Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!zerkle From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Hardware/Software Questions: New A1000 owner! Message-ID: <8775@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 14 Apr 91 08:24:30 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) Distribution: comp Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lines: 65 In article Kent.Dalton@FtCollins.NCR.com writes: > >Hello World, You've been doing too much C programming. This is not the world. This is a sophisticated AI simulation of a bunch of nerds running around and complaining at each other. Didn't you know that? After all, we had to do SOMETHING with that ILIAC IV. >1. Are there any PD or shareware programs that are considered 'must-haves'. > Specifically: Paint programs, Word Processing, Spreadsheet, DataBase > C compilers, and o' course games :^) Get lharc and zoo. These are file archive/compression systems. There are several others, but these two are the most important. You can use them to unpack archives that you get via ftp or on a Fred Fish disk. If you want a C compiler, get DICE (Dillon's Integrated C Environment). This is on a Fred Fish disk. You'll need to get the genuine Commodore #include files from somewhere, though. >2. Is mg2a (microGNUemacs) available for the amiga? I use gnu emacs at work > and mg2a is the most GNU compatible of the 'small' emaxen. If it's > not available, what other small emacs compatibles are available (ftp'able)? No, you want mg3. It's still beta, but some people like it. I seem to remember it being on a Fred Fish disk. >3. What's the best way to get booted up on Amiga software development. > i.e.: what references do you find indispensible, especially for > things that are unique to the Amiga and it's OS. > I have extensive C experience under UNIX, VMS, and non-Amiga micros. Ha! I knew you'd been doing too much C programming. First use the thing for awhile to get the feel of it. Get a subscription to an Amiga technical magazine (there are several). Then, buy an Amiga ROM KERNAL Reference Manual. There are (again) several of these. The first one you should get is Libraries and Devices. It's blue, paperback, Addison Wesley ISBN 0-201-18187-8. Also, you will need a hard disk to do serious development, or you will be driven mad doing the floppy shuffle. > 1. Kwikstart - allows installation of 1.3 or 2.0 ROMS Considering that the 2.0 ROMS don't exist (in finished form), this is probably not very useful. > 2. Rejuvenator 1000 - Allows use of ECS, extra 1Mb RAM, Kickstart ROMS. I'm > especially interested in info on this. You'll probably want one of these. > 5. Ram expansions: Insider II, minimegs, others... Some say internal, > some say external, what's the difference? There should be a little bay in the front (?) of your 1000 where you can plug in more RAM. That's internal. External RAM generally hooks onto the slot on the right side. Also, there are some hacks by which you can put RAM inside the 1000 in places it doesn't really belong. That's internal, too. Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.