I've only started reading this book, but a skim through the ToC and contents themselves tells me that it's an excellent resource. Not the least is the Simple As Possible architecture concept, cutting down to the absolute bare essentials and still qualify as a bonafide microprocessor. I bought this book (second hand) to help in working with my AIM-65 microprocessor (6502) trainer and my Heathkit ET-3400A microprocessor (6800) trainer, as well as to build my own 65C02-based microcomputer, and I know this book will be immensely helpful.
Anyone know where I can get the instructor's manual (mentioned in the preface)? Even just a look at the table of contents would help in figuring out if it's worth chasing down and buying. Please ping me if you can send me a photo of the table of contents (of the instructor's manual). Thanks so much!
I read this book hoping to understand how CPUs are built, but don't expect any of that here. All you will find in this book is how the SAP, their specific CPU, works. Which is not a particularly good CPU anyway. While this book was probably good for it's time period, if you want to know how modern processors work / are built then read Digital Design and Computer Architecture.
I bought this to augment an electronics project I found on YouTube. Everything is broken down and explained perfectly in this book. Also, I found it used (of course) so my version came with the previous owner’s Korean notes. Who knows, maybe I’ll find those useful some day !!
Back in the day, when personal computers were not unibitious, I was very curious about the internal working of a computer. This book presented a very nice step-by-step overview.