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From: UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac convert needs help
Message-ID: <90262.100534UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 14:05:34 GMT
References: <2364@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <2364@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>, rekula@lectroid.sw.stratus.com
(Venkat Rekula) says:


>  1) What do you folks consider the best C development system
>     for the Amiga? or would you suggest a combination of tools?
>     Or do you suggest another language? I am also interested
>     in the quality of code suggested compilers produced.

Both Manx and SAS/Lattice are fine.  There are also pretty good PD
compiler communities growing up, but maybe someone new to the Amiga
should stick to the mainstream at first.

There are also good Modula2 and Forth development environments.

In any case, it can't hurt to have lots of memory.  A 3 MB machine can
be very pleasant to develop on even with only 2 floppies.

>  2) Could someone direct me to ftp sites for Amiga stuff.

There are several.  abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov is an excellent place to start.
Or, get Fred Fish's collection of 360 floppies of good stuff on CD-ROM.

>  3) Is there anything I should know about buying a 3000?

There is a very good educational discount?  It is a good machine?
It hasn't been out a year?

>  4) If there are any organizations,sites,companies, etc that you think
>     I should know about please send me info.

I think this group is a great source of all sorts of info.  You
might invest in becoming a developer (about $100?) and getting all
Commodore's Developer's technical info.  Buy a copy of the RKM manuals
from Addison-Wesley (1990).