Draugr Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Hi, I am looking to buy any Atari 8-bit computer related books. If you have any for sale please email me. I'd only be interested in complete very nice quality books. I'm not interested in books with loose or missing pages, writing in them or ripped/bent pages/covers. I am interested in the following languages Basic Assembler PL65 Atari Graphics Atari Game programming. Please email me with any items you may have. Thanks John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draugr Posted May 9, 2002 Author Share Posted May 9, 2002 BTW, I am especially looking for very nice condition copies of Compute!'s First & Third Books of Atari Graphics. I have the second version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndary Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 I Have few extra books.. i need to check my boxes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 posted 05-09-2002 03:31 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >BTW, >I am especially looking for very nice >condition copies of Compute!'s First & Third >Books of Atari Graphics. I have the second >version. >John Von Draugr Sorry, there is no Compute's Third Book of Atari Graphics. There were just the two. Not to be confused with Compute's First through Third Book of Atari which had a whole variety of programs including graphics related stuff. By the way, the best two books on Atari 8-bit assembly language are Atari Roots by Mark Andrews and Assembly Language Programming for The Atari Computers by Mark Chasin. Don't bother with anything else except for the two Compute Assembly language books. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smf_4ever Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 quote: Originally posted by John Von Draugr: I am interested in the following languages Basic Assembler PL65 Atari Graphics Atari Game programming. What... no Pilot??? (jk....) I dont think I have anything extra.. but when I unpack (in the middle of a move) I will take a look and let you know if I find something. [ 05-09-2002: Message edited by: smf_4ever ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Yep. First, Second and Third book of Atari. The First and Second Books of Atari Graphics. Wasn't there another series on games, like Compute's! First Book of Atari Games, don't remember how many of those. I probably have them, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draugr Posted May 9, 2002 Author Share Posted May 9, 2002 Throw the Compute!'s Books of Atari Gaems series into my request list. If you have them in really nice condition and you are selling them, please email me. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanD Posted May 9, 2002 Share Posted May 9, 2002 Compute also had Mapping the Atari, Compute's Atari Collections Vol 1 & 2 and also the Atari Basic Sourcebook. Admittedly the last one isn't very useful if programming the 5200. I believe those plus the ones previously mentioned are about everything Atari made for the Atari line. One cautionary note: If I remember correctly a lot of the example files given in Compute's Machine Language for Beginners used an undocumented call to put text on the screen and they will not work on the XL and later versions. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I seem to remember reading that recently in some old Compute mags. AlanD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 That is correct...they used the GET and PUT routines in OS-B ($F6E2 and $F6A4, respectively). But you should be able to use the translator to correct this, since the translator is OS-B, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted May 10, 2002 Share Posted May 10, 2002 Of course, if you just want to read the Compute books you can go to www.Atariarchives.org for Mapping the Atari and Compute's First and Second book of Atari Graphics. They have great programming examples for writing games. To me these three are the best out of the series, although the others are good as well. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Destructo Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 For Assembler programming, I highly recommend "Programming The 6502" by Rodnay Zaks. Not Atari-oriented per se, but with this, the Mac/65 manual, and a copy of the Mapping The Atari, you'll be writing assembler in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.skid Posted May 12, 2002 Share Posted May 12, 2002 Maybe you can look on Ebay. I.E. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1352424564 This is one of many Atari books auctions from the same guy. I've buy lot of things from him, he's very honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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