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1.6 Important Older Material |
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This article is from the Amiga Books FAQ, by Marc Atkin with numerous contributions by others.
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries and Devices
(1st edition; white cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1986. ISBN 0-201-11078-4
Covers the Amiga System Software up to Version 1.2. Gives a good
introduction to programming Amiga graphics and I/O. Many examples, mostly
in C (Source Code can be found on Fisk Disk ???). Since the operating
system has evolved quite a bit since 1986, this and the following books'
value is now mostly nostalgia...
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga Intuition Reference Manual
(1st edition; white cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1986. ISBN 0-201-11076-8
Covers Intuition programming through Workbench 1.2. A wonderfully gentle
introduction to programming user interfaces on the Amiga. Contains a lot
of information on the philosophy of the Amiga interface. Basic knowledge
of C required. Now superseded by the newer "RKM: Libraries" and "User
Interface Style Guide".
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Exec
(1st edition; white cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1986. ISBN 0-201-11099-7
Covers Exec programming through Kickstart/Workbench 1.2. The nitty gritty
of the Amiga kernel: Basic data structures, tasks, memory allocation and
the like. Now superseded by the newer "RKM: Libraries".
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga Hardware Reference Manual
(1st edition; white cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1986. ISBN 0-201-11077-6
The hardware bangers manual for the original chipset (OCS). Explains what
all the hardware registers mean and how to get them to work for you. Some
assembly examples. Since Commodore now officially dissuades from directly
accessing the hardware, and has no plans for publishing an AGA hardware
manual, this book is actually still fairly useful for those who have to
know how their computer works on the hardware level.
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Includes and Autodocs
(2nd edition; blue cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1989. ISBN 0-201-18177-0
Covers version Kickstart/Workbench Version 1.3. A print-out of all the
include files and autodocs (on-line documentation) for all the Amiga
library functions (except DOS). Contains summaries and call parameters
for all the functions. This information had previously been distributed
amongst the Libraries, Exec, and Intuition Rom Kernel Reference Manual in
the 1.2 release.
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries and Devices
(2nd edition; blue cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1989. ISBN 0-201-18187-8
All the introductory text and examples from the Kickstart Version 1.2 ROM
Kernel Reference Manuals, revised and updated for Version 1.3. All
examples are available in executable and source code form from Fish disk
#344.
o Commodore Business Machines:
Amiga Hardware Reference Manual
(2nd edition; blue cover)
Addison-Wesley , 1989. ISBN 0-201-18157-6
As far as I know, this manual is basically identical to the 1.2 release
described above (although it claims to be updated to release 1.3).
o Commodore Business Machines:
AmigaDOS V2.0 Native Developer Update
Commodore, [year?].
CATS part number: NATDEV20
$20.00
The 2.0 Native Developer Update is a must-have for any Amiga programmer.
This four-disk set contains the final 2.0 function Autodocs, final 2.0 C
and assembler Amiga include files, linker libs (Amiga.lib, debug.lib,
ddebug.lib) FD files, offsets, a great deal of 2.0 example code, and the
"Software Toolkit II" disk full of the latest Amiga debugging tools.
(This disk set has been replaced by the new V3.1 Amiga Developer Update
but is still very useful for its 2.0 example code).
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