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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) concerning the Amiga. [4/4]
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This is the fourth part of the Amiga-FAQ. It is in Ascii format to be
easily read by everyone. It is also available in AmigaGuide, Dvi and
html (for WWW servers) format as part of the Amiga-FAQ archive.
(File docs/misc/AmigaFAQ.lha on any Aminet site)
Please note the following:
- Changes since the last posting are marked with a
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- An index is at the bottom of this part. If this still doesn't help:
E-mail me, probably I can include an answer into the FAQ.
- Suggestions, contributions, critics and beer bottles are very
welcome. :-) Send them to:
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Disclaimer
1 CPU, Custom chips, RAM and other stuff
1 What are 68EC020, 68EC030 and 68LC040?
2 What's an FPU?
3 Can I use a 3.5' HD in my A1200?
2 The Operating System
1 Can I use another Kickstart than the builtin?
2 The Graphical User Interface
3 What is MUI?
1 Icon collections and Backgrounds
4 What is the Amiga equivalent of . (Current directory)?
5 The PIPE: queue-handler
1 Using PIPE: in a standard AmigaShell environment
2 The Pipe command
3 Pipe command support in AmigaShell
4 Quick usage guide
5 Related things
6 Troubleshooting
6 ARexx, the program control language
3 How about Graphics?
1 What are chunky and planar displays?
2 What is doublebuffering?
3 What monitors will work on my Amiga 1200/4000?
4 How do I switch between PAL and NTSC?
4 Programming
1 What documentation do I need as an Amiga programmer?
2 What is CATS?
3 Where do I get the Amiga includes?
4 How do I become a developer?
5 What compilers (assemblers) are there?
6 Those never working Esc sequences!
7 Is it possible to use AmigaBasic on the A1200?
8 How do I localize my program?
9 How to obtain a pointer to a console's window
10 What are pragmas?
11 My Compiler/Linker is complaining about missing symbol xxx.
12 Where do I find the function xxx?
13 The GNU C compiler: general information and installation
1 Current Version
2 Requirements
3 Authors
4 Sources for Gcc
5 Inline Headers
6 Amiga Libraries
7 Installation
8 Compiling
9 How to get help
5 Applications
1 Text Editors
2 What word processors are there?
3 Desktop Publishing
4 What is TeX and where can I get it?
5 Are there any Postscript interpreters?
1 Amiga Font Formats
2 Frequently Requested Amiga Fonts
3 Commercial Font Sources
4 Non-Latin fonts on the Amiga
5 Amiga Font Installation
6 Amiga Font Utilities
7 Making Outline Fonts
8 Problems and Possible Solutions
6 How to deal with Non-Latin texts?
1 Japanese editors and viewers
2 Chinese text viewers
6 Connecting your Amiga to the world
7 Emulators
1 Can I run Unix on my Amiga?
2 Is it possible to use the Amiga as X11 terminal?
3 Is there a way to start MS-Dos programs?
4 How to mount MsDos-formatted Syquests on Amiga
8 Miscellaneous
1 Is there any unix version of LhA?
2 What are files ending with ...?
3 Is there a Stacker-like utility to pack my hard drive?
4 Where do I get Fish disk xxx?
9 Where and how do I get software and other informations?
1 Files and databases on freely distributable software
2 A collection of tests
3 Getting files from a FTP server
4 Getting files from a Mail server
5 Getting files from a mailbox
6 The Fish PD series
1 The Amiga Library disks
2 The Fresh Fish CD-Roms
7 How do I Read and write MS-Dos disks?
8 How do I split large files?
9 Discussing things
10 Other FAQ's
The Amiga-FAQ archive
Contributions
Credits
Index
8 Miscellaneous
***************
This last chapter contains some questions that don't fit in the
chapters above.
8.1 Is there any unix version of LhA?
=====================================
See Endings.
