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- From: kellerer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Ignaz Kellerer)
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- Subject: Amiga FAQ (Frequently asked questions) (Part 4 of 4)
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- Summary: Frequently asked questions on the Amiga.
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- Frequently asked questions (FAQ) concerning the Amiga. [4/4]
- ------------------------------------------------------------
-
- This is the fourth part of the Amiga-FAQ. It is in Ascii format to be
- easily read by everyone. It is also available in AmigaGuide, Dvi and
- html (for WWW servers) format as part of the Amiga-FAQ archive.
- (File docs/misc/AmigaFAQ.lha on any Aminet site)
-
- Please note the following:
-
- - Changes since the last posting are marked with a
- ! changed this line/section, respectively
- + added this line
- < removed something before this line
-
- - An index is at the bottom of this part. If this still doesn't help:
- E-mail me, probably I can include an answer into the FAQ.
-
- - Suggestions, contributions, critics and beer bottles are very
- welcome. :-) Send them to:
-
- Ignaz Kellerer
- Georg-Habel-Str. 11
- 81241 Muenchen (Germany)
- Tel. (+49) 089 / 885147
-
- Internet: kellerer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
-
- ===========================(Cut here)=========================================
-
-
- Disclaimer
-
- 1 CPU, Custom chips, RAM and other stuff
- 1 What are 68EC020, 68EC030 and 68LC040?
- 2 What's an FPU?
- 3 Can I use a 3.5' HD in my A1200?
-
- 2 The Operating System
- 1 Can I use another Kickstart than the builtin?
- 2 The Graphical User Interface
- 3 What is MUI?
- 1 Icon collections and Backgrounds
- 4 What is the Amiga equivalent of . (Current directory)?
- 5 The PIPE: queue-handler
- 1 Using PIPE: in a standard AmigaShell environment
- 2 The Pipe command
- 3 Pipe command support in AmigaShell
- 4 Quick usage guide
- 5 Related things
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 6 ARexx, the program control language
-
- 3 How about Graphics?
- 1 What are chunky and planar displays?
- 2 What is doublebuffering?
- 3 What monitors will work on my Amiga 1200/4000?
- 4 How do I switch between PAL and NTSC?
-
- 4 Programming
- 1 What documentation do I need as an Amiga programmer?
- 2 What is CATS?
- 3 Where do I get the Amiga includes?
- 4 How do I become a developer?
- 5 What compilers (assemblers) are there?
- 6 Those never working Esc sequences!
- 7 Is it possible to use AmigaBasic on the A1200?
- 8 How do I localize my program?
- 9 How to obtain a pointer to a console's window
- 10 What are pragmas?
- 11 My Compiler/Linker is complaining about missing symbol xxx.
- 12 Where do I find the function xxx?
- 13 The GNU C compiler: general information and installation
- 1 Current Version
- 2 Requirements
- 3 Authors
- 4 Sources for Gcc
- 5 Inline Headers
- 6 Amiga Libraries
- 7 Installation
- 8 Compiling
- 9 How to get help
-
- 5 Applications
- 1 Text Editors
- 2 What word processors are there?
- 3 Desktop Publishing
- 4 What is TeX and where can I get it?
- 5 Are there any Postscript interpreters?
- 1 Amiga Font Formats
- 2 Frequently Requested Amiga Fonts
- 3 Commercial Font Sources
- 4 Non-Latin fonts on the Amiga
- 5 Amiga Font Installation
- 6 Amiga Font Utilities
- 7 Making Outline Fonts
- 8 Problems and Possible Solutions
- 6 How to deal with Non-Latin texts?
- 1 Japanese editors and viewers
- 2 Chinese text viewers
-
- 6 Connecting your Amiga to the world
-
- 7 Emulators
- 1 Can I run Unix on my Amiga?
- 2 Is it possible to use the Amiga as X11 terminal?
- 3 Is there a way to start MS-Dos programs?
- 4 How to mount MsDos-formatted Syquests on Amiga
-
- 8 Miscellaneous
- 1 Is there any unix version of LhA?
- 2 What are files ending with ...?
- 3 Is there a Stacker-like utility to pack my hard drive?
- 4 Where do I get Fish disk xxx?
-
- 9 Where and how do I get software and other informations?
