On 03/04/2016 01:50 PM, jakedarwin@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, 30 September 1996 08:00:00 UTC+1, Darren Spiteri  wrote:
>> Anyone know what became of Rae West? He used to write for CCI magazine
>> and wrote THE most comprehensive CBM book I ever saw. I think it was
>> programming the PET. If he's getting around, or he's reading this, please
>> tell me about it:)
>>

Hello, and I'd also like to know.  West authored two texts (that I
have), one on the CBM PET and one for the C-64.  The PET book contains
the most detail at the ML level and how the BASIC interpreter operates.
  These texts along with the "Commodore Programmer's Reference Guide"
are required reading IMO for understanding CBM PET/Vic/C-64
architecture.  When it came to C-64 graphics, no one knew more how to
leverage this than Butterfield.  For the 1541 disk drive "Inside
Commodore DOS" and "Anatomy of the 1541 Disk Drive" are essential.

It took folks like Butterfield, West, Immers & Neufeld, Thom & Numbers
and others to get inside/reverse engineer CBM products so that the rest
of us (i.e. those not creating commercial C-64 game software and other
apps) could readily make the most use of this most amazing (for its
time) hardware.  Sincerely,


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J. B. Wood             e-mail: arl_123234@hotmail.com

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