Subj : Re: (16 bit) x86 Assembler lessons?
To   : Bob Worm
From : tenser
Date : Thu May 29 2025 04:32:11

On 28 May 2025 at 04:21p, Bob Worm pondered and said...

 BW> Can anyone recommend a decent resource to get me back up to speed (it's
 BW> only been 30 years)? I have a couple of train / plane journeys coming up
 BW> so something downloadable would be ideal.

For 16-bit code, specifically?  Bitsavers probably has a copy of
the original 8086 programmer's reference manual, which will cover
most of the instruction set.  See
https://bitsavers.org/components/intel/8086/

If you're looking for something a bit more modern, then chapter
2 of volume 2A of the Intel SDM is pretty good.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/intel-sdm.
html

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