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Subject: Re: Re: pexec(), shel_write(), etc.
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Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 17:06:13 EST
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In Info-Atari16 Digest, Volume 87 : Issue 92, imagen!turner@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
(James Turner) writes:
>
> no necessarily so, i just got an excellant book on the ST, It has
> everything in the dev ket doc's including the shell lib in a clear
> concise format. It is called
>
> The Concise Atari ST 68000 Programmer's Reference Guide
>	by Katherine Peel
>

I looked this book over.  Each function is described in one or
two short sentences, and a list of parameters is given.  I don't think
that the descriptions are adequate in many cases, unless you have lots of
time to write and play with sample programs.

>> 
>> P.S.  Neil@atari, Jack@atari, others -- where is the documentation that can
>>       be purchased without paying $300?
>
>between this book and Abacus (typos and all) books i think this is a
>dead issue. For about $20 you can get all the info in the dev kit.
>

No, this issue is alive and kicking.  We are still waiting for some complete
and detailed GEM documentation that doesn't come as a box full of paper.



Karl Rowley
rowley@orville.arpa


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