Atari ST Books

The following is a list of Atari ST Books in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other books may have been published. If you have a book that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 32 Atari ST Books in our collection :
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Atari ST - The Advanced Programmer's Guide Date: 1986 Atari ST - The Advanced Programmer's Guide

The Atari ST Advanced Programmer's Guide

Publisher: Sigma Press
Author: Mark Harrison

Atari ST 3D Graphics Programming Date: 1986 Atari ST 3D Graphics Programming

(Data Becker Book)
Written in English.
Dimensions 9.8 x 7.2 x 1 inches
ID Numbers
Open Library OL11434887M
ISBN 10 0916439690
ISBN 13 9780916439699

Publisher: Abacus Software
Author: Uwe Braun

Atari ST Application Programming Date: 1987 Atari ST Application Programming

From Back cover:
Atari ST Application Programming is the combination of Atari ST and Digital Research's Graphics Environment Manger (GEM) which provides everyone with a personal computer that is easy and intuitive to use. Now you can learn to write complete software programs for this dynamic duo of the computer world. With Atari ST Application Programming you will learn and understand the varied concepts associated with a graphics based user interface.

Publisher: Bantam Books
Author: Lawrence J Pollack, Eric J T Weber

Atari ST Basic to C Date: 1986 Atari ST Basic to C

Move quickly beyond the BASICS with the powerful C language

Publisher: Abacus Software/ Data Becker
Author: Olaf Hartwig

Atari ST BASIC Training Guide Date: 1986 Atari ST BASIC Training Guide

Publisher: Abacus Software

Atari ST GEM Programmer's Reference Date: 1987 Atari ST GEM Programmer's Reference

The complete guide to programming the ST using GEM

Publisher: Data Becker
Author: Norbert Szczepanowski and Bernd Gunther

Atari ST Graphics & Sound Date: 1986 Atari ST Graphics & Sound

"Learn how to create graphics and use the built-in sound facilities of your Atari ST."

Publisher: First Publishing
Author: J. Walkowiak

Atari ST Internals Date: January 1987 Atari ST Internals

Atari S. T. Internals: The Authoritative Insider's Guide (Paperback)
by Rolf Bruckmann, K Gerits & L Englisch
Paperback: 494 pages
Publisher: Abacus Software (Jan 1987)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0916439461
ISBN-13: 978-0916439460

 
Donated by Pam D'Arcy


Atari ST Internals Date: 1987 Atari ST Internals


The Authoritative Insider's Guide
by Lothar Englisch, K Gerits, R Bruckmann
Third Revision
Abacus Software, 1987 -0 A Dsata Becker Book
Paperback 494 pages


Atari ST Machine Language Date: 1986 Atari ST Machine Language

Atari ST Machine Language:
Complete Introduction to Machine/Assembly Language on the Atari ST

Publisher: Abacus Software/ Data Becker
Author: Bernd Grohmann, Petra Seidler, Harald Silibar

Compute! 's Technical Reference Guide Atari ST Vol. 2 Date: 1987 Compute! 's Technical Reference Guide Atari ST Vol. 2

ISBN-13: 9780874551143

Publisher: Compute Publications
Author: Sheldon Leeman

Compute! 's Technical Reference Guide Atari ST Vol. 3 Date: 1987 Compute! 's Technical Reference Guide Atari ST Vol. 3

 

Publisher: COMPUTE! Books

Compute!'s Second Book of Atari Date: December 1982 Compute!'s Second Book of Atari

Publisher: Compute! Publications

Compute!'s ST Programmer's Guide Date: 1986 Compute!'s ST Programmer's Guide

COMPUTE!'s ST Programmer's Guide is a comprehensive, detailed guide to programming the Atari ST computer. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language by COMPUTE!'s technical staff, COMPUTE!'s ST Programmer's Guide is packed with essential information, a book you'll return to again and again. It thoroughly covers the ST's many features, from BASIC and Logo to advanced GEM applications.