- 1 Files and databases on freely distributable software
- 2 A collection of tests
- 3 Getting files from a FTP server
- 4 Getting files from a Mail server
- 5 Getting files from a mailbox
- 6 The Fish PD series
- 1 The Amiga Library disks
- 2 The Fresh Fish CD-Roms
- 7 How do I Read and write MS-Dos disks?
- 8 How do I split large files?
- 9 Discussing things
- 10 Other FAQ's
-
- The Amiga-FAQ archive
-
- Contributions
-
- Credits
-
- Index
-
-
-
- 8 Miscellaneous
- ***************
-
- This last chapter contains some questions that don't fit in the
- chapters above.
-
- 8.1 Is there any unix version of LhA?
- =====================================
-
- See Endings.
-
- 8.2 What are files ending with ...?
- ===================================
-
- Most endings on FTP sites or Fish disks tell you that the file is
- compressed and/or is an archive containing more than one file. Some
- programs even archive whole disks. Frequently found endings and
- programs to handle the related files are:
- *.sfx*
- Compressed archives which are included in an executable program:
- Just call the program and it will extract itself (sfx = self
- extract)
-
- *.lha*
- *.lzh*
- Compressed archives; recommended: LhA (`util/arc/LhA_e138.run' on
- Aminet or Fish disk 715) or Lx (`util/arc/lx100.lha' on Aminet),
- Unix version available (`misc/unix/lha-1.00.tar.Z')
-
- *.dms*
- Disks compressed using DMS (`util/arc/dms111.sfx' on Aminet or
- Fish disk 406)
-
- *.zom*
- Disks compressed using Zoom (`util/arc/Zoom_5.4.lha' on Aminet,
- Fish disk 682); an older version which you probably need for
- uncompressing PasTeX is found on Fish disk 459.
-
- *.zoo*
- Compressed archive; recommended: Zoo (`util/arc/zpp2-10.lzh' on
- Aminet or Fish disk 527)
-
- *.Z*
- *.z*
- *.gz*
- Compressed files; recommended gzip (`util/pack/gzip124x.lha' on
- Aminet), note that this are Unix files in most cases
-
- *.tar*
- Acrhive; recommended: tar (`util/arc/tar.lha' or
- `util/arc/gtar10.lha' on Aminet or Fish disk 445), note that tar is
- a Unix archiver and you often find soething like `.tar.Z'.
-
- *.arj*
- Compressed archive; recommended unarj (`util/arc/unarj-0.5.lha' on
- Aminet)
-
- *.zip*
- Compressed archive; recommended UnZip (`util/arc/unzip-5.1.lha' on
- Aminet), note that this are MS-Dos archives in most cases
-
- 8.3 Is there a Stacker-like utility to pack my hard drive?
- ==========================================================
-
- XFH does a good job. It operates as a handler and uses the
- XPK-libraries, so you have different compression modes (RAKE is a good
- choice) and possibly even more in the future. The only disadvantage is,
- that the size of a file is limited by RAM: Don't use it with less than
- 2MB of RAM.
-
- XPKDisk by Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert is another stacker program that
- takes advantage of the variety of XPK libraries available. Unlike other
- harddisk compressors it does not compress the files, but creates a
- pseudo partition and stores the whole tracks as compressed files on
- your harddisk. Its major advantage is that it does not limit the
- maximum file size, because it works similar to trackdisk.device and
- therefore does not need too much temporary storage.
-
- But be careful if you want to use ReOrg on a comprimized partition:
- ReOrg should be set to leave enough memory for the xpkdisk buffers.
- And because of ReOrgs buffering, you can use few buffers for xpkdisk
- (perhaps as few as 2 or 3). Don't use ReOrg if you don't know the
- memory needs of XFH or XPKDisk.
-
- Another possibility is EPU. It's shareware and should offer the same
- as XFH, but without limiting the file size.
-
- Sources: Aminet, directory `util/pack', Fish disks 754 (XFH) and 858
- (EPU)
-
- 8.4 Where do I get Fish disk xxx?
- =================================
-
- Those FTP servers have that much space (or a CD-Rom) to have all
- fish disks available online:
- ftp.isca.uiowa.edu (USA, directory `/amiga/fx/fxxx')
- ftp.hawaii.edu (USA, directory `/pub/amiga/fish')
- ftp.funet.fi (Finland, directory `/pub/amiga/fish')
-
- Note that the CD-Rom's are not always mounted. See FTP.
-
- Another possibility would be to ask your local dealer. :-)
-
- 9 Where and how do I get software and other informations?
