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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Dfree() void?
Message-ID: <2894@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>
Date: 6 May 91 10:37:49 GMT
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In article <2924@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>ONM07@DMSWWU1A.BITNET (Julian F. Reschke) writes:
>>The GEMDOS funtion Dfree() is documented to be void ('GEMDOS Reference
>>Manual'). In practice, it SEEMS to return useful return codes (like BIOS
>>error codes).
>
>The manual is wrong, in more places than one.  Yes, Dfree() is not void.
>Never has been.

When will Atari ever publish a nice clear book detailing the ST hardware
and the TOS operating system? I have the dev kit and it still leaves much
to be desired than a big wad of photocopies. Look at what C=/Am*ga provide
by way of clear references.

I recently suggested to Atari UK that they produce a programmers pack
that would include just such a book and two programming lanuages of the
purchasers choice. Comp Sci students would lap that up.

Actually I think Atari US did say once that they were working on such a book
but what became of it?

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>Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
>reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt

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