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From: ken@hpclkms.HP.COM (Kenneth Sumrall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Atari 800XL Parallel Bus Documentation
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Date: 16 Feb 89 03:11:38 GMT
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/ hpclkms:comp.sys.atari.8bit / dlm@druwy.ATT.COM (Dan Moore) /  9:23 am  Feb  9, 1989 /
>	The Antic articles were definitely about the 1090, they worked
>on it.  Unfortunately they didn't state in the article that the
>information was for the 1090 not the PBI.  All the information on the
>software interface applies to both the 1090 and to the PBI.

Thanks for a definative answer.  Now for the REAL question.  Where can I
get docs on the Parallel Bus in the XL (or the XE for that matter)?

>> 	I have heard of several people claiming to have the XL Addendum to
>> the Technical Reference Notes, or some such thing.  I would be very interested
>> to know where one could pick these up.
>	Warner Atari had re-written the Technical Reference Notes for
>the XL series.  The draft copies I looked at were very nice, spiral
>bound, with a lots of examples and a very well commented OS listing. 
>Another victim of the sale, they were never published. 
>	There were also some short (<50 pages) manuals on the XL
>hardware and OS.  Some developers and software houses (Synapse, EA,
>Broderbund, etc) got copies.  As far as I know those manuals are the
>only "official" doc that was ever released.

I have a short addendum to the Tech Ref manuals that discusses the XL.
I believe I sent Atari $12.00, and they sent me a book with some
info on the new features of the XL OS.  I also think it was mostly oriented
towards the 1200XL.  However, I don't remember anything about the PBI.
(I don't think the 1200XL had the PBI, but I can't remember.)
I also don't know if the book is still available.  I got this a few years
ago.

Ken Sumrall
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