C0195@UNIVSCVM.BITNET (Gregory E. Gilbert) (12/13/89)
Earlier in the year (mid to late October) someone inquired on some
suggestions for becoming a "virus expert". (I assume in hopes to
become an anti-virus expert.) Joe MacMahon suggested a number of
things one of which included reading about ROM patches, INITs, and VBL
tasks in Inside Macintosh. I made an attempt to locate these topics
in Inside Macintosh and came up with the table below. (I was unable
to find any information in the index on ROM Patches.) I have not read
the topics I have listed, but intend make reading them a priority.
Are what I have listed below relevant to the person who wants to
maximize the amount of information attained while minimizing material
to be studied? Are there other references that would be better?
(Inside Macintosh references and "outside" references.) Other
thoughts and comments are most welcome. I hope this helps some and
hope that others will help this list get "fine-tuned". If you find
anything grossly wrong with the list please do not bug flame Joe,
flame me. Thanks.
Greg
Topic Volume Pages
- ----- ------ -----
Inits I 114-115
InitGraf I 162-164
Font Manager Routines I 222-227
Window Manager I 280-288
Dialog Manager I 410-423
Memory Manager II 3- 52
Vertical Retrace II 349-354
Parameter RAM Operations II 380-382
The Video Interface III 18- 20
Resource Manager V* 29- 38
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* - Sorry don't have access to Volume IV.
Greg
Postal address: Gregory E. Gilbert
Computer Services Division
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina USA 29208
(803) 777-6015
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