[net.micro.mac] Review: Macintosh Revealed

paul@unisoft.UUCP (Paul Campbell) (07/06/85)

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	A Review - "Macintosh Revealed: Volume One - Unlocking the Toolbox"
			By Stephen Chernicoff, Published by Apple Press

	Here is a quick review of what I discovered while wandering through
a book store this afternoon. At last a book about how to program the Mac
rather than another of those "how to use something that is really
obvious anyway, but I need the money so I wrote it ..." books.

This volume (516 pages) is about how to use the Mac, it covers the same
ground that Inside Mac does but is far more understandable. It describes the
real basic stuff in the system, a companion volume "Programming with the 
Toolbox"  describes higher things like menus, events etc. I have not yet
seen this on the shelves. The diagrams of data structures are really good,
it includes lots of hints and warnings tucked in and around the appropriate
places.

	Chapter Contents

	1	Intro
	2	Misc Tools
	3	Mem management
	4	Quickdraw Ports
	5	More QD
	6	Resources
	7	Code Segments
	8	Characters/fonts
	Lots of Appendices

It has really gross chapter headings "Any port in a storm", "Thanks for
the memory", "Quick on the draw" urgh!!:-(. The examples are based around
Pascal but are easily interpreted in C, there are also assembler examples 
and tips. It doen't totally replace IM but you could work without it.

I found this in Stacey's SF at $27.95. I have no relation to the writer,
publisher etc  and I still recomend it.

		Paul Campbell

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bill@crystal.UUCP (07/10/85)

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> 	A Review - "Macintosh Revealed: Volume One - Unlocking the Toolbox"
> 			By Stephen Chernicoff, Published by Apple Press

My friendly, local B.Dalton Book Store *had* several copies; every one turned
out to be missing a couple of pages, and were returned to Apple Press/Hayden.
No word on when replacements will arrive.

Since *all* copies they had, purchased through distributors and Hayden,
had the same pages missing, it may be a problem with the entire first
printing, implying an n-week wait for a reprint.  

Sorry, the person I talked to did not know which pages were missing...

	bill

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	William Cox
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