8.2 What are files ending with ...?
===================================
Most endings on FTP sites or Fish disks tell you that the file is
compressed and/or is an archive containing more than one file. Some
programs even archive whole disks. Frequently found endings and
programs to handle the related files are:
*.sfx*
Compressed archives which are included in an executable program:
Just call the program and it will extract itself (sfx = self
extract)
*.lha*
*.lzh*
Compressed archives; recommended: LhA (`util/arc/LhA_e138.run' on
Aminet or Fish disk 715) or Lx (`util/arc/lx100.lha' on Aminet),
Unix version available (`misc/unix/lha-1.00.tar.Z')
*.dms*
Disks compressed using DMS (`util/arc/dms111.sfx' on Aminet or
Fish disk 406)
*.zom*
Disks compressed using Zoom (`util/arc/Zoom_5.4.lha' on Aminet,
Fish disk 682); an older version which you probably need for
uncompressing PasTeX is found on Fish disk 459.
*.zoo*
Compressed archive; recommended: Zoo (`util/arc/zpp2-10.lzh' on
Aminet or Fish disk 527)
*.Z*
*.z*
*.gz*
Compressed files; recommended gzip (`util/pack/gzip124x.lha' on
Aminet), note that this are Unix files in most cases
*.tar*
Acrhive; recommended: tar (`util/arc/tar.lha' or
`util/arc/gtar10.lha' on Aminet or Fish disk 445), note that tar is
a Unix archiver and you often find soething like `.tar.Z'.
*.arj*
Compressed archive; recommended unarj (`util/arc/unarj-0.5.lha' on
Aminet)
*.zip*
Compressed archive; recommended UnZip (`util/arc/unzip-5.1.lha' on
Aminet), note that this are MS-Dos archives in most cases
8.3 Is there a Stacker-like utility to pack my hard drive?
==========================================================
XFH does a good job. It operates as a handler and uses the
XPK-libraries, so you have different compression modes (RAKE is a good
choice) and possibly even more in the future. The only disadvantage is,
that the size of a file is limited by RAM: Don't use it with less than
2MB of RAM.
XPKDisk by Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert is another stacker program that
takes advantage of the variety of XPK libraries available. Unlike other
harddisk compressors it does not compress the files, but creates a
pseudo partition and stores the whole tracks as compressed files on
your harddisk. Its major advantage is that it does not limit the
maximum file size, because it works similar to trackdisk.device and
therefore does not need too much temporary storage.
But be careful if you want to use ReOrg on a comprimized partition:
ReOrg should be set to leave enough memory for the xpkdisk buffers.
And because of ReOrgs buffering, you can use few buffers for xpkdisk
(perhaps as few as 2 or 3). Don't use ReOrg if you don't know the
memory needs of XFH or XPKDisk.
Another possibility is EPU. It's shareware and should offer the same
as XFH, but without limiting the file size.
Sources: Aminet, directory `util/pack', Fish disks 754 (XFH) and 858
(EPU)
8.4 Where do I get Fish disk xxx?
=================================
Those FTP servers have that much space (or a CD-Rom) to have all
fish disks available online:
ftp.isca.uiowa.edu (USA, directory `/amiga/fx/fxxx')
ftp.hawaii.edu (USA, directory `/pub/amiga/fish')
ftp.funet.fi (Finland, directory `/pub/amiga/fish')
Note that the CD-Rom's are not always mounted. See FTP.
Another possibility would be to ask your local dealer. :-)
9 Where and how do I get software and other informations?
*********************************************************
Three questions arise in this context: Which programs can be found,
where are they and how to get them and transfer them home?
9.1 Files and databases on freely distributable software
========================================================
Of course you need to know where you find things. Many good choices
are listed in this paper, as I hope. Other sources are:
*AmigaSciSchool*
is a list of software and where you find it in Ascii format. It is
posted monthly to the newsgroups `comp.sys.amiga.applications',
`comp.unix.amiga', and `news.answers'. Additionally you will find
it on Aminet sites (`text/doc/AmigaSciSchool-4.01'). It handles
everything listed here and many more, for example GNU software,
libraries (linked and shared), shells, Unix commands, educational
and scientific software and much more.
*FishCon*
are lists of the Fish disk contents. (`fish/doc/fishcon-???.lzh' on
Aminet)
*FishXref*
is a cross reference list of the Fish contents.
(`fish/doc/fishxref-???.lzh' on Aminet) FishXref and Fishcon are in
Ascii format.
