I bought Amiga Forever and have been playing with it off and on for some time, but I've barely figured out how to do much with the workbenches. I grew up using GEOS on an old C64 my family has, and learned to use Windows and Mac pretty well in school, but with Amiga there's a lot of things I simply haven't been able to figure out how to do. For example, I would like to set a different backdrop on Workbench 3.x. I figured out where to change the backdrop in the preferences, but I don't know what file types I can use of how to get images to begin with to set up as a backdrop. I know using an emulator isn't the same as using the actual system.
I've checked used book stores in my area for Amiga books with no luck. I've also searched the web, but all I keep finding are pdfs of old programming books, and the Amiga videos I find on Youtube haven't helped much. I also tried the links on the Tutorial list thread, but half of them are dead to begin with and the ones that are active don't really give me the information I need. I need something on the lines of "Amiga for Dummies".
Any suggestions?
This is a pretty good introductory book to Workbench & AmigaDOS (Version 3.0):
http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/amiga/books/pdf/A1200_Insider_Guide_Series.zipDownloadable books on all subjects in Amiga section:
http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/And another good source here:
http://amiga-manuals.xiik.net/amiga.phpThere's much better Workbench books around, but you'll have to pick them up from Ebay or something as I don't see them available for download on either of those sites I've linked to.
