[Coco] 6X09 Assembly Newbies.

[Robert Gault]

jimcox at miba51.com wrote:
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> All:
> 
> I have NO intention of starting something seperate from the list.  I 
> just wanted to know if there are others out there who are interested in 
> learning 6X09 assembly. 
> I would be interested as what is considered a good common starting point 
> for us newbies though.  Maybe we could focus on a common problem/project 
> and work on it.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 

Any starting point is a good one for new programmers. What is crucial is 
starting! Just assume that the lurkers would be glad of any chance to 
learn anything and the regulars would be happy to offer help on any 
reasonable subject.

In general, it is always easier to offer help or a solution to a 
specific problem or task than to teach an entire subject.

What I see as a viable approach is for someone to say they are trying to 
do X and have so far tried Y with Z results; full details supplied of 
course. Then programmers should supply suggestions framed as 
comparisons; Basic vs Assembly [vs C]. In this manner you could see, 
with specific examples, the differences between high and low languages 
and how they could be used in specific cases. Also you would see how 
code can be interfaced with an existing OS, Disk Basic or OS-9.

Depending on the questions, this could extend through Disk Basic, 
Basic09, C, Pascal, 6809/6309 code for the Basic OS, 6809/6309 code for 
OS-9, and perhaps others. The ones mentioned were all sold/used on the 
Coco by Tandy. Several other languages and OS were available through 
other suppliers for Coco systems.