Amiga-FAQ

• CPU, Custom chips, RAM and other stuff
  • What are 68EC020, 68EC030 and 68LC040?
  • What's an FPU?
  • Can I use a 3.5' HD in my A1200?
• The Operating System
  • Can I use another Kickstart than the builtin?
  • The Graphical User Interface
  • What is MUI?
    • Icon collections and Backgrounds
  • What is the Amiga equivalent of . (Current directory)?
  • The PIPE: queue-handler
    • Using PIPE: in a standard AmigaShell environment
    • The Pipe command
    • Pipe command support in AmigaShell
    • Quick usage guide
    • Related things
    • Troubleshooting
  • ARexx, the program control language
• How about Graphics?
  • What are chunky and planar displays?
  • What is doublebuffering?
  • What monitors will work on my Amiga 1200/4000?
  • How do I switch between PAL and NTSC?
• Programming
  • What documentation do I need as an Amiga programmer?
  • What is CATS?
  • Where do I get the Amiga includes?
  • How do I become a developer?
  • What compilers (assemblers) are there?
  • Those never working Esc sequences!
  • Is it possible to use AmigaBasic on the A1200?
  • How do I localize my program?
  • How to obtain a pointer to a console's window
  • What are pragmas?
  • My Compiler/Linker is complaining about missing symbol xxx.
  • Where do I find the function xxx?
  • The GNU C compiler: general information and installation
    • Current Version
    • Requirements
    • Authors
    • Sources for Gcc
    • Inline Headers
    • Amiga Libraries
    • Installation
    • Compiling
    • How to get help
• Applications
  • Text Editors
  • What word processors are there?
  • Desktop Publishing
  • What is TeX and where can I get it?
  • Are there any Postscript interpreters?
  • Font Concepts
    • Amiga Font Formats
    • Frequently Requested Amiga Fonts
    • Commercial Font Sources
    • Non-Latin fonts on the Amiga
    • Amiga Font Installation
    • Amiga Font Utilities
    • Making Outline Fonts
    • Problems and Possible Solutions
  • How to deal with Non-Latin texts?
    • Japanese editors and viewers
    • Chinese text viewers
• Connecting your Amiga to the world
• Emulators
  • Can I run Unix on my Amiga?
  • Is it possible to use the Amiga as X11 terminal?
  • Is there a way to start MS-Dos programs?
  • How to mount MsDos-formatted Syquests on Amiga
• Miscellaneous
  • Is there any unix version of LhA?
  • What are files ending with ...?
  • Is there a Stacker-like utility to pack my hard drive?
  • Where do I get Fish disk xxx?
• Where and how do I get software and other informations?
  • Files and databases on freely distributable software
  • A collection of tests
  • Getting files from a FTP server
  • Getting files from a Mail server
  • Getting files from a mailbox
  • The Fish PD series
    • The Amiga Library disks
    • The Fresh Fish CD-Roms
  • How do I Read and write MS-Dos disks?
  • How do I split large files?
  • Discussing things
  • Other FAQ's
• The Amiga-FAQ archive
• Contributions
• Credits
• Index