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Amiga.org specific forums => New User Introductions => Topic started by: wwonka on February 03, 2006, 01:53:49 PM

Title: Greetings all
Post by: wwonka on February 03, 2006, 01:53:49 PM
Greetings Amiga.org. I've swooped in from time to time trying to keep up with things amiga related. First time reg'ing an account and saying hello because I successfully purchased an A500 on Ebay (BONUS the seller didn't even realize the expansion card was in it) So I have the same level of A500 I had when I was 14 (now double and some change).

Anyways, I have been trying to find some source code like that found in the old COMPUTE! magazines for Amiga BASIC so I can sit around with my kids and show the Amiga off with them.

Here's hoping I still remember how to make a null modem cable since the A500 didn't come with any software so I'll have to transfer my Amiga Forever stuff to it.
Title: Re: Greetings all
Post by: amigakit on February 03, 2006, 01:55:25 PM
Welcome to Amiga.org!
Title: Re: Greetings all
Post by: Oliver on February 03, 2006, 02:57:29 PM
Title: Re: Greetings all
Post by: uncharted on February 03, 2006, 04:45:42 PM
Welcome!

I'd recommend checking out AmiBlitz, a free version of BlitzBASIC, it's nicer than AmigaBASIC, and can do many cool little things quite easily.  (Although from experience a 1MB A500 is a bit tight with memory)

Happy coding.
Title: Re: Greetings all
Post by: amigagr on February 03, 2006, 04:49:30 PM
welcome back to the future then  :-)  and good luck.
search for an a590 hard disk-ram expansion at ebay, it will help a lot.
Title: Re: Greetings all
Post by: SamuraiCrow on February 03, 2006, 05:53:24 PM
Hello, and good luck on figuring out that null-modem cable.

If you decide to stay with AmigaBasic you might consider the ACE Basic (http://main.aminet.net/dev/basic/ace24dist.lha) compiler on the Aminet.  It is not particularly efficient, but it will compile some AmigaBasic programs for a little boost in speed.  There are some sample programs in the dev/basic directory on Aminet as well.  (This is also where Blitz Basic examples are stored.)
Title: Re: Greetings all
Post by: redfox on February 03, 2006, 06:15:24 PM
Welcome to Amiga.org