Atari Compendium

[viking272]

There are a number of resources dotted around for the Atari Compendium.

I've hosted an HTML version I found on a malware site and cleaned it up, some 12 years ago.

Tonight I've spent some time and edited the HTML to make it a little more readable.

Old URLs should still work but this one is the main one now:

http://www.yardley.cc/atari/compendium/index.html

[Atarieterno]

Good job!
Thanks.

[dma]

Yes, one great resource!

[mikro]

Much better source: http://www.tho-otto.de/hypview/hypview. ... ompend.hyp

[viking272]

I was thinking of adding the Errata details into the main part of the book, so the content is fully updated with errors noticed after the book and CD were sold. http://www.yardley.cc/atari/compendium/ ... errata.htm

Not sure if that has been done somewhere else before?

Nice link mikro, happy that they co-exist!

[mikro]

viking272: it has been done in that hypertext, too. :)

Strictly speaking, it's still an illegal "copy" of the book but with all the html versions around I guess nobody cares anymore.

[lp]

Really, all Mr. Sanders did was reorganize Atari's pile of binders (devkit) into a book. If you ask me, his copyright only applies to the presentation style, not the information contained within, which belongs to Atari.

[Cyprian]

mikro, both documenst are very usefull, but viking272's one has two advantages: the main menu is always available on the left side, and nicely rescale to higher resolution.

[viking272]

viking272: it has been done in that hypertext, too.

Strictly speaking, it's still an illegal "copy" of the book but with all the html versions around I guess nobody cares anymore.

Yes I checked a few Errata changes and they are included in the Hypertext. However there were a few versions of the Errata which were done the year before this one. (I updated Dev Docs with the newer Errata a few months ago but not sure if it was the last Errata).

What I did want to ask is whether there are any incomplete areas, or something else that was missed out?

As for copyright, I'm happy to acknowledge the owners and take no credit (as I just made it more readable)... I just want to make sure this resource is available for those who are looking for it

[lp]

viking272: it has been done in that hypertext, too.

Strictly speaking, it's still an illegal "copy" of the book but with all the html versions around I guess nobody cares anymore.

Yes I checked a few Errata changes and they are included in the Hypertext. However there were a few versions of the Errata which were done the year before this one. (I updated Dev Docs with the newer Errata a few months ago but not sure if it was the last Errata).

What I did want to ask is whether there are any incomplete areas, or something else that was missed out?

As for copyright, I'm happy to acknowledge the owners and take no credit (as I just made it more readable)... I just want to make sure this resource is available for those who are looking for it

Thanks again for the updated errata. There's a PDF of the actual book at devdocs that appears to be searchable. You asked if there's stuff missing. I think it's missing quite a few MiNT calls, like ssystem(), the socket calls, and more. When I was researching these calls to add them to GFABASIC I had to dig through the FreeMiNT repo.