*KingFisher*
A Fish disk database, (`fish/doc/Kingfisher1_30.lha', which is the
program and `fish/doc/KFData850.lha' ,which contains the data, on
Aminet or Fish disk 863) allows search by name and context. See
Fish.
9.2 A collection of tests
=========================
`Comp.sys.amiga.reviews' is a moderated newsgroup where tests of
soft- and hardware, books and anything else relevant to the Amiga are
posted. Its always a good idea to check this newsgroup for a review, if
you are interested in something special. Of course you always find only
the latest reviews, but the older postings are available per FTP from
`math.uh.edu', Directory `/pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews' or on the
Fish CDs.
9.3 Getting files from a FTP server
===================================
Things are easy for those who have access to the Internet and a
program called FTP (File Transfer Program). Nearly all Unix computers
have it, but not all of them allow the use of FTP.
FTP allows you to gain access to some other machines and store and/or
retrieve files. Normally one needs an acoount on the remote machine to
use it, bat a number of machines have a setup that allows everybody to
log in as the user `ftp' or `anonymous', so anybody may get files from
them. The most important of this servers are the Aminet servers, which
mirror each other and hence should have the same files. They are the
best choice if you are looking for Amiga software. Aminet hosts are
Land Name IP Adresse Pfad Files
USA (MO) ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 pub/aminet/ ALL
USA (CA) ftp.cdrom.com 192.216.222.5 pub/aminet/ 9000
USA (TX) ftp.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 pub/aminet/ 5000
USA (WI) ftp.netnet.net 198.70.64.3 pub/aminet/ 10000
Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/aminet/ 10000
Switzerland ftp.eunet.ch 146.228.10.16 pub/aminet/ 5500
Switzerland ftp.math.ethz.ch 129.132.104.6 pub/aminet/ 1000
Switzerland litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 pub/aminet/ 300
Germany kelly.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.128.206 pub/aminet/ ALL
Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.42 pub/aminet/ ALL
Germany ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 aminet/ 4500
Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.3.2 pub/aminet/ 7000
Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 pub/aminet/ 4000
Germany ftp.tu-chemnitz.de 192.108.33.193 pub/aminet/ 4000
Germany ftp.fh-augsburg.de 141.82.16.242 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-bremen.de 134.102.228.2 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-oldenburg.de 134.106.40.9 pub/aminet/ 2500
Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 pub/aminet/ 1500
Germany ftp.uni-trier.de 136.199.8.81 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.uni-siegen.de 141.99.128.1 pub/aminet/ 1500
Germany ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de 137.226.225.3 pub/aminet/
Germany ftp.stud.fh-heilbronn.de 141.7.1.41 pub/aminet/ 600
Germany ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de 132.187.1.2 pub/aminet/ 700
France ftp.cnam.fr 163.173.128.15 pub/aminet/
Portugal ftp.ci.ua.pt 193.136.80.6 pub/aminet/
UK ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk 155.198.1.40 pub/aminet/ ALL
UK micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 pub/aminet/ 8500
All these mirrors have a directory `/pub/aminet', where you will find
much stuff. Please use a mirror close to you! Some other important hosts
are
ftp.funet.fi (Finland)
ftp.isca.uiowa.edu (USA)
ftp.hawaii.edu (USA)
ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (USA)
ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Germany)
Note that grind, aachen and erlangen have the full collection of Fish
disks available! See Fish disk xxx. If you don't find a specific file
on your local mirror, try `ftp.wustl.edu', `ftp.uni-paderborn.de' or
`ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk'; they keep all files.
To connect to a special host (ftp.uni-erlangen.de for example), you
should type
ftp ftp.uni-erlangen.de
The host answers by requesting your login. You should type
ftp
No you are asked for a password. Please type your Email address here, if
you have one. If not, use the password ftp.
Now you're inside the host. There is a number of commands you may
execute here. The most important are:
*?*
Prints the help text of the FTP command. Additionally you may type
*? command* to get information on a special command.
*bin*
Tells the FTP program that you whish to transfer binary files. It
is always a good choice to type bin as the very first command!
Files you load without the bin command can be corrupt.
*get <file>*
Loads the given file from the host. On most Unix machines you can
type something like `get file.txt -' or `get file.txt |more' to
show a text on the screen. Note that there *must not* be any blank
between the | and the word more!
