For example, a concept or topic will not be used or referred to until it has been covered. That sounds like common sense, but I've discovered common sense is not common.First, an overview of a computer and it's architecture is presented. Then topics are covered (clearly and extensively) that build on the previous topics. This is key in building a foundational, true understanding of the material.Jones knows people learn best when "doing", so when exercises or examples are presented (using MASM or TASM), he goes though all of the nitty gritty details to get you going. The debuggers are covered and used thoughout the book (Debug Workshops) to give the student the required insight to what is going on within the processor/memory.The writing style is refreshing, upbeat, and there are plenty of diagrams that help convey the concepts. Jones' mastery of the material is unquestioned, and he goes the extra mile to explain things like how an assembler works, from the inside (I haven't seen this in any of the other books I've read). There are many supporting activities that go on "beind the scenes" when using assembly language and Jones' takes the time to explain them. This is the kind of approach that leads to true understanding. There's even advanced topics that experienced assembly language programmers will find interesting.I highly recommend Jones' book to high school teachers and college professors for their classes. You will not find a better text for TEACHING the material.

the students love the textbook

I have been using Bill Jones' 'Assembly Language' for the IBM PC Family" for over three years now. I feel that the concepts are introduced in the proper order and to an appropriate depth, and the students love the textbook, which is the real test! Tom Gillman, College of the Desert

Love this book

I have been using Jones' Assembly Language for seven years straight and I have never even considered changing to another textbook. Through his personable style, Bill Jones has made many good friends among my students. Laszlo Szuecs Fort Lewis College Durango, CO

This is a very easy-to-read assembly book!

This text goes step by step through the basics and then goes further. It is in itself a complete assembly language course for the IBM PC, and includes material on the Pentium(tm) processor as well. This book even contains "debug workshops" which show you in detail how to use both the MASM debugger and the TASM debugger. Instructions on how to use the utilities that come with both MASM and TASM are covered in detail. I am studying Assembly Language programming in college this semester, and the book I'm reviewing here is the textbook we're using. I have found this book to be very accessible, and I feel anyone who wants to learn assembly can learn very much about it from this book. The diskette provided with the book contains many things, including two editors for assembly, (I'm partial to my old EDIT.COM though), and Libraries packed with macros and other routines to make your assembler even easier to use. As you learn how one routine works, you can call a routine from UTIL.LIB and make your code more compact. Get a copy of this book today, and have fun.