Microsoft Macinations
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Article last modified on 10-13-1986
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MICROSOFT MACINATIONS
by Mitchell Waite, Robert Lafore and Ira Lansing
Price: $19.95  Pages: 528
ISBN: 0-914845-34-9
Pub. Date: October 4, 1985

>from Microsoft
knowledge: MICROSOFT MACINATIONS

   When the Apple Macintosh was introduced in January 1984, Microsoft BASIC
was one of the first programs available for this revolutionary microcomputer.
Customized to take advantage of the Mac's rich graphic and sound capabilities,
Microsoft BASIC is the best-selling language for the MAC - and still is the
only BASIC programming language in existence for this computer.  Now, from the
company that created the software, and the Waite Group, writers of best
selling computer books, comes the definitive guide to Microsoft BASIC for the
Apple Macintosh: MICROSOFT MACINATIONS,
   Novice and experienced programmers alike will find MICROSOFT MACINATIONS
both an excellent tutorial ans an invaluable reference.  Each chapter of the
book builds on previous chapters to provide a solid foundation of programming
techniques.  The authors begin with the fundamentals of the Microsoft BASIC
desktop and discuss how BASIC statements operate.  They cover the principles
of editing and structuring programs, and suggest different methods for
creating subroutines and using array variables.  In addition, special
attention is paid to developing programs that take advantage of the
Macintosh's superior graphics capabilities.
   For the serious programmer, MICROSOFT MACINATIONS explains how to
manipulate the features of the Mac's user-interface - the mouse, menus,
buttons, and windows - to create professional-quality programs.  The book also
shows how to take advantage of the QuickDraw routines that make up the Mac's
graphics structure.  Finally, the authors discuss the Mac's impressive
multivoice sound facility in detail.
   MICROSOFT MACINATIONS is packed with instructive example programs,
including a simple database program, a clever pattern-maker, a lively
animation program, and an impressive sound generation program that synthesizes
a four-voice Bach concerto.
   Microsoft Press will support MICROSOFT MACINATIONS with a major print
advertising campaign.  In addition, the book will be serialized in Nibble
magazine.
   Mitchell Waite has been active in the personal computer industry since
1976, when he bought one of the very first Apple I computers from Steven Jobs.
For the past several years his company, The Waite Group, has published dozens
of award-winning computer books used throughout the world, including the best
sellers Unix Primer Plus, C Primer Plus, and Assembly Language Primer for the
IBM PC.
   Robert Lafore, co-editor of Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC, is
editorial director of the Waite Group.  Robert has worked in the computer
industry since 1965.
   Dr. Ira Lansing is instructor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the
College of Marin, where he teaches courses in BASIC and C programming
languages.
   Microsoft Corporation, based in Bellevue, Washington, develops and sells a
wide range of operating systems, languages, application programs, and hardware
products, as well as books, for the microcomputer marketplace.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1986.