Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC

by Peter Norton

Book Overview

Programmers wanting to develop full-fledged programs in assembly language need this book. The more than 100,000 programmers who made the first edition an instant classic know: Norton and Socha team up... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136624537
• ISBN13: 9780136624530
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Brady Publishing
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

the master

By far the best book to learn assembly bar none! Before reading this book I thought the Jeff Duntemann assembly book was pretty good but this book makes it look bad! First half of book has you working in debug which comes with every version of windows and easier to get going than masm. 2nd half covers masm but code still works with latest version of microsoft assembler 8.0 which I'm currently using!

Bustin' Bits on Bare Metal... Norton Style

Peter Norton's introductory assembly language book was one of the first books I picked up that let me see under the hood of my system, going light-years beyond the C:\ prompt. This book still has its uses, for anyone wanted to start a little lower than C/C++/Java, yet not completely getting off the programming track. Interesting challenges are throughout, with mini-Norton Utilities constructed with the provided examples. While most new Assembly programmers would rather skip the having to build your own utilities, this book gives you the opportunity... and the chance to make it better. Buy it if assembly programming has gotten into your blood.

Great book/ Great authors/ A must-read

I've read this book, and I really liked it. It is great. It teaches assembly language in a simple a versatile way. If you want lo learn Assembly language, this is a MUST-READ.

A must book on assembly concepts and tutorials

Norton and Socha's authority makes this book a must to every "beginner" assembly programmer. This book presents basic items such as binary numbers, registers & basic arithmetic inside the 8086 family processors into part 1. The contents of the book becomes closely related with DSKPATCH - a real program written in assembly - so the reader has a UNIQUE opportunity to see how real programmers (and here Norton is a PC guru) use step-wise refinements techniques and modular projects in a real world. The 2nd edition is based in MASM 5/5.1, Borland TASM and OPTASM features. Maybe we must wait for MASM 6.1 update... then it'll become a rating 10...

My first Assembly book

This book has the great advantage of presenting such a difficult subject just like a personal teacher would do. It's written in a clear way and explains some important concepts about the 8086 processor.My advice is:if you want to learn assembler here's a good book to start with (even if it seems a little dated!)