[Coco] 6X09 Assembly Newbies.

[jimcox at miba51.com]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 17:30:07 -0500
  Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>jimcox at miba51.com wrote:
>><snip>
>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.
>

How about some suggestions for assembly exercises that 
would challenge us newbies?  

Jim