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From: arndt@ttds.UUCP (Arndt Jonasson)
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Subject: Re: Mac architecture responses
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 00:38:45 EST
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In article <322@unc.unc.UUCP> nelson@unc.UUCP (Alex Nelson) writes:

> [long list of suggestions of literature for the Mac OS and the 68000
>  processor]

Why isn't anybody mentioning "MacIntosh Revealed"? In my opinion, it is THE
book for learning how the Mac works. There are two volumes, with 626+516
= 1142 pages. The author is Stephen Carnicoff, who "contributed to the early
development of the Lisa computer, and helped write Apple's Inside MacIntosh 
documentation".

Each chapter clearly describes a certain aspect of the toolbox, and gives
examples in Lisa Pascal. The end result of the Pascal examples is a complete
program, called MiniEdit. Each chapter is followed by a reference section,
listing concisely the toolbox calls described in the previous chapter.
You still need the Inside MacIntosh if you want to fully control your Mac,
but this book goes a long way towards that goal.

Some topics are not covered at all, like drivers, sound generation etc. But
those are not main concerns to a Mac programmer, who just wants to know how
the thing works.

If you have any reason at all to read Inside MacIntosh, read this book first.
The price is 75$ (approximately), and it is worth it.

Arndt Jonasson
ZYX Research, Stockholm
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