[Coco] Request for books and information:

[FirebrandX]

Thanks for the info, Neil.

According to my net research, the book's title is actually "Color 
Computer Assembly Language Programming". I've determined the faqs that 
mention the mythical coco3 version are actully in error.

You know when I think about it, a book should be compiled for the coco3 
to be as complete as possible. Could refer to existing literature as 
well as articles and whatnot from magazines. Perhaps in a couple of 
years when I've soaked everything up, I might attempt to make such a 
reference book.





Neil Morrison wrote:

>You can often find "Assembly Language on the Color Computer" by
>William Barden, Jr. (not for the 3). He got the copyright back from
>R/S and planned to do this but (presumably?) died before he could
>complete the changes.
>
>Neil
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: FirebrandX
>
>My name's Wolff and this is my first post to the group. From the
>emails I've been reading, it sounds like you guys are really
>knowledgable in the area of coco3 programming, which concerns my
>request. I'm looking for either PDFs or obtainable literature on
>assembly language programming for the coco3. This would also include
>any detailed memory maps, opcode lists, and anything specially
>written for the coco3 environment. I'm only into "out-of-the-box"
>coco3 with/without 512k, so I don't need to worry about alternative
>operating systems other than a standard coco3 with disk drive and
>joystick.
>
>I used to program in assembly for the C64 and I found the
>"Programmer's reference guide" to be pretty useful for general
>information. Though I don't expect there is one for the coco3, it
>would be pretty cool if there were. I have downloaded a lot of web
>pages and PDFs, including the "unravelled" sets. What I'm looking for
>now though are books written for the coco3. I did some extensive
>google searching and found a very rare mention of a book called
>"Assembly Language on the Color Computer III" by William Barden, Jr.
>but this book is mentioned only in a faq and not anywhere else on the
>web. This makes me wonder if such a book ever existed.
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