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From: clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Beginning Programmers
Message-ID: <5369.664168713@lemsys.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jan 91 00:47:33 GMT
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In-Reply-To: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS)

In a message posted on 14 Jan 91 19:19:14 GMT,
ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) wrote:
KF-C>In article <15573@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) writes:
KF-C>>
KF-C>>[Why] would I really need the ROM Kernel
KF-C>>manuals?  Once I know where to start I think I can teach 
KF-C>>myself by practicing and hanging around this newsgroup.
KF-C>>-- 
KF-C>>Thom Cleland -- tcleland@ucsd.edu
KF-C>
KF-C>One of the most important points in learning to program the Amiga is to
KF-C>NEVER do things because they _seem_ to work.  If you find yourself saying
KF-C>"If I put a 17 in this field then, magically, I get the desired result",
KF-C>then you will probably break in a later version of the OS.  When you
KF-C>program the machine, read the documentation.  Find the reason that things
KF-C>work.  Find the supported methods.  The ROM Kernel Manuals are one place
KF-C>to find such information.  The Libraries & Devices Manual gives examples
KF-C>on how to use much of the system.  The Includes & Autodocs Manual gives
KF-C>(in reference format) the "final word" on specific function calls.
KF-C>-- 
KF-C>--
KF-C>Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines
KF-C>uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com   or  ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken
KF-C>bix:  kfarinsky

	Where can these RKM's be found?  Does CATS (what EXACTLY is CATS
anyways?) have these available?  I can't say I've seen any at dealers. 
What other programmer/developer information is available through
Commodore-Amiga?

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