- *********************************************************
-
- Three questions arise in this context: Which programs can be found,
- where are they and how to get them and transfer them home?
-
- 9.1 Files and databases on freely distributable software
- ========================================================
-
- Of course you need to know where you find things. Many good choices
- are listed in this paper, as I hope. Other sources are:
-
- *AmigaSciSchool*
- is a list of software and where you find it in Ascii format. It is
- posted monthly to the newsgroups `comp.sys.amiga.applications',
- `comp.unix.amiga', and `news.answers'. Additionally you will find
- it on Aminet sites (`text/doc/AmigaSciSchool-4.01'). It handles
- everything listed here and many more, for example GNU software,
- libraries (linked and shared), shells, Unix commands, educational
- and scientific software and much more.
-
- *FishCon*
- are lists of the Fish disk contents. (`fish/doc/fishcon-???.lzh' on
- Aminet)
-
- *FishXref*
- is a cross reference list of the Fish contents.
- (`fish/doc/fishxref-???.lzh' on Aminet) FishXref and Fishcon are in
- Ascii format.
-
- *KingFisher*
- A Fish disk database, (`fish/doc/Kingfisher1_30.lha', which is the
- program and `fish/doc/KFData850.lha' ,which contains the data, on
- Aminet or Fish disk 863) allows search by name and context. See
- Fish.
-
- 9.2 A collection of tests
- =========================
-
- `Comp.sys.amiga.reviews' is a moderated newsgroup where tests of
- soft- and hardware, books and anything else relevant to the Amiga are
- posted. Its always a good idea to check this newsgroup for a review, if
- you are interested in something special. Of course you always find only
- the latest reviews, but the older postings are available per FTP from
- `math.uh.edu', Directory `/pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews' or on the
- Fish CDs.
-
- 9.3 Getting files from a FTP server
- ===================================
-
- Things are easy for those who have access to the Internet and a
- program called FTP (File Transfer Program). Nearly all Unix computers
- have it, but not all of them allow the use of FTP.
-
- FTP allows you to gain access to some other machines and store and/or
- retrieve files. Normally one needs an acoount on the remote machine to
- use it, bat a number of machines have a setup that allows everybody to
- log in as the user `ftp' or `anonymous', so anybody may get files from
- them. The most important of this servers are the Aminet servers, which
- mirror each other and hence should have the same files. They are the
- best choice if you are looking for Amiga software. Aminet hosts are
- Land Name IP Adresse Pfad Files
-
- USA (MO) ftp.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 pub/aminet/ ALL
- USA (CA) ftp.cdrom.com 192.216.222.5 pub/aminet/ 9000
- USA (TX) ftp.etsu.edu 192.43.199.20 pub/aminet/ 5000
- USA (WI) ftp.netnet.net 198.70.64.3 pub/aminet/ 10000
- Scandinavia ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 pub/aminet/ 10000
- Switzerland ftp.eunet.ch 146.228.10.16 pub/aminet/ 5500
- Switzerland ftp.math.ethz.ch 129.132.104.6 pub/aminet/ 1000
- Switzerland litamiga.epfl.ch 128.178.151.32 pub/aminet/ 300
- Germany kelly.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.128.206 pub/aminet/ ALL
- Germany ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.42 pub/aminet/ ALL
- Germany ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 aminet/ 4500
- Germany ftp.uni-erlangen.de 131.188.3.2 pub/aminet/ 7000
- Germany ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 pub/aminet/ 4000
- Germany ftp.tu-chemnitz.de 192.108.33.193 pub/aminet/ 4000
- Germany ftp.fh-augsburg.de 141.82.16.242 pub/aminet/
- Germany ftp.uni-bremen.de 134.102.228.2 pub/aminet/
- Germany ftp.uni-oldenburg.de 134.106.40.9 pub/aminet/ 2500
- Germany ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.9.95 pub/aminet/ 1500
- Germany ftp.uni-trier.de 136.199.8.81 pub/aminet/
- Germany ftp.uni-siegen.de 141.99.128.1 pub/aminet/ 1500
- Germany ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de 137.226.225.3 pub/aminet/
- Germany ftp.stud.fh-heilbronn.de 141.7.1.41 pub/aminet/ 600
- Germany ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de 132.187.1.2 pub/aminet/ 700
- France ftp.cnam.fr 163.173.128.15 pub/aminet/
- Portugal ftp.ci.ua.pt 193.136.80.6 pub/aminet/
- UK ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk 155.198.1.40 pub/aminet/ ALL
- UK micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 pub/aminet/ 8500
- All these mirrors have a directory `/pub/aminet', where you will find
- much stuff. Please use a mirror close to you! Some other important hosts
- are
- ftp.funet.fi (Finland)
- ftp.isca.uiowa.edu (USA)
- ftp.hawaii.edu (USA)
- ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (USA)
- ftp.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Germany)
- Note that grind, aachen and erlangen have the full collection of Fish
- disks available! See Fish disk xxx. If you don't find a specific file
- on your local mirror, try `ftp.wustl.edu', `ftp.uni-paderborn.de' or
- `ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk'; they keep all files.
