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Re: Abacus books

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From: Micah P. Doyle
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1986 18:53
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In article <397@atari.UUcp> dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) writes:
>The quality of information in the Abacus books is suprisingly
>poor.  They contain an enourmous amount of misinformation and
>stuff that's just plain /wrong/.  I would stay away from these
>books, like the plague.  The consensus in Atari's software
>engineering department is that they're not worth much.

Are there any books available (or soon to be available) that are
better?  Or is a developers kit the only option?
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Micah Doyle
micah@athena.MIT.EDU
mit-eddie!mit-athena!micah
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Subject: Re: Abacus books
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Date: Fri, 25-Jul-86 14:53:42 EDT
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