+nanochess Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi all. After a lot of effort, with the help of @Zendocon for proofreading, and a foreword by Peter Ferrie, I've published my new book Programming Boot Sector Games both hardcover and softcover ? http://www.lulu.com/shop/oscar-toledo-gutierrez/programming-boot-sector-games/paperback/product-24188564.html It includes a crash course on the 8086/8088 assembler language programming, and a nice tutorial/description to all my boot sector games ?. I think that even when some involved coding went into these, it's easier to learn using small programs and friendly text. At same time released bootBASIC (chapter 10 of the book), a BASIC language in 512 bytes https://github.com/nanochess/bootBASIC And bootOS an operating system in 512 bytes (an afterthought because the book was already in printing) to run all the boot sector games. https://github.com/nanochess/bootOS Enjoy it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyRockets Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi Nanochess, Your project seems so super cool! I really want to learn more about it, but as I am a noob to ASM programming, I'm afraid for the moment it might be over my head. But I'm definitely going to delve into it more when I get a little further along. Would you say your book is for more advanced ASM programmers? Thank you, JR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Hi. 2 hours ago, JohnnyRockets said: Your project seems so super cool! Thanks! ? 2 hours ago, JohnnyRockets said: I really want to learn more about it, but as I am a noob to ASM programming, I'm afraid for the moment it might be over my head. But I'm definitely going to delve into it more when I get a little further along. Would you say your book is for more advanced ASM programmers? You don't need to be an assembler programmer. But the book expects you to know hexadecimal and binary numbers. And a little C, Java or Javascript helps definitely. It's for the people that has programmed a little but wants to dive into how 8086/8088 assembler code works. The example programs are extremely small (none of the programs exceeds 500 lines) and explained step-by-step, also the processor instructions appear in the book as these are introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 Just got some books 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polyex Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) Looks like the "8 bit guy" used your book to make a video for his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UzTf0Qo37A At least someone in the comments listed your book as a citation ? Edited November 7, 2019 by polyex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 Now there's a second part to my book and it's titled "More Boot Sector Games" Includes full source code and comments to cubicDoom, bootOS, bootRogue, Bricks and Follow the Light. Proofreaded by @Zendocon and foreword by Anatoly Shashkin (Twitter @dosnostalgic). http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/nanochess 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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