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What separates the great assembly language programs from the merely good? Find out as you follow 1he master at work in PC Magazine Assembly Language Lab Notes. Noted author and assembly language guru Robert L. Hummet takes you through nine complete programming projects. By interacting in the programming process instead of watching from the sidelines, you will see how Hummel solve common assembly language problems and employs little known tricks to make programs leaner, faster, and easier to customize. You'll save hour of input and debugging time-and gain instant access to working utilities that you can run as-is or use as springboards for your own programs. Here are just a few of the utilities examined in the book: POPWATCH: A full-featured memory-resident program (TSR) that demonstrates how TSRs hook into memory, gain control of the system, operate in the background, and communicate with foreground programs. HEXEDlT: A hexadecimal-based file editor that allows the user to browse and edit diskfiles, and even patch executable files. BLITZKEY: keyboard macro expander and type-ahead buffer enhancer that demonstrates TSR and keyboard-management techniques. ENVEDlT: An editor for the DOS master environment with a slick scrolling-line text editor built in. No matter what your past assembly language experience is, you can turn to PC Magazine Assembly Language Lab Notes for the expert insights and hans-on experience that will have you programming like a true master.