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Mapping the Atari

Instructional publication

Instructional publication

FieldValue
imageMapping the Atari.jpg
captionFirst edition
nameMapping the Atari
authorIan Chadwick
borderyes
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
subjectAtari 8-bit
publisherCOMPUTE! Books
release_date1983, 1985
isbn0-87455-004-1
dewey005.265 19
congressQA76.8.A82 C424 1985
oclc13271042

Mapping the Atari, written by Ian Chadwick and published by COMPUTE! Books in 1983, is an address-by-address explanation of the memory layout of the Atari 8-bit computers. The introduction is by Optimized Systems Software co-founder Bill Wilkinson.

The book covers the 64K address space of the system's 6502 processor from low to high, including addresses used by the operating system or mapped to hardware registers, as well as how to use them. For example, location 756 (2F4) CHBAS contains the starting memory address that tells ANTIC where to find the character set. The author explains how to use this feature to build custom character sets.

An updated version covering changes to the operating system and newer machines like the 130XE followed in 1985. Antic magazine serialized the book in 1989 and 1990.

Reception

The Addison-Wesley Book of Atari Software 1984 recommended Mapping the Atari, calling it "the most valuable reference book for machine language programmers". Antic introduced the serialized version of the book as follows:

References

References

  1. Chadwick, Ian. (September 1989). "Mapping the Atari, Part 2".
  2. Chadwick, Ian. (October 1989). "Mapping the Atari, Part 3".
  3. Chadwick, Ian. (December 1989 – January 1990). "Mapping the Atari, Part 4".
  4. (1984). "The Addison-Wesley Book of Atari Software". Addison-Wesley.
  5. Chadwick, Ian. (August 1989). "Mapping the Atari".
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