Publisher: COMPUTE! Publications
Author: Ottis R. Cowper, George W. Miller, David Florance, Kevin Mykytyn, Todd D. Heimarck, Philip I. Nelson, John Krause, Tim Victor

Compute!'s Technical Reference Guide Atari ST Volume One Date: 1987 Compute!'s Technical Reference Guide Atari ST Volume One

Table of Contents v. 1. VDI	
Edition Notes
Classifications
Dewey Decimal Class 004.165
Library of Congress QA76.8.A824 L44 1987
ID Numbers
Open Library OL2481475M
LC Control Number 87401655
OCLC/WorldCat 16805278
Goodreads 4276465

Publisher: Compute! Publications
Author: Sheldon Leeman

GEM on the Atari ST Date: 1986 GEM on the Atari ST

Digital Research (DRI) created the Graphical Environment Manager as an add-on program for personal computers. GEM was developed to work with existing CP/M and MS-DOS operating systems on business computers such as IBM-compatibles. It was developed from DRI software, known as GSX, designed by a former PARC employee. The similarity to the Macintosh desktop led to a copyright lawsuit from Apple Computer, and a settlement which involved some changes to GEM. This was to be the first of a series of 'look and feel' lawsuits related to GUI design in the 1980s.

GEM received widespread use in the consumer market from 1985, when it was made the default user interface built in to the TOS operating system of the Atari ST line of personal computers. It was also bundled by other computer manufacturers and distributors, such as Amstrad. Later, it was distributed with the best-sold Digital Research version of DOS for IBM PC compatibles, the DR-DOS 6.0. The GEM desktop faded from the market with the withdrawal of the Atari ST line in 1992 and with the popularity of the Microsoft Windows 3.0 in the PC front by the same years.

Publisher: First Publishing Ltd.
Author: Norbert Szczepanowski and Bernd Gunther

Het complete Atari ST boek Date: 1989 Het complete Atari ST boek

Dutch language programming handbook

Publisher: Sybex
Author: Jankowski, Reschke, Rabich

Mapping the Atari Date: 1st April 1983 Mapping the Atari

Mapping the Atari

INTRODUCTION by Bill Wilkinson

When I was asked by the editors at COMPUTE! to write this introduction, I was at first a little hesitant. How does one introduce what is essentially a map of the significant locations on the Atari other than by saying "This is a map of..."?

And, yet, there is something about this book which makes it more than "simply a map." After all, if this were "simply" a memory map, I might "simply" use it to learn that "SSKCTL" is the "serial port control" and that it is at location $232. But what does that mean? Why would I want to control the serial port? How would I control it?

The value of this book, then, lies not so much in the map itself as it does in the explanations of the various functions and controls and the implications thereof. Even though I consider myself reasonably
familiar with the Atari (and its ROM-based operating system), I expect to use this book often.

Until now, if I needed to use an exotic location somewhere in the hardware registers, I would have to first locate the proper listing, then find the right routine within the listing, figure out why and how the routine was accessing the given register, and finally try to make sure that there were no other routines that also accessed this same register.

Whew! Now, I will open this book, turn to the right page, find out what I need to know, and start programming.

Okay. So much for this introduction. And if you are comfortable programming your "home" language, the language you know best, and two or three other languages, you don't need any more from me.
So good luck and bon voyage.

Kindly donated by Geoff Lambert

Publisher: Compute! Publications Inc., U.S.
Author: Ian Chadwick

Mark Williams C for the Atari ST Date: 1988 Mark Williams C for the Atari ST

No ISBN. Set of 5 books/booklets
Main book "Mark Williams C for the Atari ST":
Mark Williams C is the compiler already chosen by DEC, Intel, Wang and thousands of professional programmers. Now its fast, dense code, superior performance and reliability are available for your Atari ST. This total development package includes Mark Williams' high performance C compiler, complete libraries, full screen editor.
Smaller book "Mark Williams csd C Source Debugger for the Atari ST"
Smaller book "Mark Williams Resource Editor for the Atari ST"
Stapled pages: "Release Notes Mark Williams C for the Atari ST v 3.0.5"
Stapled pages: "Release Notes Mark Williams C for the Atari ST v 3.0.5"

Publisher: Mark Williams
Author: Mark Williams

Real-Time 3D Graphics for the Atari ST Date: 1991 Real-Time 3D Graphics for the Atari ST

Publisher: Sigma Press
Author: Andrew Tyler

Sixty programs for the Atari 400/600XL/800 Date: 1984 Sixty programs for the Atari 400/600XL/800

A massive software library for the price of a single cassette.  Explosive games, dynamic graphics and invaluable utilities, this specially commissioned collection takes BASIC to the limits and beyond.

Publisher: Personal Computor News Library / PAN Books
Author: Robert Erskine, Humphrey Walwyn, Paul Stanley & Michael Bews

Software ontwikkeling op de Atari ST Date: 1987 Software ontwikkeling op de Atari ST

Dutch language textbook/handbook for software development on Atari ST:

Programmeren onder GEM, TOS en Omikron BASIC

Publisher: Terminal Software Publications
Author: J Geiss, D Geiss

ST Disk Drives: Inside and Out Date: 1987 ST Disk Drives: Inside and Out

Discover the capabilities of Atari ST disk drives.

