Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Devices (3rd Edition) [Paperback]

Addison Wesley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Amiga Technical Reference Series | Publication Date: October 1991

The books in this series cover the newest Amiga computer, the Amiga 3000, as well as the most recent version of the system software, Release 2. Amiga System Devices has been greatly enhanced with Release 2, and this new manual provides complete information on devices as well as a tutorial and detailed examples showing how to use the devices.

Product Details

• Paperback: 592 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company; 3 Sub edition (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020156775X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201567755
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,537,169 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars AmigaOS System Programmer's book, October 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Devices (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book covers the hardware interface to the AmigaOS. There are interfaces for every aspect of the AmigaOS including the Game Port, Audio, Console, Keyboard, Parallel, SCSI, Serial, Timer, TrackDisk, and other devices. The IFF (Interchange File Format) is detailed. Also covered is some information about the physical layout of the floppy, RigidDiskBlock, and Amiga Bootstrap. This book is great for AmigaOS system programmers needing to communicate at the hardware level or OS designers needing hints about Amiga hardware aspects. This book is also excellent for presenting a well thought out I/O interface for acessing the hardware and organinzing drivers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent AmigaOS Reference, October 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Devices (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This book details basic driver interfaces to various driver APIs available for the AmigaOS. Some detail of hardware in regards to Input Devices are covered. Details of Chipsets are not covered in this book.

9 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, dude..., September 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Devices (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

I read this book often over a refreshing herbal iced tea and just chill out. Even though I know how the book is going to end, I'm always on the edge of my seat by the time I reach the last chapter. It's still a page turner every time out, dude! My favorite character in the book has to be Kernal Rom. I love his accent! And the way he beats up on the autistic clown in chapter 6, though controversial, really drives home some of the books larger thematic points. Danny, I say to myself, that clown is you... and that beating is your inner child, fighting to get out. It gets to me every time I read it...