[Coco] Request for books and information:

jimcox at miba51.com jimcox at miba51.com
Tue Dec 16 11:42:11 EST 2003


>FirebrandX wrote:
>
>> Greetings all!
>> 
>> My name's Wolff and this is my first post to the group. 
>>From the emails 
>> I've been reading, it sounds like you guys are really 
>>knowledgable in 
>> the area of coco3 programming, which concerns my 
>>request. I'm looking 
>> for either PDFs or obtainable literature on assembly 
>>language 
>> programming for the coco3. This would also include any 
>>detailed memory 
>> maps, opcode lists, and anything specially written for 
>>the coco3 
>> environment. I'm only into "out-of-the-box" coco3 
>>with/without 512k, so 
>> I don't need to worry about alternative operating 
>>systems other than a 
>> standard coco3 with disk drive and joystick.
>> 
>> I used to program in assembly for the C64 and I found 
>>the "Programmer's 
>> reference guide" to be pretty useful for general 
>>information. Though I 
>> don't expect there is one for the coco3, it would be 
>>pretty cool if 
>> there were. I have downloaded a lot of web pages and 
>>PDFs, including the 
>> "unravelled" sets. What I'm looking for now though are 
>>books written for 
>> the coco3. I did some extensive google searching and 
>>found a very rare 
>> mention of a book called "Assembly Language on the Color 
>>Computer III" 
>> by William Barden, Jr. but this book is mentioned only 
>>in a faq and not 
>> anywhere else on the web. This makes me wonder if such a 
>>book ever existed.
>> 
>> So if any of you guys could point me in the right 
>>direction, or let me 
>> know where to buy such material if needed, that would be 
>>greatly 
>> appreciated. Thanks!
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> -Wolff
>> 
>> 

Wolff:

Just did a search on Amazon.com  found quite a few used 
copies of 6809 books for sale.  Just search on books, 
"6809"
Cheers!

Jim



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