The x86 Weekend Reading List

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A PDF viewer is open to page 1 of 4778, with a red box emphasizing the tiny page counter in the top-left toolbar. The left table of contents lists Intel architecture volumes including Basic Architecture, Instruction Set Reference, System Programming Guide, and Model-Specific Registers. The main page shows the Intel logo and the title "Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual" with "Combined Volumes: 1, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 4." The humor comes from treating nearly five thousand pages of CPU architecture documentation as normal prerequisite reading for low-level systems programming.

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Nothing says "quick bug fix" like opening a 4,778-page PDF to confirm what one instruction flag actually means.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

Nothing says "quick bug fix" like opening a 4,778-page PDF to confirm what one instruction flag actually means.
@germanmetall 4y

And now?..
1. @RiedleroD 4y
  
  it's online I'm assuming
2. P S 4y
  
  Theyll give you the Pdf it looks
@Creampanda 4y

By the way, it’s the best documentation I’ve ever found. The explanations are cleaner than in cs textbooks
1. @MagnusEdvardsson 4y
  
  Amen. They are all you need in that regard.
@MagnusEdvardsson 4y

I had one of those reference books for the 8085 I think. I'd have to check in my mother's house.
@Vedqiibyol 4y

Yeah it's pointless, read AMD.
@Assarbad 4y

On the page where you can download them, they explicitly mention this is no longer offered and that whoever still wants it, can purchase it via print-on-demand. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/intel-sdm.html (2nd note on that page)
@neizvestnyi 4y

senior: oh you'll just need to read a simple instruction and start coding right away! instruction:
1. dev_meme 4y
  
  whats hard instruction then
  
  @neizvestnyi 4y
  
  black book of electronics or SICP probably
dev_meme 4y

Now you can read it on the Internet for free