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Mohammad Alhobayyeb

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Oct 21, 2012, 3:43:26 PM10/21/12
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Hi,

I am new to Assembly language. I have found AoA ebook and it says that I will need these two programs which are freely available on the Internet.

Also I am looking for a free Assemble editor or Assembly IDE if possible.

Nathan

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Oct 21, 2012, 11:04:44 PM10/21/12
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On Oct 21, 3:52 pm, Mohammad Alhobayyeb
<mih1...@nospicedham.gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Assembly language. I have found AoA ebook and it says that I will need these two programs which are freely available on the Internet.
>

You can download MASM here:

http://www.masm32.com/masmdl.htm

But you really don't need MASM if you get the latest copies of AoA and
HLA from here:

http://www.plantation-productions.com/Webster/

> Also I am looking for a free Assemble editor or Assembly IDE if possible.

I recommend this one:

https://sites.google.com/site/highlevelassembly/downloads/hide

Nathan.
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Hugh Aguilar

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Nov 26, 2012, 5:49:23 PM11/26/12
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Apparently, you have a very old copy of AoA that uses MASM, as AoA has
used HLA for quite some time now. Get the latest.

HLA is an awesome assembler --- I recommend it too --- my only
complaint is that it only supports 32-bit x86 but not 64-bit, which is
why I switched over to FASM.

I used MASM and TASM back in MS-DOS days, and I never figured out all
of those complicated directives, but I would always just cut-and-paste
them from other people's programs that worked. If you want to write MS-
DOS programs, A86 is the best (but it costs money) --- FASM and NASM
both support 16-bit programs and are free (I haven't tried using them
for this though).

I don't recommend messing around with 16-bit x86. Some people suggest
this as a learning exercise, mostly because there are several books
available on it (and that is the way all of the old-timers learned),
but I don't think that is a good idea --- you will get too bogged down
in learning all of the restrictions of the 16-bit x86 (registers that
can only be used for specific purposes) and learning how to use the
segment system, none of which is necessary for 32-bit or 64-bit
programming.

jacques.adr...@nospicedham.gmail.com

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Dec 20, 2012, 10:26:17 PM12/20/12
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Hello Mohammad Alhobayyeb,

May the machine code development update according to your heart's desire for the electrical solid computer.

I downloaded the MASM ware from the site Nathan posted, however MS-Link continues to elude me, were it not for MS connecting with this link to MASM.

I am Jacques Gallaher and I too have acquired the AoA book. This is my second book after machine language for beginners found in the atariarchives.org

Up to this point, my only interest in computers has been predominantly playing RuneScape. It's time I flow electricity into money.

"With that being said"/"Without further ado"

May the electrical signal update this thread on the google group computer server
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