Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!mips!daver!ditka!zorch!amiga0!mykes From: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Information on Amiga Technical Reference Seri Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 19:42:02 GMT References: <21956@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1603@glyph.kingston.ny.us> <1991Jun3.140107.945@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> Organization: Amiga makes it possible Lines: 34 In article <1991Jun3.140107.945@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> chem194@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis) writes: >In article <1991Jun2.003143.21316@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: > >> Hmm. Very interesting idea. CD-ROMs are becoming more and >> more widespread. If CATS released the entirety of the series on >> CD ROM, perhaps charged $150 or so for the CD, and included >> programs to automate interfacing with the Amiga via word >> processing, printer output, etc., I think CBM would have a >> serious product, one that would improve efficiency. > >Ideally it should have some form of hypertext front end - >makes following the complex interelation of data structures >a lot easier (though it does make for a LOT more work in >both creating the front end, and in setting up the database). > >The Unix system I've used has just that (running under X) - the >time it saves it really unbelievable. Anyone who brings out something >similar on the Amiga would be onto a sure-fire seller (even at $300+ .. >it's so convenient people will happily pay serious money for it). > >The only real problem I see is the agreement Addison Wesley has with CBM >for the amiga tech ref series - depending on the limits of the agreement >it might mean A-W has sole rights. I'd actually like to see CBM put the SOURCE CODE to the OS on the disk as well. It would be a good way to understand the inner workings of each routine that one might call. As well, maybe we'd see a Berkeley ROM Kernel (a la BSD Unix) :) -- **************************************************** * I want games that look like Shadow of the Beast * * but play like Leisure Suit Larry. * ****************************************************