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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: amiga
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Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 00:28:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 17 00:28:31 1987
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/ ui3:comp.sys.amiga / dickow@ui3.UUCP /  9:17 pm  Jan 16, 1987 /
In comp.sys.amiga / derek@rsch.WISC.EDU (Derek Zahn) asks:

>I have recently purchased an Amiga computer, in which I am well pleased.
>However, I am curious about several things.

>1.  Why is the documentation on CLI, hardware, OS, etc, so ridiculously
>hard to find?  This seems like stupidity on the part of Commodore.
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   For CLI information, a tidy little manual can be had in the form of
Bantam Computer Book entitled 'The AmigaDOS Manual'. It explains all
the CLI commands, plus the Ed screen editor, the EDIT line editor, and
a number of features of interest to programmers.
   I found this book at good ol' neighborhood Dalton's Books, and I have
seen copies of this book lying around many shops. As for other Amiga books,
I like 'Inside the Amiga' by John Berry from SAMS. This book has examples
in C and at least is readable. Also, SYBEX publishes 'Amiga Programmer's
Handbook'...now in a new edition to take care of 1.2 os version details.
Finally, I have Halfhill and Brannon's 'Advanced Amiga BASIC' from
COMPUTE! magazine. A fine publication to have even if you don't do much
BASIC programming.
   Actually, I have seen many Amiga books and the official ROM etc. manuals,
all around the sparsely populated Moscow, Idaho environs. I don't think
this info is all that hard to find. You do need access to a good bookstore,
though.

Bob Dickow (...egg-id!ui3!dickow)