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I wasn't aware of either of those books. I was referring to the book by Forrest M. Mins III which was sold in Radio Shack stores. Bummer. I would have really e

• bsder 5y ago
  The magazines and newsletters of the time were essential. Living in a rural area, I had nobody to talk to about this stuff. Barden was quite prolific in the newsletters and magazines and was effectively my only contact with assembly language and advanced CS concepts (FFTs-for example). I had to pre-order the Leventhal book sight unseen from my local bookstore for something like $60, and it took 18 weeks to get the book. The only way I could ever have figured out that I wanted that book was via breadcrumbs from those articles. Side note: "TRS-80 Color Computer Assembly Language Programming" was actually a Radio Shack book. As was the "Color Computer Technical Reference Manual".
  • ansible 5y ago
    IIRC, I briefly had a subscription to a Color Computer magazine, but I don't remember the title. It was printed on a thick newsprint-like material, and stopped publishing shortly after I started subscribing. :-( Later I did subscribe to Hot CoCo. I don't recall (30+ years later) seeing adverts for other assembly language books. I never did subscribe to any other newsletters or programs-on-tape like I had wanted. > I had to pre-order the Leventhal book sight unseen from my local bookstore for something like $60, and it took 18 weeks to get the book. Yeah, even if I'd have had the money for that, I doubt I'd have done that.