echarne@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Eli B. Charne) (12/15/88)
I have been looking for a good book/set of books to learn to program the
amiga in C.
I have been told that there are a new set of Rom/Kernal manuals comming out,
and that the current ones are not 'beginner' oriented. Does anyone know
when these will be out? or of some other books that are helpful.
Thanks
-Eli
echarne@orion.cf.uci.edu
zebcharne@uci.BITNETdan@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Baker CATS) (12/21/88)
In article <1522@paris.ics.uci.edu> echarne@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Eli B. Charne) writes: > > I have been looking for a good book/set of books to learn to program the > amiga in C. > > I have been told that there are a new set of Rom/Kernal manuals comming out, > and that the current ones are not 'beginner' oriented. Does anyone know > when these will be out? or of some other books that are helpful. > Commodore is working on a V1.3 revision of the Rom Kerenel Manuals. These will be published by Addison-Wesley. No date has been announced. The RKMs may be hard to find during the switch from 1.2 to 1.3 editions. In the meantime, consider these titles: 1) Programmer's Guide to the Amiga, Rob Peck, Sybex, ISBN #0-89588-310-4, $24.95 This is an introduction to programming the Amiga in C for those who know C on other computers and want to learn the Amiga. 2) Amiga Programmer's Handbook, E. Mortimore, Sybex, ISBN #0-89588-367-8, $24.95. A reference similar to the RKMs which covers graphics, exec, WB, intuition, etc. Very well organized. This won't teach you to program but is good reference book. 3) Amiga Programmer's Handbook Volume 2, E. Mortimore, Sybex, ISBN #0-89588-384-8, $24.95. The second volume by Mortimore covers areas not included in volume one, devices, audio, trackdisk, console, printer, parallel and serial IO, etc. 4) The AmigaDOS Manual, Commodore-Amiga, Inc., Bantam, ISBN #0-553-34440-0, $24.95. Covers DOS commands, DOS routines for programmers, internal data structures, etc. No V1.3 version yet. 5) Amiga Developer's Reference Guide, David Lai, Pacific Press-San Jose, $14.95. A comprehensive cross reference of Amiga routines, libraries, system structures, variables, constants and macros. This won't teach you how to program but will cut way down on the amount of time you spend searching through other reference material. 6) Kickstart Guide to the Amiga, Ariadne Software, Dacosta Print-London, $19.95. A fine introduction to the Amiga. Assumes you know a little C. This is an older title, pre-A2000/500. 7) Inside the Amiga with C, J.T. Berry, Howard Sams, ISBN #0-672-22625-1. Don't know much about this one - probably geared to Amiga newcomers. -- Dan Baker, CATS