+Andrew Davie Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Should this tutorial be tidied up, turned into a book and hawked to a publisher for release in hard-copy format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atarius Maximus Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 A book version of this tutorial is an excellent idea. I've been copying and pasting each post into a MS Word Document and tidying it up for myself, but I'd definitely buy a copy if it was published, if anything just to support all of your hard work! AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D. Deuel Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 A book version of this tutorial is an excellent idea. I've been copying and pasting each post into a MS Word Document and tidying it up for myself, but I'd definitely buy a copy if it was published, if anything just to support all of your hard work! AM Ditto. Word for word. Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Hi there! Should this tutorial be tidied up, turned into a book and hawked to a publisher for release in hard-copy format? Hehe, I assume it is killing Mike to see that you are writing the book in a few days under his very eyes, which he was talking about for some three years now Well, to answer your question: I definetely want to have this as a book. I have a collection of some 50+ 8-Bit Assembly books and yours certainly would become the crown-jewels of that collection! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Andrew Davie Posted May 27, 2003 Author Share Posted May 27, 2003 Hi there! Should this tutorial be tidied up, turned into a book and hawked to a publisher for release in hard-copy format? Hehe, I assume it is killing Mike to see that you are writing the book in a few days under his very eyes, which he was talking about for some three years now Well, to answer your question: I definetely want to have this as a book. I have a collection of some 50+ 8-Bit Assembly books and yours certainly would become the crown-jewels of that collection! Greetings, Manuel Sometimes a bit of competition actually gets people off their bums, and gets products out the door. I would welcome him finally deciding to publish - and meanwhile I'll just keep plodding away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPIKE Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Should this tutorial be tidied up, turned into a book and hawked to a publisher for release in hard-copy format? i think it would be EXCELLENT. i have been laying out the pages in Pagemaker. (i'm on a Mac) i have an Atari binder i have been filling up with info from the web for quite sometime. (schematics, OpCodes, bankswitching, source code, mods, etc.) your info is going in the front with the Stella Programmer's manual. what would be REALLY nifty is if the book also feature Mods and hack info as well. maybe a CD with code, tools, and other things. a really nice compendium for the 2600 fanatic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 I'd buy that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spingk Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 I'd buy it. Im only on part 3 of your tut atm but it rocks so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARI TROLL Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 This will be an awesome book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adonis_minus_20 Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 I haven't posted in the forum regarding the programming class, but I've been following along. I would definitely buy a book with this information! This is good stuff! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Very cool Andrew. This is a great resource!! Thanks for your time and effort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 I'm dying to get into programmin and possibly hacking games myself. I just need to find some time. I have several great ideas for games that will go to waste unless I learn how to program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassidy Nolen Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Absolutely! You are the man for doing this. Of course, we would all love a book of it! Cassidy Sign me up for a pre-order whenever you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 I'd buy two (2). One for use and one for the shelf to archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perryrhodan Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Maybe a .PDF format file will be extrememy fine too. Or a Word format document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheldon Sims Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 This tutorial is great. A hardcopy would be fantastic. I vote YES for the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Sheddy Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Definitely worth turning into a book IMO. (Still can't beat the user interface of a book) You've a great way of explaining things, which makes it SEEM almost straightforward to use the 2600! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spingk Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Maybe a .PDF format file will be extrememy fine too. Or a Word format document. I have a compiled word copy. http://www.spingk.us/Atari%202600.doc is the url. It has the latest sesions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarigamer Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Yes! I would definatly buy a copy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadtower Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 I would absolutely buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted May 30, 2003 Share Posted May 30, 2003 Here is a PDF of the lessons to date. I have also included follow-on discussions where appropriate and Andrew's (and others) comments. It is 687Kb zipped and 3.57MB uncompressed. Thanks Al for increasing the attachment size limit to accomodate this. 2600_programming.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seventh sage Posted May 31, 2003 Share Posted May 31, 2003 Idon't know who wouldn't want to see this great tutorial become a book. I for one, would definately consider buying it. From what I've read (up to session 10) I can tell that this is going somewhere, and it's been very useful to me. Thanks again Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonk3r Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 with cafepress.com doing books, you should be able to design and layout the book and print it very easily w/o much legwork on the distribution end as they do all that stuff. of course, you may not make as much per book using cafepress, but that really depends on the publisher you go with and what kind of prices they charge... you might find that the small amount that cafepress gives you is more than what you might make from an independent publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCorcoran Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 I know I would pay up to $25 for Andrews' book just from what I've read so far. Keep up the great work Andrew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Idon't know who wouldn't want to see this great tutorial become a book. 2/47 according to the poll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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