consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Optimist Prime) (10/30/89)
I've just recently started programming the Amiga with C, using Lattice C 5.02. The documentation with Lattice is incredible - I have no problem with it, at ALL. (Thank you Lattice for an excellent job!) But now I need a reference to get me started poking around the innards of the Ami. We're talking basic stuff here (for now) - like opening windows and screens, using gadgets and the mouse, etc. I already have one book, "Inside the Amiga with C," but it's not one all that good, I'm afraid. Can anybody recommend some other titles? Even if they're obscure - I've got friends around who can help me locate 'em. Thanks a lot. Reply VIA Email, please! +-------///---------------------------------------------------------\\\-------+ | /// BRETT KESSLER \\\ | | /// E-Mail to: consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu \\\ | | \\\/// and to: consp11@bingvaxa.BITNET \\\/// | | \XX/ or on PeopleLink: B.KESSLER \XX/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
bevis@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Bevis) (10/30/89)
In article <2595@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Optimist Prime) writes: >I already have one book, "Inside the Amiga with C," but it's not one all that >good, I'm afraid. Can anybody recommend some other titles? Even if they're >obscure - I've got friends around who can help me locate 'em. > I subscribe to the view that "The Amiga computer cannot be programmed with any competency without the RKMs (Rom Kernal Manuals)." The older manuals, "Intution", "Libraries & Devices", and "Exec" are all *VERY* useful to the programmer (even today -- though they are being replaced with newer books). Want to open a window? A screen? Read the first couple of chapters of the Intuition book, and you'll be doing it. +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Jeff Bevis | "But I don't like spam!" | | bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu | Give me Amiga or nothing at all. | +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) (10/30/89)
In article <2595@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp11@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Optimist Prime) writes: >I already have one book, "Inside the Amiga with C," but it's not one all that >good, I'm afraid. Can anybody recommend some other titles? Even if they're >obscure - I've got friends around who can help me locate 'em. I started my Amiducation with this book and very quickly found its shortcomings also. While the Rom Kernel Manuals are really vital to any large programming project, I found them a bit too overpowering at first. Eventually you will need them, but until then I recomend Rob Peck's book "Programmer's Guide to the Amiga." It will get you started on some of the more subtle things that "Inside the Amiga" misses (like now that I have a menu strip set up, how do I know which item has been selected...you know, little stuff) without bogging down in all of the detail that the RKM's throw at you. I wish I had bought Rob Peck's book first! (Thanks for doing it right, Rob). Kevin -- Kevin Dooley UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios.physics!dooley Physics Dept. BITNET - dooley@utorphys U. of Toronto INTERNET - dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca