Microsoft KB Archive/11948

Microsoft Macinations PSS ID Number: Q11948 Article last modified on 10-13-1986 PSS database name: PRESS

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.