*mget <pat>*
Loads the given files. pat may contain Unix style like wildcards.
*put <file>*
*mput <pat>*
Like get and mget, but transfer files from you to the remote host.
This is in most cases not allowed, except for a special directory
called `incoming'. You can place files here which you want to make
public.
*cd <dir>*
Like the usual cd command. The commands get, mget, put, mput, dir
and ls refer to the current working directory.
*dir [<dir>]*
*ls [<dir>]*
Like `list' and `dir' on the Amiga. Note that the FTP-dir
corresponds to the Amiga-list!
*bye*
Leaves the FTP program.
When you have used FTP for the first times you will notice, that you
always begin with executing the same steps:
1. Type the login (ftp in most cases)
2. Type the password (your mail address in most cases)
3. Enter the bin command
4. Change the current working directory (`/pub/aminet' for example)
This may get executed automatically. What you need is a file
called `.netrc' in your home directory. Note that it needs to be
protected against others! The FTP program doesn't use it, if it can be
read by anything else than you. (Protection is set using the command
`chmod go-rwx .netrc'.) The .netrc file contains some entries for your
most favourite FTP sites, each separated by empy lines. A typicel entry
may look like this:
machine ftp.uni-erlangen.de
login ftp
password <your mail address> or <ftp>
macdef init
bin
cd pub/aminet
Note that on some machines it is possible to use the machine name
`default' which meets all machines not listed in .netrc.
9.4 Getting files from a Mail server
====================================
Another way to get files is to use a mail server. This assumes that
you can send mail to Internet addresses and get mail from Internet
hosts. It works by sending a mail to the server specifying some
commands, for example send commands for the files you want. Important
mail servers are
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
The most important commands are:
*Help*
Tells the server that you wish to get an Ascii file containing
detailed explanation how to use the server.
*Limit <number>*
Specifys that you wish to get not more than <number> Kbytes per
mail. Larger files get splitted into small pieces of at most
<number> Kbytes which are sent as separate mails each. Note that
the mails may get larger because of overhead.
*Cwd <dir>*
Sets the current working directory to <dir>. This directory is
used by the commands send and dir.
*Index*
will return a list of files and/or directories that the server
offers. Note that this may be *very* large!
*Index <item>*
returns a list of files containing <item> in their names.
*Dir [<dir>]*
returns a list of the files and directories in the given directory.
*Send <file1> <file2> ... <fileN>*
Tells the server to send the given files to you.
*Begin*
Tells the server to ignore all lines above this command.
*End*
Like Begin, but specifies to ignore the lines below. (A signature
for example!) A typical session would be to send the following
mail to the mail server:
BEGIN
CD /pub/aminet/util/arc
SEND LhA_e138.run
END
9.5 Getting files from a mailbox
================================
You also can get files from one of the many BBS's (`Bulletin Board
System'). Most of these are driven by private users, so there is
nearly everywhere a mailbox which doesn't cause a too expensive
telephone bill.
I want to publish a list of all Amiga mailboxes here. So please
send to me a list of all mailboxes which are related to the Amiga - in
any way. I need all telephone numbers of the boxes and their name.
Tell me the nation where the box resides and - if possible - some more
info (Does the box have Aminet or the Fish PD or FRAS? Is the box
especially for Amiga users?)
Thanks, Ignaz Kellerer
For a list of mailboxes in Germany or Austria or Switzerland, look
at the German version of the AmigaFAQ.
9.6 The Fish PD series
======================
A very good source is the Fish PD series. One distinguishes between
the floppy disks and the CD-Roms.
9.6.1 The Amiga Library disks
-----------------------------
Fred Fish has started in the middle eighties to collect freely
distributable software on floppy disks. There are 1000 disks and very
much good stuff on it. Most Amiga dealers sell them and most magazines
contain addresses of people mailing them to you for about 3$ per disk
or less. Fred Fish has terminated offering software on floppy disks.
Instead, there is a dealer who offers the new software from the CD-Roms
on floppy disks.
There are some things which can be found on the Fish disks, but not
on Aminet. However, you can get them with FTP. See Fish disk xxx.
