Articles Tagged 'Assembler'

Development languages

I "revived" this article of mine wrote a bit 'of years ago. I slightly revised, updating a little bit here and there, but I think it is still relevant and interesting.

INTRODUCTION

What is a development language? A computer, aka PC (Personal Computer), has a personal language. This language is called machine code, to mean that every machine, so any computer (PC compatible, Apple, Unix, etc ...), it has a unique and proprietary. The programs that we see "run" on our PCs are mainly carried out by the mysterious object called a microprocessor. This represents the heart, the intelligent unit, of each electronic processor. In reality, an application is not executed by the microprocessor, but relies only, so to speak, in what is called operating system: a layer software from the manufacturer of the machine (see, for example, the Apple Macintosh).

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Emulator Assembler 6502

While we're on the subject of nostalgia, here is a nice emulator of the historian of the 6502 microprocessor , mounted in the 80s in the console and computers such as Apple, Nintendo NS and the Commodore 64 (which she graduated in 6510, ...). This cute little gem is written entirely in JavaScript, running on virtually all browsers (Safari, Opera), with the only downside being a little slow. But worth it. On site ( http://www.6502asm.com/ ) found some nice examples, but curious lens.

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