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From: bryce@cbmvax.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt)
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Subject: New Amiga Rom Kernel Manual now available in bookstores....
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Date: 6 Mar 89 02:27:00 GMT
Reply-To: bryce@cbmvax.UUCP (Bryce Nesbitt)
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The first volume of the new ROM Kernel Manual set is now available!
The book is titled "ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Includes & Autodocs".
This book can be seen as a direct replacement for the White "RKM Volume 2",
or as an update to much of the material in the three older Addison-Wesley
manuals (Exec, Libraries & Devices, and Intuition).  This manual describes the
Amiga up to the current revision of the system software (V1.3).  The manual
is up to date with the V1.3 Includes and Autodocs as distributed on disk.

The manual contains:

	o A short introduction to Amiga programming rules.
	o An "autodoc" for each library, device and resource call in the
	  system (except dos.library).
	o A short introductory section on what libraries, devices and
	  resources are.
	o All C and Assembly include files.
	o Documentation for the linker libraries amiga.lib and
	  debug.lib.  This section incldues example source code.
	o Numerous handy reference charts including: 1> A massive cross-
	  reference of each symbol in the system with it's resolved
	  value and location in the include files. 2> A function chart
	  giving the negative offset for each function call in the system.
	  3> An assembly structure reference, listing each structure in memory
	  order with the offset from the base.  Perfect for debugging
	  at the assembler level.
	o Full IFF documentation, including updated sample code and updated
	  FORM specifications.
	o A small function index and to top it all off, thumbtabs.

This manual was written here at Commodore-Amiga.  The Addison-Wesley
publishing company has informed us the manual should be available at local
bookstores immediately.  Copies of the first print run are already in-house.


Two other manuals will complete the new ROM Kernel Manual set.  No release
dates are available:

	Amiga Hardware Reference Manual - updated to include the A500 & A2000
	Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Libraries and Devices - will include all
	tutorial information including Intuition & Exec programming.

There will no longer be separate Exec or Intuition manuals. 

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