Hi all, The web page (see below) has been updated and a new program added. AsmLib now has over 300 functions and many bugs have been fixed. In a few day...
Hi all, The AsmIDE project has released a snapshot of current progress. changes include: * AsmNano, a new editor * AsmLib expanded to over 300 functions *...
Hi All, The puzzle page has had some activity and was revised. Several people attempted "classical puzzle #1" and got confused. I've added some more notes and...
Hi All, Thanks to who ever posted the web page to alt.lang.asm. I'm not on the list but did get a copy of a post from Mark LInder with possible solutions to...
Hi All, This is a collection of comments. AsmLib Anyone using the new memory manager may want to get a newer version. It has been redesigned and is faster and...
... Hi Cseke, The puzzle says to set "eax" to 5, not "al". High bits of eax could be just about anything and you are only setting the low 8 bits. I guess,...
... If there are lots of jumps and one doesn't mind sparing more space than needed, jump tables can be built and xlat, xlatw can be made use of - making entire...
The following is a discussion of the first short puzzle on web page. The initial code looked like this: Note: Different fonts result in different spacing so...
jeff wrote: ... No need to accept Nasm's brain-dead default of using 4 bytes to store 5! We can at least ask for the signed-byte form of the instruction. "cmp ...
So... It appears very few programmers know about this trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xor_linked_list That is a hint for solving one of the puzzles. all...
For the last year I've been looking for a way to control windows while running under X. This is a big issue with designing a debugger, because you want to...
Hi All, I've started writing some short articles on optimization for the opinion section of web page. They start out with a overview and touch on assembler in...
Hi all, No one commented on my window puzzle, so here is the answer. If you see errors or have questions, fire away. If this looks good I'll add it to the...
The Desktop Assembler web page has been updated with a few new programs. Everything is alpha so expect a few bugs. The new programs include: AsmDis - a...
The AsmSrc program is now complete and a alpha copy will be available soon. This is a complete rewrite and does not resemble the old AsmSrc program. Currently...
The list of debuggers for Linux assembly has now grown to 4 or possibly 5. I think this is good news for assembly programming. Here is my list of debuggers: ...
AsmBug has caused some confusion when swapping windows. There seems to be several issues: 1. Sometimes the swap to application window fails. 2. Other...
Thanks... I didn't know about this one. Unfortunately, Ubuntu installed a too-old version of Qt. Why do developers always go for bleeding edge ... assuming...
... Installing programs on LInux can be frustrating. There is a big problem with library proliferation that few people talk about. On the other hand, it is a...
AsmSrc is now available and bugs have been fixed in the other new releases. All program are still alpha but should now be usable. If anyone has install ...
Someone wrote saying the AsmBug user interface was not what they expected. Maybe I'm biased <grin> but it seems very simple and quick to me. Here are the ...
The web page is getting close to completion. Too many changes to describe. Bugs have been fixed in AsmBug, AsmDis, AsmSrc programs, ... I plan to take a...
Finally.. the web page is done and links checked. It contains new material in most sections. The puzzles have answers and the tips and opinion sections were...
The trace program now has a rough requirement document. If anyone wants to review features, add ideas, or make obscene comments, have at it. ... NAME AsmTrace...
just downloaded asmide, did Make install, tested most programs and work great but ... when run asmbug a new window opens with nothing in it except string...
... Sounds like a bug, asmbug should never die without a warning. The message "Warning: cannot convert..." is probably from x-windows trying to start up...