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From: stever@videovax.UUCP (Steven E. Rice)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Addison-Wesley RKM
Message-ID: <1853@videovax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Jul-86 11:13:21 EDT
Article-I.D.: videovax.1853
Posted: Mon Jul 21 11:13:21 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 23-Jul-86 07:18:37 EDT
References: <14873@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: stever@videovax.UUCP (Steven E. Rice)
Organization: Tektronix, Comm Group, TV R&D
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Keywords: Commodore asbestos advisory
Summary: By the pound, the second manual is a better buy!

In article <14873@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, Michael Robinson
(robinson@shadow.Berkeley.EDU) writes:

> . . .

> So the local bookstore finally received something from Addison-Wesley that
> claimed to be a Rom Kernal Manual.  The price was the same--$24.95--but
> there was only a tiny part of the original manual!  The book covers 
> Exec, which is necessary knowledge for making programs behave well in the
> Amiga environment, but which is useless if you don't have the necessary 
> information to make the programs in the first place!
> 
> The back cover promises a second part to the RKM, Libraries and Devices, or
> something, which will presumably be available for $24.95 as well.  After
> spending $50.00 I will only have about two thirds of the information in the 
> original RKM.  I suppose the missing stuff will be provided for an additional
> $24.95 eventually.

> . . .

I just bought the _RKM: Libraries and Devices_ for $34.95 -- but it is about
twice the weight of the first volume.  By the pound, it's a *much* better
buy!

					Steve Rice

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