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Re: help me pick software for a2000
« on: April 28, 2014, 11:21:26 AM »
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DMS utilities and RAD utilities(for saving floppys to HD, and mount them on memory for testing), but i don't know if they work on a 1.3 Kickstart.
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Hmmm - I never understood why people think they have to use things like "DMS utilities and RAD utilities" to save their floppy disks on HD.

I never needed those tools - I always created a directory on the HD with the same name as the floppy disk, copied over all content from the floppy to this directory and that was it.

If required, I added an apropriate assign to this directory in the user-startup to be able to run the software in it properly.

No other tools involved aside from DOpus. Fully agreed - DOpus is a MUST on every Amiga. The same goes for TurboPrint ( http://www.zedonet.de/eshop-tpamiga.html# )...
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Re: help me pick software for a2000
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2014, 01:38:59 PM »
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I would like to learn from you, what is the best software for the amiga 2000, both games
and applications/utilities.
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I'd say that depends on what you want to do.
- If you want to use the Miggy for scientific work, I'd like to suggest tools like MathAmation and FunctionPlotter.
- If you want to do engineering work you should get hold of things like MaxonCAD or DynaCadd (both machine engineering, latter is real 3d and very slow on standard 68000 cpu, but works) and there also was a tool to convert 3d data to executable CNC programs (forgot the name), NewIO (makes circuit board layouts from schematics - electronic CAD) and LogicWorks, Cycas (architecture CAD).
- For morphing etc. there are Elastic Dreams/Fantastic Dreams.
- For raytracing there were programs like Reflections (later called MoonZoom), Imagine and the like.
- For 3d anim there was SculptAnimate 3d (there also was the legendary MaxonCinema 4d, but it possibly required more than standard 68k cpu).
- For processing images there were programs like Butcher or AdPro.
- For presentations there was ScalaMM 400.
- For composing music there was the legendary Sonix from Aegis, which includes a note editor.
- For office tasks I have FinalOffice 97, consisting of FinalWriter, FinalData (database) and FinalCalc. But maybe this bundle was only available here in Germany...

Those should be enough for the moment...
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