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| | >>//"If you want to learn assembly you need to be motivated enough to do it// |
| | >>//on your own. If you want to get good enough at reversing to work on// |
| | >>//malware you will need to know assembly. That's all there is to it. Buy// |
| | >>//a book and get started!// |
| | >>//[[...]]// |
| | >>//you won't learn assembly by coming to NSL once a month. You'll learn it // |
| | >>//the Linux way (tm): by beating your face against a wall until it makes sense.// |
| | >>//[[...]]// |
| | >>//Go wild! All the assembly references posted here are helpful. Read as// |
| | >>//much as you can before the next meeting : )"**//- datagram** |
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| | ===== Articles ===== |
| | >>**Title - Writing DOS utilities with DEBUG, part 1** |
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| | >>Author - Prosise, Jeff<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> |
| | >>PC Magazine |
| | >>Sep 28, 1993 |
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| | >>Abstract - Tips for using the DEBUG feature of DOS to create small assembly language programs |
| | >>are offered. Programs can be written with an understanding of as few as a dozen assembly |
| | >>language commands. |
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| | >>**Title - Writing DOS utilities with DEBUG, Part 2 |
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| | >>Author - Prosise, Jeff |
| | >>PC Magazine |
| | >>Oct 12, 1993 |
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| | >>Abstract - Three DOS programming services available through interrupt 21h are explained in a |
| | >>discussion about programming small assembly language DOS utilities. Functions 2Ah, 2Ch and 30h |
| | >>return the date, time and DOS version, respectively. |
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| | >>**Title - Writing DOS utilities with DEBUG, part 3 |
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| | >>Author - Prosise, Jeff |
| | >>PC Magazine |
| | >>Oct 26, 1993 |
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| | >>Abstract - Programming services available in the PC BIOS are discussed, focusing on the |
| | >>functions in the BIOS, the logical "and" and "or" instructions, indirect addressing and loops. |
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| | >>**Title - Writing DOS utilities with DEBUG, Part 4 |
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| | >>Author - Prosise, Jeff |
| | >>PC Magazine** |
| | >>Nov 9, 1993 |
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| | >>Abstract - Tips for incorporating logic into assembly programs written using DOS' DEBUG |
| | >>miniassembler are offered. Command line parameters can be recognized using the methods described. |
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| | <!-- These were difficult to source. The various magazine databases(Gale, Proquest, EBSCO, Lexis/Nexis) only carry full-text for PC Magazine as far back as 1999. PCMag.com sells a .Net archive viewer program under their PC Magazine utilties subscription for $19.99 or just under $8 for a one time download. Someone uploaded an ISO for PC Magazine CD from 1995 that included a 1 year archive(mid 1994-mid 1995). The archive also lacked any images. Fortunately, we got these off a crashed HD. |
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| | Most likely Ziff-Davis will come down hard(DMCA takedown notice, at least) so don't advertise |
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| | **Download(PDFs for each article, password is //"nullspace"//):** |
| | >><nowiki>rapidshare link - https:<nowiki>//</nowiki>rapidshare.com/files/3167923781/WDUWD_1-4.zip </nowiki> |
| | >><nowiki>verzend.be link - http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.verzend.be/zk4xtkolf53x/WDUWD_1-4.zip.html </nowiki> |
| | >><nowiki>Crocko link - http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.crocko.com/ECF5E935475B4C7896D36B75BEEE5930/WDUWD_1-4.zip </nowiki> |
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| | >>**Implementing a Tilt-Compensated eCompass using Accelerometer and Magnetometer Sensors** |
| | |
| | >>Author - Talat Ozyagcilar<nowiki> </nowiki> |
| | >>Freescale Semiconductor |
| | >>Application Note Document Number: AN4248, Rev. 3, 01/2012 |
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| | >>Abstract - An extremely useful introduction to integrating magnetometer and |
| | >>accelerometer data in order to build a digital compass. Detailed |
| | >>descriptions of how the math works, with most functions implemented in C# |
| | >>Can be downloaded at |
| | >>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>cache.freescale.com/files/sensors/doc/app_note/AN4248.pdf |
| | |
| | ===== Books ===== |
| | |
| | >>**Professional Assembly Language** |
| | >>>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.amazon.com/Professional-Assembly-Language-Programmer/dp/0764579010 |
| | |
| | >>>"Examples use C as a high-level language, Linux as the development environment, and GNU |
| | >>>tools for assembling, compiling, linking, and debugging " |
| | |
| | >>>**Comments** |
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| | >>>**NMI-**//"There was another one from Wrox a number of years(DOS extender era) before this one// |
| | >>>//that I liked. Can't remember the title off hand.// |
| | |
| | >>>//The first review mentions AT&T syntax only. So maybe not the best unless you're sticking with // |
| | >>>**gas' on Linux. Still it's positive on the basics."// |
| | |
| | >>>**livinded-**//"The fact that it's at&t and only focuses on linux isn't a huge issue and depending // |
| | >>>//on what you're interested in may not even be an issue. I'm personally a fan of at&t syntax and have // |
| | >>>//little to no interest in windows, but I will say that it's not horrible difficult to shift back and // |
| | >>>//forth between intel and at&t, at least for reading assembly.// |
| | |
| | >>>**datagram-**//"I don't have too many books on assembly, but I would recommend// |
| | >>>//Professional Assembly Language (AT&T syntax) and the Intel IA-32// |
