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   nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face: (nyanide@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 05:44:09 JST nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face:
   i'm really not sure which architecture i should get started with for learning assembly, apparently messing with older architectures like 68k is like a really good goon sesh, but people have also told me "start out with risc-v assembly that's really simple"
   
   i wanna have fun with this stuff so
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     nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face: (nyanide@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 05:47:41 JST nyanide :nyancat_rainbow::nyancat_body::nyancat_face:

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     the only problem with starting out with such old architectures would be that I'm unsure which machines that used such a thing would have a flavor of Unix available.
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     Kerosene ~suya~ CEO of DarkFedi (kerosene@fsebugoutzone.org)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 05:48:11 JST Kerosene ~suya~ CEO of DarkFedi

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     @nyanide Start with whatever architecture your device has. Even x86-64, as much of a clusterfuck as it is, can be easy because at the end you'll be learning exactly the same kinds of instructions you'll be using in every other architecture (MOV, ADD, conditional jumps, etc). The more esoteric ones are only useful for squeezing every drop of performance from your chip.
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     T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 05:49:28 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll:

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     • Kerosene ~suya~ CEO of DarkFedi
     @kerosene @nyanide or be me and write microcontroller assembly because i hate myself
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 06:05:39 JST Phantasm

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     @nyanide Don't think about Unix. Start with the simplest and easy to understand. Old machines with zero protections where you did things by directly writing memory. 6502 machines like the Commodores or maybe if you want (old) Unix stuff, m68k.
     
     If you want something modern, arm assembly is apparently really good and easy to grasp. Or so I've heard.
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 06:07:26 JST snacks

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     @nyanide avr
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 06:07:42 JST Phantasm

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     @PurpCat @nyanide x86 DOS assembly might also be interesting, but I've never looked at it.
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     Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 06:07:43 JST Pawlicker

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     • Phantasm
     @phnt @nyanide x86 real mode too
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     Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Monday, 26-May-2025 06:16:51 JST Pawlicker

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     • Phantasm
     @phnt @nyanide it's unironically what a lot of 98 devs did
     https://archive.org/details/pc-9801-ASM-game-programming
     https://archive.org/details/pc-9801-game-graphics-pc-9801
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