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In order to learn assembler, you will need NOTHING more than the desire to
learn, and a little free time.
Let me repeat that again.
You will NOT need a two-hundred pound compiler, sixty megabytes of memory, a two Gb harddisc, and
a processor so fast it interferes with your satellite receiver.
If you have an Acorn Archimedes computer, right from an old A305 running some version of Arthur
to the very latest machine - you have what you need. And that very important thing is
BBC BASIC. Because within BBC BASIC is a powerful compiler. More powerful, some might say, than
the professional compilers such as objasm. Is it any wonder some incredible things are
written with the BASIC compiler? Such as StrongEd?
Of course, a Desktop and a text editor that understands BASIC files will make your life much
easier, so I recommend RISC OS 3. But, if you are happy with Arthur and ARMBE - don't let me
interfere with your fun!
Please note that the APCS examples require an assembler and a linker (and, optionally, a C compiler). However, it is expected that if you are interested in APCS, you will have one or more of these.
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