Tips for getting comfortable with the LC-3

What helped me go from confused to comfortable with LC-3 assembly: - Keep a one-page reference of the instructions and condition codes next to you at all times. - Step through code in the simulator one instruction at a time and watch the registers change. - Comment every line with what it means in plain English, like "R1 = address of array." - Write the program in pseudocode or C first, then translate it.