STORK@Mit-Mc.ARPA (08/18/84)
From: Eric Stork <STORK@Mit-Mc.ARPA>
This repeats a message I sent a bnit earlier, only to discover it had
a lot of control charas that my word processor put in (nulls, etc)
that did not show on my screen but showed on the net. Sorry about that.
This message is of interest to owners (and prospective owners) of
Andy Johnson-Laird's superb THE PROGRAMMER'S CP/M HANDBOOK
(Osborne/McGraw-Hill), and is based on recent correspondence from
the author.
In the original edition, about two pages of listing were not
printed. The missing listing is lines 04628 thru 04919 (see page
261-262). Anyone who wants the missing lines can get them from
the author's office: Johnson-Laird, Inc., 6441 SW Canyon Court,
Portland OR 97221. Send a SASE with a note on what you want.
(Johnson-Laird said the book went into its 2nd printing in
January 1984, and the missing material should be in that 2nd
version. But he is out of the country on a project and tells me
he has not seen the 2nd version.)
Other errors in the book:
. page 64, figure 4-3, location 0153, correct to read:
JM CTPX (instead of MB CTPX)
. On page 149, 7 lines from the bottom, there is a reference
to CCP+6. That reference should be CCP+0. The letter
from the author said that there may be other such
erroneous references, for CCP+6 is a CP/M-86 convention
and thus the source of the error, but he has not found
other such errors.
. page 258, line 03828, change this line to read:
STA MOB$Character
. page 282, after line 09270, insert:
LXI H,Disk$Control$5
(Note: after inserting that line the byte references will
be offset by 3 bytes, if you type it all in and assemble
it.)
Finally, Johnson-Laird wants to know about any other bugs, typos,
errors and what have you that anyone may spot. Since he's not on
ARPANET, you may send such information DIRECT to me (STORK at
MIT-MC), and I'll relay to Johnson-Laird.
If you have not yet seen the book, look at it. If you buy it,
you'll probably not lend it out -- it's too valuable to do
without for anyone who has any notion about playing around with
8080 assembler and CP/M in general.
Eric Stork (Stork at MIT-MC)