Assembly Language for Intel-Based Computers

Designed for students and professionals interested in learning the basics of operating systems and architecture in the context of a microprocessor. Irvine shows how to approach programming problems with a machine-level mindset. Readers will benefit most if they have already learned a high-level language such as C++, Delphi, or Java.

Software: Includes a full professional version of Microsoft Assembler 6.11 (MASM). Also supplied are a large link library of console I/O routines, and a custom-designed programming editor from which you can assemble, link, and debug programs.

Examples: Over 50 complete example programs are supplied, including protected-mode subroutines that link to Microsoft Visual C++ and Borland C++.

Topics: Binary and hexadecimal tutorials, hardware and software architecture, instruction set fundamentals, procedures and interrupts, stack parameters, conditional processing, logic structures, integer arithmetic, structures and macros, numeric conversions and libraries, strings and arrays, disk storage, finite state machines, low-level disk I/O, hardware port I/O, linking to C++ programs, memory-resident programs, and floating-point instructions.