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I was about to comment the same! If teenage me in the 80's and 90's had this information instead of the AmigaBASIC book, I think my career would have been total

I was about to comment the same! If teenage me in the 80's and 90's had this information instead of the AmigaBASIC book, I think my career would have been totally different. It would be several more years before I got my head warped by C/C++ in college.

amiga386 3y ago
I guess it depends what reading material was available. You could've had Amiga C for beginners published by Data Becker in 1987. Not to say it's a great book, but it's a good start if you're keen. Or perhaps a book like Amiga Graphics Inside and Out that starts with AmigaBASIC but goes on to include programs in C. Some of these books are preserved today so you see what you missed out on [0] Buying the RKRMs would be expensive, but I borrowed them from my library and read them entirely (... I had a lot more free time then). You could also have written to Motorola and got them to send you the 680x0 Programmers Reference Manual and other books for free! There are all sorts of "what-ifs". If books like the 1980s Usbourne books [1] weren't available, might so many people have become programmers at all? [0] https://amigasourcepres.gitlab.io/page/books/ccplusplus/ https://amigasourcepres.gitlab.io/page/books/ccplusplus/ [1] https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books
- ako 3y ago
  Still have the Data Becker book on my bookshelf, in German: Amiga c fur einstieger. It thought me C and German at the same time. Also had the full series of amiga reference guides, which is actually available online: https://archive.org/details/amiga-intuition-reference-manual/page/n9/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/amiga-intuition-reference-manual... Rom kernel ref guide is also nice to see again: https://archive.org/details/amiga-rom-kernel-reference-manual-exec/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amiga-rom-kernel-reference-manua...
- doctor_radium 3y ago
  Cheers! I am gearing up for some OS4 coding eventually (need a PPC Amiga first), and am sure one or more of those books will be helpful. A shame the grandaddy Guru Book has yet to fall into "PD" status.
- icedchai 3y ago
  I remember that Amiga C for Beginners book! I learned C on my Amiga 500 (with 3 megs of RAM and a 20 meg hard drive) way back in 1989. I also had a couple of those big blue Commodore ROM Kernel books.

amiga386 3y ago

I guess it depends what reading material was available. You could've had Amiga C for beginners published by Data Becker in 1987. Not to say it's a great book, but it's a good start if you're keen. Or perhaps a book like Amiga Graphics Inside and Out that starts with AmigaBASIC but goes on to include programs in C. Some of these books are preserved today so you see what you missed out on [0] Buying the RKRMs would be expensive, but I borrowed them from my library and read them entirely (... I had a lot more free time then). You could also have written to Motorola and got them to send you the 680x0 Programmers Reference Manual and other books for free! There are all sorts of "what-ifs". If books like the 1980s Usbourne books [1] weren't available, might so many people have become programmers at all? [0] https://amigasourcepres.gitlab.io/page/books/ccplusplus/ https://amigasourcepres.gitlab.io/page/books/ccplusplus/ [1] https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books https://usborne.com/gb/books/computer-and-coding-books

ako 3y ago
Still have the Data Becker book on my bookshelf, in German: Amiga c fur einstieger. It thought me C and German at the same time. Also had the full series of amiga reference guides, which is actually available online: https://archive.org/details/amiga-intuition-reference-manual/page/n9/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/amiga-intuition-reference-manual... Rom kernel ref guide is also nice to see again: https://archive.org/details/amiga-rom-kernel-reference-manual-exec/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/amiga-rom-kernel-reference-manua...
doctor_radium 3y ago
Cheers! I am gearing up for some OS4 coding eventually (need a PPC Amiga first), and am sure one or more of those books will be helpful. A shame the grandaddy Guru Book has yet to fall into "PD" status.
icedchai 3y ago
I remember that Amiga C for Beginners book! I learned C on my Amiga 500 (with 3 megs of RAM and a 20 meg hard drive) way back in 1989. I also had a couple of those big blue Commodore ROM Kernel books.