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If my school's library had had Machine Code for Beginners, my career might have been very different. (I'm actually a bit annoyed; I didn't know that existed).
by flir 5mo ago
If my school's library had had Machine Code for Beginners, my career might have been very different. (I'm actually a bit annoyed; I didn't know that existed).
I definitely remember Creepy, Battle and Space.
- lelanthran 5mo ago> If my school's library had had Machine Code for Beginners, my career might have been very different. (I'm actually a bit annoyed; I didn't know that existed). It's actually very good. I remember reading it at age 11 or so, and coming away knowing much more low-level stuff about computers than even the 18yo in the final year of school who were literally studying the stuff. Things like "each instruction is a number", and registers like the PC, overflow, etc. I went through a period (and a forest of pages) trying to write an entire game in machine code alone (with a small basic shim to load it). It's a very approachable book.
- antod 5mo agoSame with me. As a 12yr old I failed learning Z80 on my spectrum with the one book I could find. I had a bunch of other Usborne BASIC books, but their machine code book(s) would've been the link I needed to bridge the gap to where I could understand other material.