What are your favorite books about Amiga or related topics?

[rvo_nl]

Hi all, Im looking to expand my collection of books. Can someone recommend me books that cover one of the following topics?

- Amiga
- Commodore 64
- demo scene
- cracking scene (Amiga/c64 specific would be fantastic)
- hacking scene
- (old school) gaming

Ofcourse I have both 'Freax' books, a lot of books about gaming in general, and I also know about 'The rise and fall of Commodore'. But there must be more!

[commodorejohn]

Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals. Would that other OSes had API documentation this nice.

[rednova]

Hi:

This may not qualify but here it is.
The manual for the game dungeon master was a great read,very cool.
Also the manual and hint book for amiga game, wizardry bane of the cosmic
forge, I loved these books, is like reading a D&D book.
You do not need the games to enjoy these books, they are still
great reading material.
And if you just want more amiga stuff to read, why not collect the
magazines ?  Like amiga format,amiga shopper, CU amiga and amazing
computing. etc etc
I have a big collection of amiga magazines myself, and love eveyone.
Cheers !!!

Rednova

[Matt_H]

There's very little modern stuff on these subjects - I think you've already identified it. Amiga Future has done a nice job cataloging what exists from the past, but details are minimal.

[motrucker]

Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets still sees a lot of use around here. And the manual to ImageFX is also rather dog eared...

[Tenacious]

Denny Atkin's Best Amiga Tips and Secrets still sees a lot of use around here. And the manual to ImageFX is also rather dog eared...

Yes, Denny wrote a great reference.

Rob Peck wrote an excellent guide to the Amiga's OS in "The Amiga Companion"

I still use both of these from time to time.

If you're into hardware, Sam's Photofax on the A500 has a great deal of info beyond just a schematic.

[rvo_nl]

Great suggestions so far, but Im still looking for a bit less technical books. Arent there any good publications on the Demoscene or Cracking scene? I would love reading about the early days of 0-day warez and cracking 'uncrackable' protection methods like on the Toki (c64) game.

BTW, I own a lot of old Amiga magazines, around 300 I think, I dont want any more

[Duce]

While not entirely Commodore related, and it has a real slant towards the BBS/cracking scene, I really enjoyed:

Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie
by Rob O'Hara

First chapter can be previewed free on the authors website to give you a feel for it:  http://www.robohara.com/commodork/

I bought it for my iPad via iTunes store and loved every minute of it.

[mousehouse]

While not entirely Commodore related, and it has a real slant towards the BBS/cracking scene, I really enjoyed:

Commodork: Sordid Tales from a BBS Junkie
by Rob O'Hara

First chapter can be previewed free on the authors website to give you a feel for it:  http://www.robohara.com/commodork/

I bought it for my iPad via iTunes store and loved every minute of it.

Nice suggestion, Amazon has the paperback I see. Added it to the wish-list!

I just finished the second edition of Commodore : A company on the edge, looking forward to the sequel that details the post-Tramiel Amiga period...

Also I'm curious about Steve Jobs's bio, I pre-ordered before he left this planet... I hope it goes into history just as Brian's book.

[koaftder]

Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals. Would that other OSes had API documentation this nice.

Especially Apple. Need to do anything in IOKit land? Apple hates developers.

[Duce]

I bought the Jobs bio yesterday when it hit the iTunes store in iBook form.  About 1/4 of the way thru it now, it's a pretty good read actually, but does seem rushed in spots.  Which can be expected since it wasn't supposed to come out until next year, so there's a bit of redundancy in the writing that's likely due to the rush deadline put on due to Jobs' passing away.

I was initially concerned it'd be censored to all hell to make the fellow seem like less of a cruel bugger, but the author was actually very forthright thus far on exactly what Jobs was like.  I'd recommend it and it's sure to sell like gangbusters..

[mousehouse]

I had "The second coming of Steve Jobs" as an audiobook some years ago. Also a nice one...