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This. One day I'd like to revisit Amiga coding. I did a fair bit of Blitz Basic and a little bit of 68K ASM back in the day, but learning it was challenging as
by bluescrn 3y ago
This. One day I'd like to revisit Amiga coding. I did a fair bit of Blitz Basic and a little bit of 68K ASM back in the day, but learning it was challenging as a teenager in the pre-Internet era.
I'd definitely rather edit+compile/assemble code on a modern PC and do most testing in UAE. I don't need the nostalgia of slow reboot cycles and reloading things from floppy disks when my code inevitably crashes/hangs, let alone editing blurry code on a 14" CRT TV...
- actionfromafar 3y agoEven people targeting the real hardware often compile these days on a Mac or PC.
- bluescrn 3y agoThe tricky bit is deployment to the Amiga. My only way to put files onto my Amiga at present is a CompactFlash card (or 3.5" floppies) I don't have ethernet hardware on my Amiga (and may not have enough RAM for that approach), but maybe there's a slower-but-simpler solution with a parallel/serial port link? UAE makes that deployment easy, making a PC folder accessible as an Amiga drive. The downside is the lack of smooth 50Hz (PAL) display. Although I do have a g-sync monitor, so maybe that's a solveable problem these days...
- MagerValp 3y agoThere are lots of options for parallel and serial transfers, check out this article for some good options: http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/vc/amiga_transfer.html http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/vc/amiga_transfer.html
- Lucretia9 3y agoThe books are all available now, archive.org and other places including this one which is also hosting the wip RKM https://www.retro-commodore.eu/rkrm-wip https://www.retro-commodore.eu/rkrm-wip.