I found myself needing to teach a course on assembly language as detailed in this thread --> http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=64033
I eventually settled on using a BBC emulator IF I could get hold of a decent course or reference. I had it in the back of my mind that my "Assembly language Programming on the BBC micro" ringbound manual had travelled along with me through ten house moves.
So I started hunting for it (I still have about a dozen boxes of books not on shelves from my last house move.)
Was it in any of the 'normal' boxes of books ? Nope.
Would it be in with my 'redundant hardware ? Nope.
Was it in the box of old notes from teaching A Level computing ? Nope.
Was it with my university physics text books ? Nope.
....
and on and on and on !
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Tonight I went out to the garage and started hunting through the pile of boxes that have sat there since my ex-wife moved out. In a box full of rubbish (that I fully intended to get rid of during the Summer, but never found time) I found my Beeb manuals.
Result !
And the moral ? I just found some books that i haven't looked at for over 20 years, for a computer system that was last produced about the same time. And I think they will save my sanity over having to produce this new course.
NEVER THROW OUT YOUR OLD COMPUTER MANUALS
I eventually settled on using a BBC emulator IF I could get hold of a decent course or reference. I had it in the back of my mind that my "Assembly language Programming on the BBC micro" ringbound manual had travelled along with me through ten house moves.
So I started hunting for it (I still have about a dozen boxes of books not on shelves from my last house move.)
Was it in any of the 'normal' boxes of books ? Nope.
Would it be in with my 'redundant hardware ? Nope.
Was it in the box of old notes from teaching A Level computing ? Nope.
Was it with my university physics text books ? Nope.
....
and on and on and on !
....
Tonight I went out to the garage and started hunting through the pile of boxes that have sat there since my ex-wife moved out. In a box full of rubbish (that I fully intended to get rid of during the Summer, but never found time) I found my Beeb manuals.
Result !
And the moral ? I just found some books that i haven't looked at for over 20 years, for a computer system that was last produced about the same time. And I think they will save my sanity over having to produce this new course.
NEVER THROW OUT YOUR OLD COMPUTER MANUALS