Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Beginning Programmers Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 23:28:19 GMT References: <1991Jan10.222552.13086@clark.edu> <727@cbmger.UUCP> <15571@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <15573@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> <17546@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: Not an Organization Lines: 46 In article <17546@cbmvax.commodore.com> ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes: >In article <15573@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) writes: >> >>[Why] would I really need the ROM Kernel >>manuals? Once I know where to start I think I can teach >>myself by practicing and hanging around this newsgroup. >>-- >>Thom Cleland -- tcleland@ucsd.edu > >work. Find the supported methods. The ROM Kernel Manuals are one place >to find such information. The Libraries & Devices Manual gives examples >on how to use much of the system. The Includes & Autodocs Manual gives >(in reference format) the "final word" on specific function calls. >-- >-- >Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines >uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken >bix: kfarinsky When I started programming on the Amiga back in 1985 I did not have the RKMs. comp.sys.amiga (as it was called back then), was not enough. There is no way all the information in the RKMs can or will be reproduced on USENET news. The most important information -- a description of each of the hundreds of library calls -- can be found ONLY in the RKMs and in the autodocs. If you do not have the money to get the RKMs, I strongly suggest you get the native developer's kit from commodore to get the autodocs: CATS 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester, PA 19380 USA (215)431-9100 Include a check for $20 and request that you want the AmigaDOS V1.3 Native Developer Update. At least I think it is still $20. -Matt -- Matthew Dillon dillon@Overload.Berkeley.CA.US 891 Regal Rd. uunet.uu.net!overload!dillon Berkeley, Ca. 94708 USA