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# Assembly Language Made ‘Simple’

The above title is both a bit misleading and a ‘substitute’ for the Editor’s Doings this month. No, I’m still not done with my RTTY setup, but it’s still on the front burner. I think I have mentioned earlier that assembly language programming is a bit addicting. Well, I was a bit fascinated and confused by an article in the Jan/Feb 1984 issue of [Sync Magazine](http://localhost/periodical/sync-magazine/) entitled [Highway Robbery](http://localhost/article/highway-robbery/), by [Sheldon Maloff](http://localhost/indiv/sheldon-maloff/). I put the [Scientific Software](http://localhost/company/scientific-software/) [Assembler/Debugger](http://localhost/product/zxdis-disassembler/) (see unclassified ads) to task and worked on the source code for this game program. I thought it would be educational and could be described in a manner to be of value to others trying to learn assembly language programming. I will admit that it took quite a bit longer to get the program debugged than it should have, but I had fun.