<*><*><*>¢ Atari 8 BIT Book Shelf----¢ Reprinted from WNYAUG POKEY NL by¢¢ THE OL' HACKERS ATARI USER¢ GROUP,Inc.¢¢¢ NOTE: The book shelf is a list of¢ books that have been written about¢ your Atari 8 BIT computer. This list¢ will be updated from time to time¢ when, and if, information becomes¢ available. ¢¢ ------------------------------------¢ ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING FOR¢ THE ATARI COMPUTERS Mark Chasin¢ McGraw-Hill Book Company,1984 ¢¢ Shows how to program the Atari¢ computer using assembly language.¢ Though most examples are USR calls,¢ the book covers topics that are¢ specific to Atari computer¢ programming.¢ ------------------------------------¢¢ The ATARI BASIC SOURCE BOOK¢ Wilkinson, O'Brien, and Laughton¢ Compute! Publicatons,Inc.,1983 ¢¢ A complete explanation of the inside¢ workings of Atari BASIC, along with¢ original source code. For¢ intermediate and advanced¢ programmers.¢ ------------------------------------¢ COMPUTER ANIMATION PRIMER David Fox &¢ Mitchell Waite McGraw-Hill, 1984 ¢¢ Reviews the high tech computer and¢ Microcomputer animation then covers¢ animation on the Atari Computer using¢ BASIC and Machine Language.¢ ------------------------------------¢ COMPUTE!'S FIRST BOOK OF ATARI¢ Editor: Robert Lock Compute! Books,¢ 1981 ¢¢ Collection of articles and programs¢ that appeared in Compute! Magazine --¢ ------------------------------------¢ COMPUTE!'S SECOND BOOK OF ATARI¢ Editor: Robert Lock Compute! Books,¢ 1982 ¢¢ Collection of articles and programs¢ that appeared in Compute! Magazine.¢ ------------------------------------¢ COMPUTE!'S THIRD BOOK OF ATARI¢ GRAPHICS Editor: Robert Lock Compute!¢ Books, 1982 ¢¢ Collection of articles and programs¢ about Atari graphics that appeared in¢ Compute! Magazine.¢ ------------------------------------¢ The CREATIVE ATARI David and Sandy¢ Small, & George Blank Creative¢ Computing Press,1983 ¢¢ A collection of informative articles¢ from the pages of Creative Computing¢ Magazine.¢ ------------------------------------¢ DE RE ATARI The Atari Program¢ Exchange 1982 ¢¢ A guide to effective programing.¢ Explores the workings of the Atari¢ computer. One of the BEST BOOKS!¢ ------------------------------------¢ FREE SOFTWARE FOR YOUR ATARI David¢ and Dorothy Heller Enrich/Ohaus,1983¢¢ Beginners book of telecommunication.¢ ------------------------------------¢ MACHINE LANGUAGE FOR BEGINNERS¢ Richard Mansfield Compute!¢ Publications, INC, 1983 ¢¢ Covers progrming the 6502¢ microprocessor used by many¢ computers. Special sections for the¢ Atari 8 BIT.¢ ------------------------------------¢ MAPPING THE ATARI Ian Chadwick¢ Compute! Books, 1983 ¢¢ A comprehensive sourcebook and¢ memory guide for programmers of the¢ 400/800 computer. Another BEST BOOK!¢ ------------------------------------¢ ¢ MAPPING THE ATARI, REVISED EDITION¢ Ian Chadwick Compute! Books, 1985 ¢¢ A comprehensive sourcebook and¢ memory guide for programs of the¢ 400/800/XL/XE computers. Another BEST¢ BOOK¢ ------------------------------------¢ SOME COMMON BASIC PROGRAMS, ATARI ED.¢ Poole, Borchers, and Cook Osporne/Mc¢ Graw-Hill,1981 ¢¢ List of small programs that can be¢ used by themselves or as subroutines.¢ Most are for finance or statistics.¢ ------------------------------------¢ YOUR ATARI COMPUTER Poole, McNiff,¢ Cook Osporne/McGraw Hill, 1982 ¢¢ All-in-one guide for Atari 400/800¢ computer. Covers operating, trouble¢ shooting, compatible software,¢ computer graphics, and comprehensive¢ reference of BASIC statements and¢ functions. A MUST HAVE BEST BOOK!¢ -------------------------------------¢¢ ADVENTURES WITH THE ATARI Jack B.¢ Hardy Reston Publishing Co., 1984 ¢¢ A guide to writing adventure games.¢ Includes two programs in each of the¢ following languages: Atari BASIC,¢ MicroSoft BASIC, Atari PILOT. Also¢ programs for creating adventure games¢ and for playing the games that you¢ have created.¢ -------------------------------------¢¢ ATARI SOUND AND GRAPHICS Moore,¢ Lower, Albrecht Wiley & Sons, 1982 ¢¢ Beginner's guide to creating¢ colorful graphics and sound effects¢ on the ES. Includes a nice plain-¢ English primer on using string¢ variables.¢ -------------------------------------¢¢ THE ATARI ASSEMBLER Don & Kurt Inman¢ Reston Publishing Co., 1981 ¢¢ An introduction to the Atari¢ Assembler Cartridge. Assumes some¢ knowledge of BASIC and NO knowledge about ML.¢ -------------------------------------¢¢ ATARI XE USER'S HANDBOOK Weber¢ Systems, Inc. Staff WSI Inc., 1985 ¢¢ Practical guide to the XE computers.¢ Includes so much vital reference¢ material for all XE owners that it¢ probably should have been included in¢ the box with the machine right from¢ Atari Corp.¢ -------------------------------------¢¢ INSIDE ATARI DOS Bill Wilkinson¢ COMPUTE! Books, 1982 ¢¢ A primer on the inner workings of¢ Atari DOS 2.0 written by one of the¢ top names in the Atari ES world.¢ Includes the complete ML source code¢ listings for DOS 2.0 as well as an¢ interesting account of how Atari DOS¢ was created.¢ -------------------------------------¢¢ (*) (*) END (*) (*)¢
