Synopses & Reviews
What chance is there for a new desktop operating system to succeed in these
days of Microsoft dominance? How about when that operating system is
positioned as an alternative to the Macintosh, itself an endangered platform?
Actually, the chances are pretty good! Just as Linux quickly established
itself as the OS of choice for the independent UNIX developer community, the
BeOS, available for both PowerPCs and Intel systems, provides exciting new
features for independent multimedia developers. Anyone who has seen the BeOS
in action experiences immediate techno-lust. Here is an operating system
that speaks multimedia, threading, and multiprocessing as one who was raised
speaking them from birth rather than as languages painfully acquired through
second-rate schooling. This is the ideal platform for high-end graphics and
multimedia, featuring Silicon Graphics performance and more on commodity
desktop hardware.
Be Advanced Topics picks up where the Be Developer's Guide leaves
off. It's the official programmer's reference manual to advanced
topics for this revolutionary new operating system. Much as Inside
Macintosh galvanized the Mac developer community nearly 15 years
ago with its under-the-hood access to the new art of GUI programming,
Be Advanced Topics provides developers with access to the internals
of the first really new operating system in many years. Describing the
less commonly used kits in the operating system -- the kits that don't pertain
to every application -- Be Advanced Topics shows you when and how to
use them. Anyone who wants to design specialized applications for the BeOS
will find this book invaluable.
Topics covered include:
- The Media Kit: Real-time processing of audio and video data
- The Midi Kit: MIDI data generation and processing, including
Headspace(R) General MIDI synthesizer
- The Game Kit: Lets your game take over the machine
- The OpenGL Kit: An implementation of the OpenGL(R) 3D graphics
interface
- The Network Kit: An interface to the network and mail
- The Device Kit: Lets you create your own device drivers
Also included in Be Advanced Topics is a third-party CD-ROM containing
tools, applications, and other freeware designed specifically for the BeOS.
Synopsis
What chance is there for a new desktop operating system to succeed in these days of Microsoft dominance? How about when that operating system is positioned as an alternative to the Macintosh, itself an endangered platform?Actually, the chances are pretty good! Just as Linux quickly established itself as the OS of choice for the independent UNIX developer community, the BeOS, available for both PowerPCs and Intel systems, provides exciting new features for independent multimedia developers. Anyone who has seen the BeOS in action experiences immediate techno-lust. Here is an operating system that speaks multimedia, threading, and multiprocessing as one who was raised speaking them from birth rather than as languages painfully acquired through second-rate schooling. This is the ideal platform for high-end graphics and multimedia, featuring Silicon Graphics performance and more on commodity desktop hardware.Be Advanced Topics picks up where the Be Developer's Guide leaves off. It's the official programmer's reference manual to advanced topics for this revolutionary new operating system. Much as Inside Macintosh galvanized the Mac developer community nearly 15 years ago with its under-the-hood access to the new art of GUI programming,Be Advanced Topics provides developers with access to the internals of the first really new operating system in many years. Describing the less commonly used kits in the operating system -- the kits that don't pertain to every application -- Be Advanced Topics shows you when and how to use them. Anyone who wants to design specialized applications for the BeOS will find this book invaluable.Topics covered include:
- The Media Kit: Real-time processing of audio and video data
- The Midi Kit: MIDI data generation and processing, including Headspace® General MIDI synthesizer
- The Game Kit: Lets your game take over the machine
- The OpenGL Kit: An implementation of the OpenGL® 3D graphics interface
- The Network Kit: An interface to the network and mail
Also included in
Be Advanced Topics is a third-party CD-ROM containing tools, applications, and other freeware designed specifically for the BeOS.
Synopsis
The BeOS, available for both PowerPCs and Intel systems, provides excitingnew features for independent multimedia developers. It's an operating systembuilt around multimedia, threading, and multiprocessing. The Be Developer'sGuide and Be Advanced Topics, the official programmer's referencemanuals to this revolutionary new operating system describe all thedevelopment kits in the operating system and how to use them.