david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) (12/07/87)
oops ... seems I slipped up and posted this to the wrong newsgroup
the first time around .... sigh
Well, I can't find thee article. Anyway, I'm curious about what
manuals to buy along with my new Amiga 2000. I've never owned
an Amiga before so don't have any technical docs lying around. On
the other hand I'm an experienced computer junky and those manuals
I saw in Walden's the other night look like they'd be ... er ... fun
to sink my teech into.
But I hear talk about upgrades to v1.3 and v1.4 of the OS ...
Will that make these fun-looking manuals obsolete? Or will there
be updates to buy? Or what?
Also, I'd be interested in comments on 3rd party books to get.
I already know to not subscribe to Amiga World, and instead to
subscribe to Amazing Computing :-) .
Send mail and I'll make a summary ...
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<---- Winter health warning: Remember, don't eat the yellow snow!bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt) (12/09/87)
In article <7827@g.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron) typed: > >Well, I can't find the article. Anyway, I'm curious about what >manuals to buy along with my new Amiga 2000. Yes. It is confusing to find out what you need (everyone asks). Commodore-Amiga Technical Support (CATS) should publish a brochure including reviews of all technical books available, all languages and the essential Publically Available (PA) programs (ASDG RRD, Conman, morerows, etc.). Also a great place for some evangelizing about the importance of good, cooperative, multitasking software. Basically, one of the all-in-one books will get you started, then later you need the Intuition Manual, The AmigaDOS Manual and the ROM Kernel Manuals (RKM). Volume 1 of the RKM is needed. Volume 2 is mostly throw-away. The "AutoDocs" and include files are old printouts, and always will be even in new versions of the manual. Current information comes from CATS on disk. *I HOPE* future versions of the RKM will cram all the text into volume 1, and devote Volume 2 to *just* the AutoDocs, the include files and the fd.files printouts. That way they could lower the press runs of that book and update it more frequently. Also, hackers short on cash could ignore the extra convenience and only get Volume 1. >But I hear talk about upgrades to v1.3 and v1.4 of the OS ... >Will that make these fun-looking manuals obsolete? Or will there >be updates to buy? Or what? The RKM is already obsolete... it refers to V1.1. You live off the "change notes" and new on-disk AutoDocs and Includes. Some information does *not* get repeated or compiled, sadly... AmigaMail the newsletter and the "Amiga Enhancer Manual" are not generally available to the casual programmer. (You must subscribe to AmigaMail, and back issues are a problem. The manual comes with the V1.2 upgrade, tell me how many A500/A2000 owners will buy that to get the manual. Right.) >Also, I'd be interested in comments on 3rd party books to get. >I already know to not subscribe to Amiga World, and instead to >subscribe to Amazing Computing :-) . The magazine you and everyone else reading this wants is: Transactor for the Amiga They really want to ramp up a substantial subscriber base (so the magazine will look more attractive to advertisers). $7.50 for an entire year is an amazing bargain: -----------------Magazine--------Disk---- Canada $9.50 cdn $36.95 cdn USA $7.50 $29.95 Foriegn (snail) $13.50 $39.95 Foreign (air) $32.50 $53.95 ----------------------------------------- Until January 1st!!! Or you can switch from the old Tranactor by giving your old Sub #. Or get both (you must specify). The United States address for Transactor is: The Trasactor PO Box 338 Station "C" Buffalo, NY 14209-9990 The old Transactor is a well respected magazine, they found the Amiga taking over the magazine, and decided to speparate it. They really are soliciting good, solid technical articles. Looks like a winner. ><---- David Herron -- The E-Mail guy <david@ms.uky.edu> |\ /| . Ack! (NAK, SOH, EOT) {o O} . bryce@hoser.berkeley.EDU -or- ucbvax!hoser!bryce (") U WARNING: hoser's spool directory eats a *lot* of mail. :-(