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'''''GEOS Tricks & Tips''''' by '''M. Kerkloh and R. Tornsdorf''' — "For all COMMODORE 64 owners who use GEOS, includes Version 1.3". '''A Data Becker book published by Abacus Software''', Grand Rapids, Michigan, '''First Printing, September 1987'''. '''285 pages'''. The scan is from the '''retro-commodore.eu''' archive (Tomse), processed with ABBYY, and carries a searchable text layer. | |||
'''Note the title.''' The book's own cover and title page read '''''Tricks & Tips''''', in that order; this page's title inverts it. The authors' initials are also transposed between this book and its companion — this one is by '''M. Kerkloh and R. Tornsdorf''', [[GEOS Inside and Out]] is by '''M. Tornsdorf and R. Kerkloh'''. | |||
The preface explains why it exists: the authors found the GEOS coverage in the magazines of the day to be "superficial repetitions of passages from the manual, or even half-truths or less", and wrote the book to correct it. | |||
== Contents == | |||
* '''Chapter 1''' — Tricks and Tips for the User Interface (p. 1): load and go (3), deskTop (5), geoPaint (18), geoWrite (26) | |||
* '''Chapter 2''' — Programming Tricks (p. 29) | |||
* '''Chapter 4''' — '''the machine language monitor EDMON''' (p. 150): full listing (151), the program itself (156), '''command overview (197)''' and working tips (200) | |||
* '''Chapter 5''' — '''GEOS for the programmer''' (p. 205): examining GEOS (207), getting into GEOS (208), '''GEOS routines (218)''', how GEOS works (219), '''memory layout (222)''', '''the GEOS jump table (224)''' and '''variables used by the GEOS KERNAL (258)''' | |||
* Appendix (p. 262), Index (p. 263) | |||
Chapter 5 is the substantial part: the jump table and KERNAL variable list are the reference material a GEOS programmer actually needs, and they run to around forty pages. | |||
'''This is a third-party book, not Commodore documentation, and it is not a repair source.''' It carries no schematic, no parts list, no component values and no service procedure. Nothing on this wiki should cite it for a hardware figure. | |||
== Related pages == | |||
* [[GEOS Inside and Out]] — the companion introduction and internals volume | |||
* [[Commodore 64]] · [[:Category:Commodore Books]] | |||
<pdf> File:Abacus_GEOS_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf </pdf> | <pdf> File:Abacus_GEOS_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf </pdf> | ||
Download '''GEOS Tips | Download '''GEOS Tricks & Tips''' here: [[:File:Abacus_GEOS_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf|Abacus_GEOS_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf]] (18 MB) | ||
[[Category:Commodore Documentation]] | [[Category:Commodore Documentation]] | ||
[[Category:Commodore Books]] | [[Category:Commodore Books]] | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 25 September 2026
GEOS Tricks & Tips by M. Kerkloh and R. Tornsdorf — "For all COMMODORE 64 owners who use GEOS, includes Version 1.3". A Data Becker book published by Abacus Software, Grand Rapids, Michigan, First Printing, September 1987. 285 pages. The scan is from the retro-commodore.eu archive (Tomse), processed with ABBYY, and carries a searchable text layer.
Note the title. The book's own cover and title page read Tricks & Tips, in that order; this page's title inverts it. The authors' initials are also transposed between this book and its companion — this one is by M. Kerkloh and R. Tornsdorf, GEOS Inside and Out is by M. Tornsdorf and R. Kerkloh.
The preface explains why it exists: the authors found the GEOS coverage in the magazines of the day to be "superficial repetitions of passages from the manual, or even half-truths or less", and wrote the book to correct it.
Contents
- Chapter 1 — Tricks and Tips for the User Interface (p. 1): load and go (3), deskTop (5), geoPaint (18), geoWrite (26)
- Chapter 2 — Programming Tricks (p. 29)
- Chapter 4 — the machine language monitor EDMON (p. 150): full listing (151), the program itself (156), command overview (197) and working tips (200)
- Chapter 5 — GEOS for the programmer (p. 205): examining GEOS (207), getting into GEOS (208), GEOS routines (218), how GEOS works (219), memory layout (222), the GEOS jump table (224) and variables used by the GEOS KERNAL (258)
- Appendix (p. 262), Index (p. 263)
Chapter 5 is the substantial part: the jump table and KERNAL variable list are the reference material a GEOS programmer actually needs, and they run to around forty pages.
This is a third-party book, not Commodore documentation, and it is not a repair source. It carries no schematic, no parts list, no component values and no service procedure. Nothing on this wiki should cite it for a hardware figure.
Related pages
- GEOS Inside and Out — the companion introduction and internals volume
- Commodore 64 · Category:Commodore Books
Download GEOS Tricks & Tips here: Abacus_GEOS_Tips_and_Tricks.pdf (18 MB)