Programming the 65816: Including the 6502, 65C02, and 65802

This is the republication of a well-known microprocessor programming guide, first published in 1986 at the launch of the Western Design Center’s revolutionary new 65816 and 65802 processors.

With a keen understanding of the learning process, software designers David Eyes and Ron Lichty produced a comprehensive guide to the 65x family of microprocessors that continues to be used worldwide today.

Now, WDC is once again making available this classic reference book for programming the 65x family of microprocessors.

Designed for programmers at every experience level, the book opens with a primer on basic assembly language programming concepts for beginners. After introducing the architecture of each generation of microprocessor, a detailed tutorial offers a step-by-step survey of all 256 instructions and all twenty-five addressing modes. Then, from selected code examples to a debugging tool and checklist, the section on applications provides helpful, down-to-earth examples and how-to instructions.

The reference section delivers information and details on how the various instructions and addressing modes work, along with their syntax and opcodes. The appendix, meanwhile, holds specialized information that includes microprocessor data sheets and compatible I/O parts for easy access while programming.

Table of Contents

Part I Basics
Chapter 1 Basic Assembly Language Programming Concepts

Part II Architecture
Chapter 2 Architecture of the 6502
Chapter 3 Architecture of the 65C02
Chapter 4 Sixteen-Bit Architecture: The 65816 and the 65802
Part III Tutorial
Chapter 5 SEP, REP, and Other Details
Chapter 6 First Examples: Moving Data
Chapter 7 The Simple Addressing Modes
Chapter 8 The Flow of Control
Chapter 9 Built-In Arithmetic Functions
Chapter 10 Logic and Bit Manipulation Operations
Chapter 11 The Complex Addressing Modes
Chapter 12 The Basic Building Block: The Subroutine
Chapter 13 Interrupts and System Control Instructions

Part IV Applications
Chapter 14 Selected Code Samples
Chapter 15 DEBUG16—A 65816 Programming Tool
Chapter 16 Design and Debugging

Part V Reference
Chapter 17 The Addressing Mode
Chapter 18 The Instruction Sets
Chapter 19 Instruction Lists

Appendix A 65x Signal Description
Appendix B 65x Series Support Chips
Appendix C The Rockwell 65C02
Appendix D Instruction Groups
Appendix E W65C816 Data Sheet
Appendix F The ASCII Character Set