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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1.3 Libraries And Devices Manual
Message-ID: <9298@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 11 Jan 90 19:31:33 GMT
References: <1990Jan11.163459.1733@ns.network.com>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
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In article <1990Jan11.163459.1733@ns.network.com> dean@ns.network.com (Dean C. Gahlon) writes:
>Just a note to let y'all know that the new revision of the Libraries And
>Devices manual is available here in Mpls.  I just picked up my copy
>yesterday, and am finding all KINDS of interesting stuff (for instance,
>masked boolean gadgets -- have these not been mentioned on the net at all,
>or were they discussed during one of the times recently when our newsfeed
>was down?)

Yes it's true.  The new ROM Kernel Manual (Libraries and Devices) is out.

Note well that the three software volumes that were out for 1.1 (white
covers with a single colored band) were organized along the lines of
Exec, Intuition, and Libraries and Devices.  Each generally contained
technical descriptions, autodocs, and includes.  The new organization
puts the software manuals into two volumes, one of which contains
all the includes and autodocs (it's been out for a while, and you've
likely all seen it) and the brand new one, which contains the technical
descriptions for all the modules including Exec, Intuition, and all
the other libraries and devices.  After all, Exec and Intuition are
both libraries.

With the release of this third volume (the revised Hardware Manual has
been out for a little while), the technical documentation is now up
to the level of the 1.3 revision of the operating system.

When 1.2 was released, the 1.2 Enhancer had addenda for the technical
as well as user manuals in it.  People who bought systems that shipped with
1.2 installed for the most part got revised user manuals and no
Enhancer booklet.  So the technical updates did not get out to a lot
of people.  Yes, masked boolean gadgets were explained in the Enhancer 1.2
manual, along with all the other 1.2 features.

Now that the technical series is up to 1.3, it's all described in one place.

There is one important point that deserves mention.  The people in
CATS and Engineering worked very hard to verify that all the
example code compiles and works as intended.

As well, a lot of you may find useful the new sections on correct
Amiga programming practices including programming for compatibility,
and on troubleshooting your software.

43 chapters, about 950 pages, and a lot of late nights...  let's make
it a best-seller!

>						Dean C. Gahlon
>						dean@ns.network.com
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     Peter Cherna, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
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