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> Of all the 8-bit development communities, the Atari developers
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seem to be the most cohesive. The development documents
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available are universal, and analysts and developers alike all
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use the register names in the <I
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>Stella Developer's
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>. Ophis follows their lead, providing these
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> The <TT
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>stella.oph</TT
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macros that appear in the header files distributed to budding
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