[A83] Re: Printed sdk83guide.pdf

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[A83] Re: Printed sdk83guide.pdf


>Hmm, maybe I should put my copy up on ebay :)
>
>I got one for free from TI a couple of years ago along with a TI-83+ for
>being part of the SDK beta team.  You might try calling TI and see if
>they offer printed versions.
>
>I just dug around in my closet and found the box.  The last page number
>is 556.  The footer at the bottom has "Not for Distribution" underlined
>in bold in the middle, and on the right it is labeled "Beta Version
>August 11, 1999".  The front cover labels it "Revision 0.2".  Yes, I
>know I'm not using proper grammer by not placing the last punctuation
>symbol inside the quotes, but according to the jargon file, that's
>normal :)

Cool...
The SDK beta team...
Did you get a free 83+ too? :-)

>Even when I did a little 83+ programming, I don't think I used the
>printed documentation.  To me, it's much easier to have it all online,
>where it's indexed and searchable.  It's faster to type something in and
>go to immediately, or just click on it, rather than finding the proper
>page.  Sure, for some things books are good, and whenever I have easy
>access to a printer, my desk seems to be cluttered with random printouts
>>from whatever I'm programming.  But in general, for me, printed API
>documentation is not usually useful, if it is available online in a
>usable format.  And when it's online, it tends to be more up to date.

Right, but reading is hard. Now, I'm just going through the book, and I look
what's useful.

>That said, I miss the days when programs actually came with
>documenation.  Does anyone remember when getting a compiler meant
>getting a stack of books big enough to fill half a shelf on a bookcase?
>Maybe it keeps software prices down, but it also makes a lot of
>companies lazy.  I would have really liked printed books for Watcom
>C/C++, but the printed books cost more than the compiler.

:-~

>I absolutely despise documentation coming in only PDF format.  If you
>want to print it, then it's great.  Otherwise, it's next to worthless.

I agree.

>HTML documenation is much easier to use online.

You can get Adobe Acrobat and convert it.

>> Where did you get that printed?  I got mine printed and the lowest price
I
>> could find for the 600 some pages was about 50 dollars.
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