Re: Using all 128 K

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Scott Alfter wrote:

>In article <20020627002915.22797.00000447@mb-ba.aol.com>,
>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>>I was a programmer before getting an Apple, so I don't have much
>>experience with these books.  Frankly, sitting down with the Applesoft
>>manual and the Apple ][ Reference Manual and writing some interesting
>>programs is the very best way I know to learn how it's done.
>
>Having lots of the old magazines is also a good idea; they had plenty of
>ideas to draw upon.  I have every Nibble from November 1985 (four months
>after I got my first IIe) until they ceased publication; every once in a
>while, someone will unload his stash in comp.sys.apple2.marketplace (or
>maybe even on eBay) for a pittance.  (Nobody ever has the older issues; I'd
>like to snag those sometime, as Nibble began publication in 1980.)

I agree.  My Nibble collection starts in 1983, and I used to savor each
issue, reading carefully through the code for ideas.

In fact, I should have said that reading good programs is one of the
great ways of becoming a good programmer.  It's like any other
language, you learn how to use it well by seeing a master use it.

-michael

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