9.6.2 The Fresh Fish CD-Roms
----------------------------
Fred Fish is going on to offer freely distributable software. But
now he collects it on CD-Rom's. He releases two different kinds of CD's:
1. Monthly released disks are divided into roughly three sections:
1. New material, which includes the material from the new
unreleased floppy disks as well as material which does not
appear in the floppy distribution, about 84Mb on the first
disk.
2. Useful utilities that can be used directly off the CD-ROM if
desired, thus freeing up the corresponding amount of hard
disk space (GNU Emacs, Gnu C, GNU C++, Amiga E, PasTeX,
AmigaGuide, Installer, 2.0 and 3.0-Includes, different
archivers, tape drivers, the AmiCDROM filesystem and many
other GNU and BSD tools, ...), about 150Mb on the first disk.
3. Older material from previous released floppy disks or
CD-ROM's, about 404 Mb on the first disk. (Fish disk 600-910)
2. Disks containing the latest software as well as recent software in
packed format only. (These are intended to be used for example in
BBS's.)
I recommend especially the first kind of Fish CD's. They cost
about 20$ plus 3$ for shipping (5$ outside USA/Canada/Mexico) and are
available from
Amiga Library Services
610 N. Alma School Road, Suite 18
Chandler, AZ 85224-3687
U.S.A.
Phone/FAX: (602) 917-0917
9.7 How do I Read and write MS-Dos disks?
=========================================
No problem for owners of Workbench 2.1 or higher: The program
CrossDos is part of the Workbench. All you have to do is mounting the
device `pc0:' by putting it into the drawer `Devs:DOSDrivers' or by
double-clicking the icon in `Sys:Storage/DOSDrivers'. Ms-Dos disks in
drive `df0:' can now be handled in the usual manner replacing the word
`df0:' by `pc0:'. For example the directory can be shown with the
command dir pc0:.
People still running Workbench 2.0 or lower need a program called
`MSH'. You will find this on the Aminet (directory misc/emu) and on
Fish disk 382. See Sources. After editing the file `devs:MountList' as
described in the documentation you have to say Mount msh: in the CLI
and can now do the same as above replacing the word `pc0:' with `msh:'.
9.8 How do I split large files?
===============================
There are some archives which are too large to fit on one disk. To
transfer them on disks you need to split them into smaller pieces and
transfer each part on a separate disk. I recommend Martin Schlodder's
`Splitter'. (Aminet, `util/misc/splitter_121.lha'. The archive
contains binaries for MS-DOS and should be compilable without problems
on any Unix system.
9.9 Discussing things
=====================
A mailing list is a server that allows to discuss special things via
Email. The server holds a list of people that are interested in the
respective topic. For example, the gcc mailing list will discuss bugs,
new features and other problems of gcc. (see Compilers) If a mail is
sent to the server from someone he will forward this mail to all the
other people on the list.
You will be added to the list by sending a mail to the server which
will usually contain the word `Subscribe' or something similar. Once you
are no more interested in the mailing list you can unsubscribe.
Unforunately the servers have a different syntax of subscribing and
unsubscribing. The best way to find how to subscribe is to send a mail
with the word `Help' to the server. He will reply a mail which should
explain how to handle this special server.
Some mailing lists are:
Topic Server
Amok
[email protected]
Dice
[email protected] or
[email protected] (Germany)
gcc
[email protected]
Lisp
[email protected]
Mui
[email protected]
Oberon-A
[email protected]
9.10 Other FAQ's
================
This is not the only FAQ, of course. Lots of FAQ's are available
either by being posted to newsgroups or by access via FTP.
*German Amiga-FAQ*
This is the german translation of the AmigaFAQ you are reading.