Publisher: Data Becker
Author: Uwe Braun , Stefan Dittrich, Axel Schramm

STOS The Game Creator User Guide Date: 1st January 1988 STOS The Game Creator User Guide

The STOS manual is set out in a tutorial fashion, giving you many examples of how to use each instruction. Programs have been included to emphasise how certain instructions can be used to their full effect. There is also a comprehensive appendix which will explain various technical information to experienced programmers.

Publisher: Mandarin Software

The Addison-Wesley Book of Atari Software 1983 Date: 1983 The Addison-Wesley Book of Atari Software 1983

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Author: Jeffrey Stanton/Roberta P wells Ph.D, Sandra Rochowansky

The Anatomy of the Atari ST Date: 1986 The Anatomy of the Atari ST

Atari ST Internals: The authoritative insider's guide

Publisher: First Publishing Ltd.
Author: K. Gerits, L. Englisch, R. Bruckmann

The Atari ST companion Date: 1985 The Atari ST companion

If you're the proud owner of a new Atari 520 ST, or if you're wondering whether you should buy one, then this book is for you.

Jeremy Vine describes in detail all the features of this revolutionary new micro, including the window - icon - mouse based GEM operating system from Digital Research, which gives the ST a user interface as friendly and powerful as that on the Apple Macintosh.

Also covered are the ST operating system, TOS, the Atari Intelligent Keyboard controller, the sound and graphics chips, input and output ports, and the custom microprocessors.

The Atari ST Companion gives you all the information you need to take full advantage of all the sophisticated facilities - the "power without the price" - of the machine, whether you are using it for programming, business or just for fun.

Publisher: Sunshine Books
Author: Jeremy Vine

The Concise Atari ST 68000 Programmer's Reference Guide Date: January 1988 The Concise Atari ST 68000 Programmer's Reference Guide

The Concise Atari ST 68000 Programmer's Reference Guide (Atari-ST Series)
 Author: Katherine Peel
Publisher: Glentop
 
reference guide
K. D. PeelChange Cover Other titles: The concise Atari ST 68000 programmer's reference guide.
By statement: by K.D. Peel. 
Series: Atari ST series
Language: English
Edition: Fully revised. 
Pagination: 1 v. (various pagings) : 
ISBN 10: 1851811729
Dewey: 004.165
LC: QA76.8.A824

Originally published, 1986. Includes index. Cover title, The concise Atari ST 68000 programmer's reference guide.
January 1988
 
Donated by Pam D'Arcy


The First Atari ST Book Date: 1985 The First Atari ST Book

Presenting the Atari ST

Publisher: First Publishing Ltd.
Author: L. English and J. Walkowiak

Understanding Atari graphics Date: 1982 Understanding Atari graphics

Understanding Atari graphics
by Michael Boom
Publisher: Sherman Oaks, Calif. : Alfred Pub. Co., 1982.
ISBN: 0882842242   DDC: 1.6443   LCC: QA76.8   Edition: (pbk.) :$2.95
Classification:    (click to see other 'Books on the Same Shelf')
Dewey Class: 1.6443 -- Knowledge
LCC Number: QA76.8

Book Details:
Language: eng
Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Edition Info: (pbk.) :$2.95

 

Publisher: Sherman Oaks
Author: Michael Boom

Using Logo on the Atari ST Date: April 1986 Using Logo on the Atari ST

Logo is an exciting new graphics-based language that allows the novice user immediate access to the world of computers. Designed with the user in mind, Logo is built from simple English-like commands that are immediately understandable. The freedom provided by the ST operating system makes ST Logo a uniquely flexible and exciting language.

The ST machine and ST Logo make learning Logo fun. By working through this book project by project, the reader will explore ST Logo and be able to write programs using text and graphics. Applications from interactive games to random poetry generation are developed stage by stage. This course will be of interest to a very wide range of readers, from the young novice to the teaching professional.

Publisher: Glentop Publishers Ltd.
Author: Martin Sims

Using ST Basic on the Atari ST Date: 1986 Using ST Basic on the Atari ST

The aim of this book is to explain Atari BASIC to both the newcomer to programming and the programmer unfamiliar with Atari BASIC. The book covers features of BASIC, ideas and methods for programming, beginning to write programs, inputting and outputting information, making decisions, repetition, special functions, processing strings, using arrays and procedures and user defined functions. The book includes many worked examples.

Publisher: Glentop Publishers Ltd.
Author: Dick Meadows

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