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- ^6@6 THE AMOS COMPILER.@
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- ^2[2£29.99p.[0
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- ^4 What would make[2^2 AMOS^4[0 programs run like their machine coded
- ^4 equivelents?
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- ^4 The^2[2 AMOS Compiler[0^4 of course!
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- ^5 By now many of you will have bought the Compiler and seen what it
- ^5can do for yourself, if so, please let us know what you think of it.
- ^5Also, if you have a problem with the Compiler, let us know, and we'll
- ^5see what can be done to help you.
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- ^2[4 What does the Compiler do?[0
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- ^1 It translates your[2 AMOS[0 Basic program into machine code which the
- ^1Amiga reads faster than Basic, therefore the program will run faster.
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- ^7 However, it does not speed up all programs. Those using lots of AMAL
- ^7routines won't seem any faster as AMAL is already near machine code.
- ^7If you are using all basic, however, the speed difference will
- ^7surprise you. All mathematical calculations will be speeded up, e.g.
- ^7processes such as random routines are carried out far quicker than
- ^7before.
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- ^6 We have tested the Compiler on many of the programs in the[1 AMOS P.D.[0
- ^6[1LIBRARY,[0 and most of these compile O.K. The ones that failed
- ^6miserably were those that already stretched the Amiga's memory to the
- ^6full.
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- ^2[4 The Book.[0
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- ^4 The manual is written and presented in the same style as the[2 AMOS[0
- ^4manual. It is well written and gives in depth descriptions of how to
- ^4install the compiler using all the possible combinations of drives,
- ^4memory, hard drives etc.
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- ^2[4 The Updater.[0
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- ^1[2 AMOS 1.3[0 comes with the Compiler free of charge, and updating takes
- ^1about 10 minutes. This only has to be done the once, so it's not too
- ^1much trouble.
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- ^7 Updating a system can be rather a daunting task, but it has been
- ^7made an easy process in this case.
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- ^7 You don't have to be a technical wizard to update[2 AMOS,[0 you just
- ^7follow the on-screen prompts, and away you go! Just remember
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- ^3[2 DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR ORIGINAL AMOS DISK!![0
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- ^6 Make a backup and update that. To get the best performance out of
- ^6the compiler, make sure that you have selected the correct
- ^6configuration for your set-up, this will speed up the working of
- ^6the program.
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- ^4 There is a program supplied which will install your updated[2 AMOS[0
- ^4onto a hard drive.
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- ^2 Goodies....^7 The[2 AMOS[0 Compiler is easy to use. It can be used
- ^7 directly from the CLI as well as via[2 AMOS,[0 so you don't
- ^7need to load[2 AMOS[0 to compile. You can also compile to[2 AMOS,[0 which
- ^7means that it is runnable inside[2 AMOS.[0 It is speedy,[1 AMOS DEMO II[0
- ^7took less than a minute to compile using 2 drives, 1meg memory. The
- ^7package comes with a very good file compacter, which squashes the
- ^7finished file very efficiently.
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- ^2 Baddies....^5 The finished file size is larger than the original, but
- ^5 using the packer helps here.
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- ^4 Compiled programs are more acceptable to Software Houses as a lot of
- ^4people still have a phobia about anything written in Basic. Europress
- ^4have put copyright requirements in the manual, and these seem fair
- ^4enough. After all, they have given us^3[2 AMOS![0
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