| | >>>//documentation (http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.intel.com/products/processor/manuals/). It// |
| | >>>//doesn't really matter which type of assembly you learn, but I'd// |
| | >>>//recommend sticking with x86 and Intel or AT&T to make things easy (and// |
| | >>>//applicable to the meeting). I personally like AT&T as a learning tool// |
| | >>>//because it is easy to distinguish between registers, literal values,// |
| | >>>//and memory locations (this was one of the stumbling blocks at the// |
| | >>>//meeting, too). Aside from that there's no real difference in the same// |
| | >>>//way that there's no huge difference between little endian and big// |
| | >>>//endian. I've grown accustomed to AT&T just because most of the Linux// |
| | >>>//tools use that by default.// |
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| | |
| | >>**Assembly Language Step-by-Step: Programming with DOS and Linux** |
| | >>>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.amazon.com/Assembly-Language-Step---step-Programming/dp/0471375233/ |
| | |
| | >>>**Comments** |
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| | >>>**NMI-**//"The Duntemann book. Uses NASM(Netwide Assembler). I've heard good things about this one,// |
| | >>>//but never really looked at it. // |
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| | |
| | >>**Introduction to 80x86 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture** |
| | >>>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.amazon.com/Introduction-Assembly-Language-Computer-Architecture/dp/0763772232/ |
| | |
| | >>>**Comments** |
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| | >>>**NMI-**//"The price is insane(~$75), but used it's tolerable(~$11). The first review says "When you // |
| | >>>//finish the book, you may understand assembly, but you won't know what to do with it (or what you can // |
| | >>>//do with it). Nor is it thorough enough to be used as a reference material for work. It omits quite a // |
| | >>>//few processor instructions that I feel are important to know for reference."// |
| | |
| | >>>//The other two are much more positive."// |
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| | |
| | >>**Dr. Paul Carter's PC Assembly Tutorial** |
| | >>>See below 'Web sites' for link |
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| | >>>**From the author:** //"I grew frustrated at teaching 16-bit real mode programming and// |
| | >>>//decided to change to 32-bit protected mode. However, I soon ran into a// |
| | >>>//problem. I could not find a textbook that covered 32-bit protected// |
| | >>>//mode assembly programming! So, I decided to write my own. I also did// |
| | >>>//not want students to have to go out and buy expensive software for the// |
| | >>>//course. I decided to base the course on the free NASM (Netwide// |
| | >>>//Assembler) and the free GNU gcc compiler (however, any 32-bit C// |
| | >>>//compiler would work). Another advantage of these choices was that// |
| | >>>//students could use Windows, Linux or FreeBSD to develop on. (In fact,// |
| | >>>//I use Linux for my main development platform.)// |
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| | ===== PCB Design ===== |
| | http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.compliance-club.com/pdf/DesignTechniquesPart1.pdf |
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| | http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.compliance-club.com/pdf/DesignTechniquesPart2.pdf |
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| | http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.compliance-club.com/pdf/DesignTechniquesPart3.pdf |
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| | http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.compliance-club.com/pdf/DesignTechniquesPart4.pdf |
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| | http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.compliance-club.com/pdf/DesignTechniquesPart5.pdf |
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| | http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.compliance-club.com/pdf/DesignTechniquesPart6.pdf |
| | |
| | ===== Web Sites ===== |
| | |
| | >>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.sandpile.org/ |
| | >>//sandpile.org - The world's leading source for pure technical x86 processor information.// |
| | |
| | >>>**Comments' |
| | |
| | >>>**CharlieX-**//"[[It]] covers just about everything on the PC asm/hardware side."// |
| | |
| | >>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>grayscale-research.org/new/asmdb.php |
| | >>//Ruiner had a hellish 3 days and mapped out every possible valid instruction call, enjoy/download the fruits of his labor// |
| | |
| | >>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/tech.shtml |
| | >>//Paul Hsieh's Tech Page// |
| | |
| | >>>**Comments** |
| | |
| | >>>**CharlieX-**//"Paul hsieh has a few old but good articles, with lots of links."// |
| | |
| | >>http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ |
| | >>//Dr. Paul Carter's PC Assembly Tutorial// |
| | |
| | >>>**Comments** |
| | |
| | >>>**skout-**//"I like his writing style, it was easy to follow, also it is free to // |
| | >>>//download. A full ASM course, read this and then hit up the intel docs and your// |
| | >>>//well on your way."// |
| | |
| | >>>**livinded-**//"Having read the book, there were a few issues I had with it and // |
| | >>>//the author. First of all there is an abstraction library that wraps a bunch of // |
| | >>>//functionality up into it which is used throughout the book. While you'll learn assembly // |
| | >>>//a lot of the work is done for you in this sense and really takes away from diving in and // |
| | >>>//learning it well. Secondly, while attempting to discuss a couple of possible errors I // |
| | >>>//found in the book, the author never responded."// |
| | |
| | ===== Analog Stuff ===== |
| | >>[[http://www.ti.com/lit/an/sloa093/sloa093.pdf|Filter design in 30 seconds]] - From the TI website |
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