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- PBASMLIB Bibliography
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- The following books and other documents were helpful in the research,
- design and creation of PBASMLIB. This is not a complete list, but a
- sample of some of the more useful books and resources.
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- * Ralf Brown's Interrupt List
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- (C) Copyright 1989-1994 Ralf Brown
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- This is not a book but a freeware reference guide available on BBS's.
- It's an absolutely thorough and indispensable technical reference to PC
- interrupt calls, and it played a large part in PBASMLIB's development.
- Without it, PBASMLIB's install check module and the speech functions in
- the sound module would not have been possible. Special thanks to Ralf
- Brown for providing such a useful resource for PC programmers.
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- * MS-DOS Functions - Programmer's Quick Reference Series
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- (C) Copyright 1988 by Ray Duncan, Microsoft Press
- ISBN 1-55615-128-4
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- A useful technical reference to MS-DOS interrupt calls.
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- * IBM ROM BIOS - Programmer's Quick Reference Series
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- (C) Copyright 1988 by Ray Duncan, Microsoft Press
- ISBN 1-55615-135-7
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- Another useful technical reference, this one on ROM BIOS
- interrupt calls.
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-
- * The New Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC & PS/2
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- By Peter Norton and Richard Wilton
- (C) Copyright 1985, 1988 Peter Norton/Microsoft Press
- ISBN 1-55615-131-4
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- A general programmer's guide to the PC, containing much useful
- information and many helpful hints.
-
-
- * PowerBASIC 3.0 Programmer's Guide and Reference Guide
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- (C) Copyright 1990, 1992 by Robert S. Zale
- Portions (C) Copyright 1987, 1989 Borland International
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- The PowerBASIC Programmer's Guide and Reference Guide are
- of course indispensable references when writing anything for
- PowerBASIC. The PB online help is also excellent, and served
- as a great resource.
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- * Advanced MS-DOS
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- (C) Copyright 1986 by Ray Duncan, Microsoft Press
- ISBN 0-914845-77-2
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- An old but very good book on advanced MS-DOS programming,
- including many examples in assembly language. Still a good
- addition to any DOS programmer's library.
-
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- * Programming the 8086/8088
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- by James W. Coffron
- (C) Copyright 1983, Sybex Inc.
- ISBN 0-89588-120-9
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- A reference for 8086/8088 opcodes and operands, and
- a programming guide for these chips.
-
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- * Borland Turbo Assembler User's Guide
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- (C) Copyright 1988- Borland, International
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- Borland's excellent documentation for TASM was a great help
- in writing PBASMLIB. It supplies many useful examples, and
- goes into great detail about TASM programming. I'd recommend
- TASM as an assembler based on the quality of the documentation
- alone.
-
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- * Peter Norton's Assembly Language Book for the IBM PC
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- by Peter Norton and John Socha
- (C) Copyright 1989 Brady Books, Inc.
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- Assembly language is not an easy topic to teach, but no one does
- it better than "the master," Peter Norton. Studying this book finally
- enabled me to pick up 80x86 assembly language, and it's one of the best
- I've found for beginning assembly language programmers.
-
-
- * Writing and Marketing Shareware
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- (C) Copyright 1992, Steven C. Hudgik
- ISBN 0-8306-2552-6 (p)
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- The definitive work on Shareware, and the best guide I've found
- to (as the title suggests), writing and marketing Shareware. All
- Shareware authors should have a copy of this book in their library.
-
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- * Programming the Adlib/Soundblaster FM Music Chips, v2.0
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- (C) Copyright 1991, 1992 Jeffrey S. Lee
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- A text file in public circulation detailing the technical aspects
- of programming the Adlib and Soundblaster. A key to the creation
- of the sound module of PBASMLIB.
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- * Online Resource:
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- Masterpiece BBS
- Kent, Wa
- Running Major BBS software
- (206) 281-3676
- (206) 639-0899
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- Masterpiece BBS, with 24 CD-ROMs online, was a great resource and help
- when writing PBASMLIB. One of the best BBS's in the Puget Sound area,
- and possibly in the nation. Many incoming phone lines and services
- offered. Give them a call! You can leave me (the author of PBASMLIB)
- E-mail under the handle "Futureboy."
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