Revision 2022-07-15

Changes from previous revision

• NEW Instructions from up close chapter are now included in TOC #29
• NEW Added reference to Next Graphics #32
• FIXED LDDX symbolic operation #21
• FIXED Indexes in sprite port mirror register names #25
• FIXED DMA WR5 bit 4 description #27
• FIXED Missing LD instruction options in up close chapter #28
• IMPROVED Page headers have chapter name on the left and section name on the right in printed book
• IMPROVED Removed .tex extensions from \include and \input commands #20
• IMPROVED LD instruction table appearance in up close chapter #30
• IMPROVED All cross references now include page number #33
• IMPROVED Instructions in up close chapter now have more thorough description #31

Printed book: https://bit.ly/zx-next-assembly-dev-guide

Revision 2

Changes from revision 1

• Next chapter improvements and additions:
  • NEW DMA section
  • NEW Copper section
  • NEW Fully fledged interrupts section w/ hardware IM2 mode
  • NEW Extended keyboard description
  • IMPROVED Palette now has its own section
  • IMPROVED Port and registers now include sample code
  • IMPROVED Memory and paging section
  • IMPROVED ULA section
• A lot of corrections and improvements
• Many new companion code projects
• Nicer design for tables, code samples and other elements
• PDF is now clickable (TOCs, links, port references)
• Split huge LaTeX file into one per chapter/section
• Many underlying LaTeX improvements for better reuse & maintenance

Printed book: https://bit.ly/zx-next-assembly-dev-guide

Revision 2 (PREVIEW 2)

Changes from revision 2 preview 2

• Corrections in DMA chapter
• Corrections in interrupts chapter
• Refinements for Layer 2 640x256 description
• Couple smaller text tweaks

Changes from revision 1

• Next chapter improvements and additions:
  • NEW DMA section
  • NEW Copper section
  • NEW Fully fledged interrupts section w/ hardware IM2 mode
  • NEW Extended keyboard description
  • IMPROVED Palette now has its own section
  • IMPROVED Port and registers now include sample code
  • IMPROVED Memory and paging section
  • IMPROVED ULA section
• A lot of corrections and improvements
• Many new companion code projects
• Nicer design for tables, code samples and other elements
• PDF is now clickable (TOCs, links, port references)
• Split huge LaTeX file into one per chapter/section
• Many underlying LaTeX improvements for better reuse & maintenance

Revision 2 (PREVIEW 1)

• Next chapter improvements and additions:
  • NEW DMA section
  • NEW Copper section
  • NEW Fully fledged interrupts section w/ hardware IM2 mode
  • NEW Extended keyboard description
  • IMPROVED Palette now has its own section
  • IMPROVED Port and registers now include sample code
  • IMPROVED Memory and paging section
  • IMPROVED ULA section
• A lot of corrections and improvements
• Many new companion code projects
• Nicer design for tables, code samples and other elements
• PDF is now clickable (TOCs, links, port references)
• Split huge LaTeX file into one per chapter/section
• Many underlying LaTeX improvements for better reuse & maintenance

Revision 1

The first public release!