Newsgroups: de.comp.sys.amiga.misc,
zer.z-netz.rechner.amiga.allgemein HTML:
`
http://www.leo.org/archiv/amiga/misc/amigafaq/' Aminet:
`docs/misc/AmigaFAQg.lha' Maintainer: Ignaz Kellerer,
[email protected]
*Amiga related books FAQ*
This is a list of books for the Amiga, including short discussions,
prices and sources. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,
comp.sys.amiga.introduction, comp.sys.amiga.programmer (monthly)
HTML: `
http://eksl-www.cs.umass.edu/~atkin/amiga/books.faq.html'
Ftp: rtfm.mit.edu, `pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.misc'. Maintainer:
Marc Atkin,
[email protected]
*AmiTCP/IP FAQ*
This is for users of AmiTCP/IP, a set of programs which allows to
include an Amiga into a TCP/IP network. (Most well known nets,
Internet for example use TCP/IP.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, comp.sys.amiga.networking (biweekly) Ftp:
rtfm.mit.edu, pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.networking Maintainer:
Neil J. McRae (
[email protected])
*Amiga Networking FAQ*
Unlike the AmiTCP/IP FAQ this one wants to cover all aspects of
networking, including TCP/IP and Envoy. Newsgroups:
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, comp.sys.amiga.hardware Ftp:
rtfm.mit.edu, pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.networking Maintainer:
Richard Norman (
[email protected])
*Point Manager FAQ*
Networking seems to be quite a problem: This FAQ os for Point
Manager, a FidoNet-client (so-called points). Newsgroups:
comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Ftp: rtfm.mit.edu,
pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Maintainer: Eric Krieger
(
[email protected])
*All about FTP*
Explains the usage of the file transfer program FTP. See FTP.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc (monthly) Ftp: Aminet, info/start
Betreuer: Urban Dominik Mueller (
[email protected])
The Amiga-FAQ archive
*********************
The Amiga-FAQ is available in different formats: Ascii format (which
is posted to the nets) AmigaGuide format (which is the adequate format
on the Amiga) and in dvi format (to be printed). Additionally there is
some stuff, that might be useful or interesting, but could not be
included into the Amiga-FAQ:
txt/amiga.history On the Amiga's history
txt/story.txt The Commodore story (or: the Tramiel
story ;-)
txt/amiga.newsgroups Overview on comp.sys.amiga.*
txt/amiga.sites List of FTP sites
txt/AmigaOverview.tex A short overview on the Amiga-Soft- and
Hardware
txt/Hardware.tips For those people who can't live without solder
src/JWSplit.c The source of a file splitter
src/JWJoin.c The opponent to JWSplit
src/addtoc.c Utility to add a toc to texinfo-created docs
(this document uses it)
programmers/* Some stuff for programmers: pragmas, vararg
versions of some tag functions and some
amiga.lib functions (HookEntry, DoMethod)
I decided to collect these in the Amiga-FAQ archive. It is called
AmigaFAQ.lha and can be found on Aminet, directory `docs/misc'.
Contributions
*************
This FAQ can neither get useful nor hit further development without
your help. Suggestions, contributions, new answers, critics, anything
is rather welcome.
Please note, that very major subjects are absolutely missing yet:
Nothing about sound, nothing on graphic cards, no Animation. These are
some of the Amiga's best points! But I don't know them ... :-(
So grab your keyboard (Your pencil? Well, if there's no other way...)
and send mail to:
Ignaz Kellerer
Georg-Habel-Str. 11
81241 Munich (Germany)
Tel. (+49) 089 / 885147
Internet:
[email protected]
Credits
*******
My thanks go to:
*Reinhard Spisser and Sebastiano Vigna*
for the Amiga version of texinfo. This is written with it.
*The Free Software Foundation*
for the original version of texinfo and many other excellent
programs.
*Dylan McNamee*
for contributing the sections on Editors, Word Processors, DTP and
Postscript and some wording fixes.
*Joseph Luk*
for help in the section on chunky/planar, double buffering and
PAL/NTSC
*Urban Dominik Mueller*
for the FAQ on FTP and Mail-servers.
*Lars Hecking (
[email protected])*
*Philippe Brand (
[email protected])*
for the complete gcc part
*Jochen Wiedmann (
[email protected])*
for the composition and posting of the Amiga FAQ until July 1994.
