Date   : Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:37:51 +0200
From   : John Kortink <kortink@...>
Subject: Re: Advanced user guides

On 12 Oct 2004 11:07:40 +0100, you wrote:

>> Message-ID: <b14jm05ilbuegmrds38sgmr5hnleudlkh3@...>
> 
>John Kortink <kortink@...> wrote:
>> >What was the difference between the Advanced User Guide and the New
>> >Advanced User Guide - anybody know?
>> 
>> Former was BBC only, really. Latter also includes Master, B+
>> and Electron related info. Quite useful really. It does seem
> 
>The NUAG has details on Tube programming, which the AUG desn't have. You
>can't write a coprocessor compliant filing system using only the info in
>the AUG.
> 
>Also, the NAUG omits lots of information about low level CFS information
>and entry conditions to NETV and KEYV. I had to type up[1] some extra
>pages to add to my NAUG: NETV and KEYV info, buffer insert value index,
an
>OSBYTE index and an OSWORD index.
> 
>I found that I needed both the NAUG and the AUG, as neither one is a
>complete superset of the other.

Of course, in addition to this,

http://www.bbcdocs.com/

is your friend. Although the info sought can be harder to
find because it is scattered throughout several publications.
Most notably 'Master Operating System - A Dabhand Guide' is
rather informative about the more esoteric topics, I've found.


John Kortink

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