Here are some of the books currently available. These have actually been translated
into most of the major languages of the world, and some minor ones. Nothing
makes a Mother happier than receiving a copy of her son's book in Chinese and
having to get someone to find his name on the cover. Off the top of my head,
I can recall seeing translations in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese,
Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Polish, Yugoslavian. Bound to
be more I've forgotten.
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| Director MX and Lingo: Training from
the Source |
| By Phil Gross |
| ISBN No. 0321180968 |
| 920 pages |
| Amazon
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| Peachpit Press
Link |
| This book actually made the "Best Sellers" list in Great
Britain - coming in at number 82 (Harry Potter books were numbers
1 and 2.) |
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| Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio for 3D:
Training from the Source |
| By Phil Gross and Mike Gross |
| ISBN No. 0201741644 |
| 784 pages |
| Amazon
Link |
| Peachpit Press
Link |
| This book was a lot less sucessful than it should have been because
the publisher advertised it as a different book. As some wag said
"Peachpit [the publisher] isn't really evil - just incompetent."
Programming to make things happen in 3D is a blast. Personally,
I expected 3D to be a lot more pervasive on computers and the internet
than it is. Like having 3D Windows desktops, or actually filing
things in virtual file cabinets, instead of the 2D folders that
are left over from DOS and UNIX dating back to the 1970's. OK, so
I'm not psychic.
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| Director 8 Demystified |
| By Phil Gross and Jason Roberts |
| ISBN No. 0201709201 |
| 1180 pages |
| Amazon
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| Peachpit Press
Link |
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Almost 1200 pages! And this thing weighs over 4 pounds - makes
a great doorstop.
I had written 600 pages of the next edition when the publisher
decided that they wanted to wait until the next version of the software
before coming out with the next version of this book. Meaning I
throw out my work and don't get a cent for it. I disagreed, strongly,
and we haven't talked much since.
Jason Roberts, by the way, wrote the first version of Director
Demystified (version 5? or 6?) book way back when. I took over the
writing of it (Director 7) when he went on to other things.
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Some of these I've never even seen in the final form. For example, the book
on Sabre programming for American Airlines, was used exclusively in-house. Most
don't even have my name on the cover (though if you looked carefully, you'd
find my name slipped into the text or a graphic in the book at various places.)
| Assembly Language Programming for 80x86 Computers |
For SRA (Science Research Associates) and then IBM. I was working as
a consultant for Courseware at the time, later taken over by Arthur Anderson
(of Enron fame). IBM presented a live course on assembly language programming
a number of times a year and these books were to make that material available
to IBM employees without having to send them to the courses.
This was a real money maker for SRA and IBM - their most popular title
for many years. If I recall correctly, they didn't sell this book (actually,
books, workbooks and video tapes), they rented it. For something like
$1,500.00 each. Same with the other IBM titles below. The $1,500 pricetag
explains why I don't get to keep copies of the titles.
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| Advanced Assembly Language Programming for
80x86 Computers |
Same as above but a more advanced treatment. |
| OS/2 Programming for Software Developers |
For IBM. The OS/2 operating system should have replaced the
Windows operating system, and then we wouldn't be worrying about viruses
and such. Sabatoged by Mr. Gates. |
| Advanced OS/2 Programming for Software Developers |
Advanced of above. |
| Presentation Manager Programming for Software
Developers |
The GUI interface for OS/2. See above. |
| Advanced Presentation Manager Programming for
Software Developers |
Advanced of above. |
| Sabre Programming |
For American Airlines. Sabre is one of the programs that travel
agents use to book your ticket. |
| Unix Programming |
ATT? I did a number of UNIX and UNIX-like books
for various companies (through Courseware, Inc.) and I don't even remember
who the final client was. I know AT&T was one client. Did these books
with Terry Liebowitz and Robert Rother, and all the fine folks at Courseware. |
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| Advanced Unix Programming |
Same |
| Xenix Progarmming |
Same |
| AIX Programming |
Same |
| IX/370 |
UNIX under VM. Same. |
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