sector@pro-exchange.UUCP (Roby Sherman) (11/20/87)
As many of you may or may not know, APDA has a new book in beta draft form for
sale.. It's title is Programmer's Introduction to the Apple IIgs. I'm very
curious to know if anyone has seen it. If so, do you think it's worth buying
as a reference book?? Any comments/all comments will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Roby Sherman
Sectorware Enterprises
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INET: pro-exchange!sector@pro-sol.cts.comdang@pnet01.cts.COM (Dan Gookin) (11/21/87)
I've seen it and it's quite good. HOWEVER, I would not, no--NEVER-- pay money for a "beta draft" of anything. Let those walking the thin line between being there and plain stupidity pay for beta drafts. You can wait for the real thing, or check out Gary Little's book "Exploring The Apple IIGS" or a new book from Compute! called "Mastering The Apple IIGS Toolbox." Both would serve as a better investment than paying money for something that's incomplete.
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (11/23/87)
Though I would tend to agree that beta / draft documents are something that the 'average' joe should steer away from, if that type of document is all that one has access to, it is better than nothing. In fact, it may be better than something. For instance, the current beta Apple Toolbox document are said to be much better than an early available GS technical book from Osbourne Hill. If a company keeps the beta/draft document up to date (which I do not know for Apple/APDA) then it will more likely be better than published books, since these books are frozen at least a month or more before first release. As for Gary's book, though it is a supurb piece of writing, I BELIEVE that he mentioned on Maug (tm) that he finished last looks at it in June. This would mean that it is at least 5 months old. Apple should be keeping the APDA distributed manuals relatively up to date, meaning that System Util disk 3.1 would be documented on them. Since 3.1 was done in late August/ early Sept range, Gary's book would not be able to address anything new which might be on it. Same goes for the next disk, rumored to be available in early 88. -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 cbosgd!n8emr!lwv HAM/SWL BBS (HBBS) 614-457-4227.. 300/1200 bps We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.