Index
*****
. (replacement) Dot-Replacement
.arj Endings
.dms Endings
.gz Endings
.lha Endings
.lzh Endings
.netrc FTP
.sfx Endings
.tar Endings
.z Endings
.Z Endings
.zip Endings
.zom Endings
.zoo Endings
68EC020 68EC0xx
68EC030 68EC0xx
68LC040 68EC0xx
A1200 (HD) A1200-HD
AmiBooksFAQ FAQs
Amiga Library disks Fish floppy disks
Amiga networking FAQ FAQs
Amiga-FAQ archive Amiga-FAQ Archive
AmigaBasic AmigaBasic
AmigaSciSchool Infos
Aminet FTP
AmiTCP/IP FAQ FAQs
Anonymous FTP
ANS Japanese
ARexx ARexx
Assemblers Compilers
AutoDocs Includes
Basic Compilers
BBS Mailbox
C Compilers
C++ Compilers
C-program (gcc) Compiling
Catalog description Localizing
Catalog translation Localizing
Catalogs Localizing
CatComp Localizing
CATS CATS
Chunky displays Chunky vs. Planar
Commodore, Frankfurt Developer
Commodore, West Chester CATS
comp.sys.amiga.reviews Reviews
Compilers Compilers
Console window WindowPtr
Contributions Contributions
Credits Credits
CrossDos MS-Dos disks
Current directory Dot-Replacement
DaggeX X11
Desktop Publishing DTP
Developer Developer
DoMethod Missing functions
DoSuperMethod Missing functions
Doublebuffering Doublebuffering
DTP DTP
Editors Editors
Emulators Emulators
endings Endings
Enforcer 68EC0xx
Esc sequences Printer control
FAQ's, others FAQs
FD-files Pragmas
fd2pragma Pragmas
file endings Endings
Fish CD-Rom Fish CD
Fish disks Fish disk xxx
Fish floppy disks Fish floppy disks
Fish PD Fish
FishCon Infos
FishXref Infos
FlexCat Localizing
Forth Compilers
Fortran Compilers
FPU FPU
Fresh Fish CD-Rom Fish CD
FTP servers FTP
GadTools MUI
Gcc The GNU C compiler
gcc-amiga-libraries Amiga Libraries
gcc-authors Authors
gcc-compiling Compiling
gcc-current Current Version
gcc-how-to-get-help How to get help
gcc-inline-headers Inline Headers
gcc-installation Installation
gcc-requirements Requirements
gcc-sources Sources for Gcc
GfxBase X11
GigaMem 68EC0xx
Graphics Graphics
GUI Workbench
Guo Biao Chinese
HD (A1200) A1200-HD
HD compression HD-Compression
Hirsch & Wolf CATS
history Amiga-FAQ Archive
HookEntry Missing functions
HZview Chinese
IBM emulator IBM-compatibles
Icons Icons
Includes Includes
JemTeX Japanese
JIStoJi Japanese
jmore Japanese
Kanji Japanese
KingFisher Infos
KitCat Localizing
LibAllocPooled Missing functions
Linux Unix
Lisp Compilers
locale.library Localizing
Localizing Localizing
MagicWB Icons
Mail-server Mail
mailbox Mailbox
Mailing lists Mailing lists
MakeCat Localizing
Memory, virtual 68EC0xx
Missing functions Missing functions
MMU 68EC0xx
Modula-2 Compilers
Monitors Monitors
MS-Dos (emulator) IBM-compatibles
MS-Dos (Syquest) MsDos-Syquest
MS-Dos disks MS-Dos disks
Msh MS-Dos disks
MUI MUI
Multiscan Monitors
MWB Icons
NDA Developer
NDK Includes
NDU Includes
NDUK Includes
NetBSD Unix
NewIcons Icons
NTSC PAL-NTSC
Oberon Compilers
Oberon-A Compilers
packers Endings
packers on Unix Endings
Page Layout Languages Word Processors
PAL PAL-NTSC
Pascal Compilers
Pipe (command) Pipe command
PIPE: Pipe
Planar displays Chunky vs. Planar
Point manager FAQ FAQs
Postscript Postscript
pragmas Pragmas
Printer control Printer control
Prolog Compilers
Queue-handler Pipe
Reviews Reviews
RKMs Manuals
Rom Kernel manuals Manuals
Splitting files Splitting
Stacker HD-Compression
Syquest MsDos-Syquest
TeX TeX
Text Editors Editors
Unix Unix
Unix-LhA Unix-LhA
VGA Monitors
Word Processors Word Processors
Workbench Workbench
Wysiwyg Word Processors
X11 X11
XFH HD-Compression
XPK HD-Compression
_mchar _mchar
_pchar Pipe command
