Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!dsac.dla.mil!dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil!nfs1675
From: nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Books
Summary: Programmers' Guide to the Amiga
Message-ID: <1843@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 8 Feb 90 12:57:19 GMT
References: <255@bucsb.UUCP>
Distribution: na
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
Lines: 29

In article <255@bucsb.UUCP>, seamus@bucsb.UUCP (Jeff Rizzo) writes:
> 
> 	Can anyone recommend some books to me so I can get started programming
> the Amiga? I have quite a bit of experience on other machines, and I know
> C and 68000 assembly language. 


For C on the Amiga, One of the best is "The Programmers Guide to the Amiga"
by Rob Peck. Peck, who is often here in comp.sys.amiga, does an excellent job
of explaining what is going on with the topics he covers and has some good
straight forward examples. The Abacus series of books also has a couple of
C books for the Amiga that don't look to bad.  I haven't spent as much time 
with them as I have with the Programmers Guide but I get the impression that
they try to move to fast and try and cram too much in one book. I much prefer 
Pecks' approach of not trying to explain everthing but giving a good under-
standing of the major principles and let you build from there. The official
Rom Kernal Manuals from Addison-Wesley also are full of examples and should
be a part of any Amiga programmers library.

P.S. I will also add about Rob Peck, He was a part of the orginal Amiga
development team, I believe as head of systems documentation, so his 
experience  is indepth.



-- 
"Could we be the bellwether  | Michael Figg  DSAC-FSD
 of major societal shifts?"  | DLA Systems Automation Center - Columbus,Oh
mfigg@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil      CIS:  73777,360