[comp.sys.atari.st] sources of documentation

chu@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu (john c chu) (07/14/90)

I'm sure this has been brought up before so I'll make it brief:

Can anyone suggest books with accurate information about AES, VDI and
TOS, why they are good and where I can get them (most likely mail
order(?))?

I already know about Atari's developer program. However, I want to get
some practice working with GEM/TOS before I develop something.

Reply via E-mail.

thanks.

					john
				chu@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu

gilliam@lowlif.dec.com (My name is...) (07/16/90)

In article <30679@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU>, chu@autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu (john c chu) writes...
>I'm sure this has been brought up before so I'll make it brief:
> 
>Can anyone suggest books with accurate information about AES, VDI and
>TOS, why they are good and where I can get them (most likely mail
>order(?))?

Some of these paperbacks are no longer in print. You might be able to find them
in a library, though. 

Concise 68000 Programmer's Reference Manual  /* no longer in print */

	Katherine Peel 

Abacus ST Internals  3rd revision  /* no longer in print */


Atari ST Applications Programming  /* may no longer be in print */

	Lawrence J. Pollack
	Eric J. T. Weber
	Bantam Books (Datatech Publications)
	ISBN 0-553-34397-1
	1987
	530 pp.

Compute!'s Technical Reference Guide Atari ST 
	Volume 1: VDI* 	(1987) ISBN 0-87455-093-9 	343 pp.
	Volume 2: AES	(1987) ISBN 0-87455-114-5	330 pp.
	Volume 3: TOS**	(1988) ISBN 0-87455-149-8	410 pp.

	Sheldon Leemon
	Compute! Publications Greensboro, NC (a division of ABC-TV)
	*lists VDI routines except the metafile routines
	**includes a discussion and descriptions of Line-A, BIOS, XBIOS, and 
	GEMDOS routines.
	1-800-354-1214
	1-800-638-3822 x4729

Compute!'s ST Applications Guide - Programming in C

	Simon Field
	Kathleen Mandis
	Dave Myers
	1986
	ISBN 0-87455-078-5
	327 pp.	

Motorola M68000 8-/16-/32-Bit Microprocessors Programmer's Reference Manual 
	
	Prentice-Hall Engelwood Cliffs, NJ
	ISBN 0-13-541475-X (paperback)
	6th edition
	201-767-5937

Programmer's Guide to GEM

	Phillip Balma
	William Fitler
	Sybex
	ISBN 0-89588-297-3
	1986
	describes how to use AES, VDI, and VDI metafile routines. 
	504 pp.

Programming the 68000

	Steve Williams
	Sybex  Alameda, CA
	ISBN 0-89599-133-0
	1985
	539 pp.

68000 Assembly Language Programming

	Lance Leventhal
	Doug Hawkins
	Gerry Kane
	William D. Cramer
	Osborne - Mc Graw Hill Berkeley, CA
	ISBN 0-07-881232-1
	484 pp.