Re: Am I on the right track?

On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:32:13 GMT, Frank Kotler  <spamtrap@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>mark r rivet wrote:
>> I'm new to assembly programming except for z80 coarse I took  in the
>> 80's. So I downloaded: Nasm, Nasmide, Alink and have the book
>> "Assembly Language step by step with Dos and Linux". Is this good or
>> do I need something else.
Or start off "Step by Step" and see where it takes you!
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>Best,
>Frank


Thanks alot Frank. Let me explain the reason for my new interest in
assembly. I have been running this really old dos screen saver called
"Dazzle" you can find it on the net by searching for Dazzle50.zip. I
have run this most amazing program since the days of the 286, 1980  or
so.Anyway 20 years later I am still amazed when I look at it. I need
to know what makes it tick. I don't have the source code, so I want to
disassemble the .exe and study it. I have the disassembler IDA. it
disassembled nicely. Now I just need a crash course in assembly. But
from what Ican gather from the disassembly, it's a sixteen bit
program. It would make me very happy to understand this code and ****t
it to 32bit and help to immortalize this freaking great code. Maybe
you could download this program and give me some help with this. One
way or another, I have to understand this code. I just have to!