[SOLVED] A free online resource or book that teaches about processors and machine code or asm.

joeBuffer · 08-01-2009, 03:17 PM

Does anyone know of a book or a free online resource that teaches about the inner workings of processors, with diagrams or pictures or some kind, that use assembly or machine code examples?

paulsm4 · 08-01-2009, 03:42 PM

I'm not sure quite what you're looking for, but this is an excellent resource (if you're not already aware of it):

http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pgubook/

This is a bit simplistic..
... but it might also be (at least part) of what you're looking for:

http://www.eastaughs.fsnet.co.uk/cpu/index.htm

joeBuffer · 08-01-2009, 03:44 PM

Thank you. I was aware of it, but haven't read it yet. I read some of it. I just can't find a book like that ... machine code or assembly, very low level, with tons of low-level information. But not too difficult - pictures and easy examples, etc.
I agree, of all the books and sites I've seen, that seems to be the way to go ...

joeBuffer · 08-16-2009, 10:47 PM

I'm gonna mark this as solved, since I think "Programming from the Ground Up" is the book to have, as far as what I'm asking about. I know there are quite a few tutorial and how-to type resources online, but not books. "The Art of Assembly" seems to have a lot of information in it, even though it teaches HLA and not really assembly. The only other thing I could do, I think, would be to buy a book.
I'm 120+ pages into "Programming from the Ground Up", by the way, and it's been a very good book to learn from.