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Article #13860Re: Reading the keyboard without a window.
From: Deven T. Corzine
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 15:27
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 15:27
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On 13 Feb 90 14:07:18 GMT, justus@robin.hut.fi (Juhana R{s{nen) said:
cmcmanis> Don't you guys get the documentation? Don't you read it?
Juhana> Sometimes I wonder this myself. It seems to take much more
Juhana> time for a manual than information of all new features and
Juhana> promises to cross the Atlantic. When you know that your
Juhana> manual (that costs money!) will be old by the time you get it
Juhana> into your hands, you decide to wait for the new version. You
Juhana> see, we have to live in the future here!
Sorry, guy. Doesn't fly. Even with out of date manuals, if you read
them carefully, AND followed the guidelines, you would be in the
clear. A favorite example is Mindwalker... written under 1.0, but
following the guidelines (imagine that!) so it worked with FAST ram,
under 1.1, 1.2, 68020 & 68030, 1.3 and undoubtably 1.4 as well.
But, if you can get your grubby little paws on the 1.3 RKM's (Includes
& Autodocs and Libraries & Devices, especially) [you guys are FAR too
into the hardware already...] then DO SO. The 1.3 RKM's were VERY
well done, and "worth their weight in gold". Well maybe not, but they
definitely are the Amiga system programming "bible" just as K&R's book
is for the C language. [Yes, it's hefty praise, and well deserved.
Kudos, CATS!]
Deven
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!netserv2!deven From: deven@rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Reading the keyboard without a window. Message-ID: <DEVEN.90Feb23102655@netserv2.rpi.edu> Date: 23 Feb 90 15:27:05 GMT References: <6675@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> <1990Feb9.150945.29787@santra.uucp> <131583@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1990Feb13.140718.26883@santra.uucp> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 32 In-Reply-To: justus@robin.hut.fi's message of 13 Feb 90 14:07:18 GMT