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- GRAFOS V0.01 Jan. 30, 1987 (Pre Pre Beta. Essentially just a hack file
- right now, with aspirations of leading towards something that's
- actually semi-productive)
-
- By: Foster Hall
-
-
- Basically this program originated out of a need to experiment with certain
- graphics routines in order to learn more about the AMIGA and especially to
- get a substantial grasp on the workings of Assembly Language. My primary
- purpose of purchasing an Amiga was to learn the 68000 chip, and since I'm
- really just a sound a graphics man, obviously, there was no other choice I
- could make. (What?!? An Atari ST??? A MAC?? Didn't I just finish saying
- that there was NO OTHER CHOICES?)
-
- However, I had previous knowledge of computer operations, since I had
- spent a year programming Assembly on the 64. The bulk of the knowledge I
- amassed in that year was transferable to operations on the Amiga, such as
- my knowledge of HEX, BINARY, Adreessing Modes, Program Logic etc. But
- considering the advanced nature of the beast, I had quite a time coming to
- terms with things like the INCLUDE Files, LIBRARIES and the concept of
- DYNAMIC RAM.
-
- The thing that really got me over the hurdle and actually programming is
- some greatly appreciated assistance (They answered A LOT of questions) from
- Larry Phillips, Colin Fox and Bruce Dawson, the latter two heading the
- Panorama ASSEMBLER SIG which I would recommend highly to anyone who wants
- to learn assembler. I learned more in the first night than I could in a
- week if I had to search through books and magazines.
-
- So what it all boils down to is this. I have included this doc file and
- the full source listing as well as the program itself. Anyone who want to
- study the code in hopes to further their progress is more than welcome.
- However, if you decide to use any major parts or any ideas such as the
- screen reference routine, I would appreciate some sort of acknowledgement.
-
- I have as well included an .info file for use with workbench. I have a
- tendency to agree with Bruce Dawson of CygnusSoft that most files should
- include access from workbench so as not to discourage intial users or those
- not yet comfortable with the CLI.
-
- If you are unsure of the tools you need to create assembly programs, you'll
- be pleased to know that everything for this program, including this doc
- file was created using free programs graciously donated to public domain by
- other programmers. The Source was written using ED, the stock editor
- included with every AMIGA on the Workbench Disk. The code was Assembled
- using the assembler created by Panorama's own Charlie Gibbs. The object
- code was linked with BLINK, a great public domain linker from the Software
- Distillery. And the Library file was LVO.Lib, compiled by Bruce Dawson
- down to 11000 bytes from the original Amiga.lib which is at 88000 bytes.
- All of these programs are available free of charge from anyone at the
- Assembler Sig or from the Panorama BBS.
-
- So you don't have to spend mega-bucks of software to get the job done. All
- you really need is some patience and persistance and you'll be off and
- running in no time. Good luck!!
-
- Foster Hall
-
-