mastering amos-book a good buy?

[rednova]

Dear friends:

I have the game maker's manual (for amos) and I love that book. I also have the original amos pro manual and is great too. I noticed on ebay they are selling the book 'mastering amiga amos' for US$ 28.
is this a good buy?  Well..a few days ago...I read the amoszines...and found a review of this book...and they said this book is not worth of the money...that is just like a rehash of the amospro manual.
Can you help me?
Cheers!!!

rednova
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[puni_gds]

Hi there Rednova,

Mastering Amiga AMOS is a great book. I have it myself and I often use it for reference while programming. It covers most of the important sections concerning AMOS, including AMAL. There are also plenty of examples included, which you can type into AMOS and fiddle around with. If you need some more info, for example a list of chapters, give me a sign, and I'll post it here.

[Emaxe]

Hi there,

This book might interest me, too. Yes puni_gds, please tell us what the chapters are!

[puni_gds]

Hi guys,

Here's a list over the chapters of the book:

1: Introduction to AMOS
2: Basic Principles
3: Program Structures
4: Graphics
5: Screens
6: Windows, Text and Menus
7: CText
8: Maths Functions
9: Sprites and Bobs
10: SpriteX
11: Object Movement
12: Introducing AMAL
13: Advanced AMAL
14: Icons and Screen Blocks
15: AMOS TOME
16: Music and Sound
17: I/O and Disk Ops
18: Advanced AMOS
19: AMOS Compiler
20: AMOS 3D
21: AMOS Professional
22: Easy AMOS
23: Where to from Here?

Appendix

A: AMOS Error Messages
B: Some Useful Programs
C: Program Entry
D: The ASCII Character Set
E: Master Amiga Guides

Hope that helps.