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From: woody@tybalt.caltech.edu (William Edward Woody)
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Subject: Re: Any sign of the Macintosh Hardware Book from Addison-Wesley?
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Date: 15 Mar 88 09:16:15 GMT
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In article <1555@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> c60b-cq@buddy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Rob Pfile) writes:
>>Has anybody seen this book?  According to APDA, it was supposed to be 
>>availible "early 88". I'm not exactly sure what the official title
>>of the book is, but it's something like "Macintosh Family Hardware Reference
>>Guide".  I know that APDA has been selling a Draft version,
>>but my membership has run out, and besides, I want the real one
>>from a real publisher.
>
>	I have seen an Apple Technical Reference Guide that deals with building
>NuBus cards for the Macintosh ][. It is very short (about 100 pages) and is
>actually a rather small book. It is probably just part of what you are
>referring to...

The complete list of Addison-Wesley books that I'm aware of are:

"Inside Macintosh, Volumes I, II, III, IV, V"
   - Complete reference to Macintosh Toolbox and OS for 64K ROMS, with
     IM IV being a delta guide for the 128K ROMS and IM V being a delta
     guide for the 256K ROMS.  (Delta guide--lists only those changes from
     the previous volumes)

"Technical Introduction to the Macintosh Family"
   - Introduction to the Macintosh software and hardware for all Macintosh
     computers:  the original Macintosh, the Mac +, Mac SE, and Mac II

"Programmer's Introduction to the Macintosh Family"
   - Introduction to programming the Macintosh system for programmers who
     are new to it

"Macintosh Family Hardware Reference"  <-- This one, maybe?
   - Reference to the Macintosh hardware for all Macintosh computers,
     excluding the Macintosh XL

"Designing Cards and Drivers for the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE"
   - Hardware and device driver reference to the expansion capabilities
     of the Macintosh II and Macintosh SE

"Human Interface Guidelines:  The Apple Desktop Interface"
   - Detailed guidelines for developers implementing the Macintosh User
     Interface

"Apple Numerics Manual"
   - Description of the SANE environment.


I personally own IM I-V, the "Designing Cards" manual, and the "SANE" manual.
I have also seen both the "Technical Introduction", and the "Human
Interface Guide" at B. Dalton Software here and back home in Fresno, Ca.
(Who in Phresberg would want IM I-V?  I dunno, but the B. Dalton's there
had about two dozen IM Vol. V sitting gathering dust...)  I also saw
the "Programmer's Introduction" at MacWorld last January in San Fransisco,
but I haven't seen the "Hardware Reference" so far.  But at MacWorld I didn't
see if the Hardware Reference was there; I had to work the show... :-(

If you're a beginning programmer (beginning on the Mac, that is; not
beginning programming), the "Programmer's Introduction" is a reasonable
place to start, but if you're already sophisticated in Mac Hacking,
the "Programmer's Introduction" is probably a waste of money.  I also
found the "Technical Intro" and the "Human Interface Guide" both wastes
of money, though there are quite a few companies that I'd love to send
their head programmer the Human Interface Guide as a gift... ;-)

I'm sorry that this is overkill in information, but to summarize: the
book is "Macintosh Family Hardware Reference", and I've yet to see it.
But it should be around "real soon now."  (Remember DBase Mac?)
  -  William Edward Woody
     woody@tybalt.caltech.edu                   (Mac>][n&&/|\)&&(MacII>AT)
Disclamer:  I haven't the foggiest idea what I'm talking about...