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- C128 Book Reviews
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- There is finally some information
- available on the Commodore C128
- computer: Commodore 64/128 Assembly
- Language Programming, and The
- Official Book for the Commodore 128
- Personal Computer. Both of these
- may be available at a local
- bookstore, but can be ordered
- direct from the publisher, Howard
- W. Sams & Co. Inc. at (800)
- 428-SAMS, operator 150.
- I got both of these books as soon
- as I heard about them, and was
- promptly disappointed. This is
- because I'm interested in really
- technical things like: a detailed
- memory map of the C128 in C128 and
- CP/M modes, a detailed description
- of the hardware and the
- memory/device manager.
- The Assembly Language book
- glossed over the C128 and CP/M
- modes by discussing the C128 only
- in C64 mode, where it's identical
- to the C64.
- The 'Official Book' for the C128
- was more satisfying, though:
- seperate chapters on each mode of
- the C128 (including a good
- introduction to CP/M and