Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Series books, 3rd ed. Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 00:01:13 GMT References: <22877@shlump.lkg.dec.com> <1601@glyph.kingston.ny.us> <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 30 In article <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com> ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) writes: >In article <1601@glyph.kingston.ny.us> ahh@glyph.UUCP (Andy Heffernan) writes: >>In article <22877@shlump.lkg.dec.com> plouff@kali.enet.dec.com (Wes Plouff) writes: >>> Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: >>> Devices, 3rd ed., 512 pp., $28.95, August, ISBN 0-201-56775-X >>> Libraries, 3rd ed., 960 pp., $38.95, October, ISBN 0-201-56774-1 >> >>Yay! They're splitting them up! They're splitting them up! >>Can heavier stock paper be far behind? > >Look carefully at the page count. If we go to heavier stock the books >will end up a foot thick. Also remember that there is a direct >correlation between paper quality and retail price. How much do you >want to pay for these? >-- >-- >Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines >uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken >bix: kfarinsky A high quality hard cover bound set of manuals that are extremely well written are worth the money. Inside Macintosh is an example of this quality of book, as well as the Knuth books, etc. On the other hand, a really nice RING binding would be nice so you could leave the book(s) open to any page without breaking the binding... -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************