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From: thssno@iitmax.IIT.EDU (Neil R. Ormos)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Advice, Recommendations, please for new A3000 buyer
Keywords: advice suggestions recommendations 3000 novice monitor
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Date: 30 Aug 90 19:47:18 GMT
Reply-To: thssno@iitmax.iit.edu (Neil R. Ormos)
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I'm planning to buy an Amiga 3000.  I am new to the Amiga (but
not to computing) and I would appreciate some advice from the
Net to help me get started on the right track.  In particular, 
I have the following questions:

1.  Monitors -- I believe that Commodore's 1950 monitor provides,
    at best, 800 X 600 pixel resolution which is sufficient for
    the video output now produced by the 3000.  Higher-resolution
    output will probably be available in the future (via add-
    ons). Should I buy Commodore's 1950 monitor for use with the
    3000, and purchase a spiffier one when the need arises, or
    should I bite the bullet and buy a higher performance monitor
    now?
    
2.  Software -- My budget for initial software purchases will be
    pretty limited.  I assume I will need to buy (or download,
    where appropriate) at least the following items:
    
    - text editor or word processor
    - rudimentary destktop publishing package
    - "paint/draw" software
    - C compiler
    - Pascal compiler
    - terminal program
    - other utilities

    Could you please recommend good, relatively inexpensive, software
    in any or all of these catagories?
    
3.  Books -- What should I buy to learn how the Amiga's hardware
    and software are organized; how to use the facilities of the
    operating system and ROM ?
    
Please reply via mail; I will post a summary of the responses to
this newsgroup.  Thanks in advance!

--Neil R. Ormos  

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