-
- To connect to a special host (ftp.uni-erlangen.de for example), you
- should type
- ftp ftp.uni-erlangen.de
-
- The host answers by requesting your login. You should type
- ftp
-
- No you are asked for a password. Please type your Email address here, if
- you have one. If not, use the password ftp.
-
- Now you're inside the host. There is a number of commands you may
- execute here. The most important are:
- *?*
- Prints the help text of the FTP command. Additionally you may type
- *? command* to get information on a special command.
-
- *bin*
- Tells the FTP program that you whish to transfer binary files. It
- is always a good choice to type bin as the very first command!
- Files you load without the bin command can be corrupt.
-
- *get <file>*
- Loads the given file from the host. On most Unix machines you can
- type something like `get file.txt -' or `get file.txt |more' to
- show a text on the screen. Note that there *must not* be any blank
- between the | and the word more!
-
- *mget <pat>*
- Loads the given files. pat may contain Unix style like wildcards.
-
- *put <file>*
- *mput <pat>*
- Like get and mget, but transfer files from you to the remote host.
- This is in most cases not allowed, except for a special directory
- called `incoming'. You can place files here which you want to make
- public.
-
- *cd <dir>*
- Like the usual cd command. The commands get, mget, put, mput, dir
- and ls refer to the current working directory.
-
- *dir [<dir>]*
- *ls [<dir>]*
- Like `list' and `dir' on the Amiga. Note that the FTP-dir
- corresponds to the Amiga-list!
-
- *bye*
- Leaves the FTP program.
-
- When you have used FTP for the first times you will notice, that you
- always begin with executing the same steps:
- 1. Type the login (ftp in most cases)
-
- 2. Type the password (your mail address in most cases)
-
- 3. Enter the bin command
-
- 4. Change the current working directory (`/pub/aminet' for example)
- This may get executed automatically. What you need is a file
- called `.netrc' in your home directory. Note that it needs to be
- protected against others! The FTP program doesn't use it, if it can be
- read by anything else than you. (Protection is set using the command
- `chmod go-rwx .netrc'.) The .netrc file contains some entries for your
- most favourite FTP sites, each separated by empy lines. A typicel entry
- may look like this:
- machine ftp.uni-erlangen.de
- login ftp
- password <your mail address> or <ftp>
- macdef init
- bin
- cd pub/aminet
- Note that on some machines it is possible to use the machine name
- `default' which meets all machines not listed in .netrc.
-
- 9.4 Getting files from a Mail server
- ====================================
-
- Another way to get files is to use a mail server. This assumes that
- you can send mail to Internet addresses and get mail from Internet
- hosts. It works by sending a mail to the server specifying some
- commands, for example send commands for the files you want. Important
- mail servers are
- ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
- mailserver@nic.funet.fi
- mailserver@leo.org
- mrcserv@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca
- mail-server@ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de
- mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
- ftp-mail@uni-paderborn.de
-
- The most important commands are:
- *Help*
- Tells the server that you wish to get an Ascii file containing
- detailed explanation how to use the server.
-
- *Limit <number>*
- Specifys that you wish to get not more than <number> Kbytes per
- mail. Larger files get splitted into small pieces of at most
- <number> Kbytes which are sent as separate mails each. Note that
- the mails may get larger because of overhead.
-
- *Cwd <dir>*
- Sets the current working directory to <dir>. This directory is
- used by the commands send and dir.
-
- *Index*
- will return a list of files and/or directories that the server
- offers. Note that this may be *very* large!
-
- *Index <item>*
- returns a list of files containing <item> in their names.
-
- *Dir [<dir>]*
- returns a list of the files and directories in the given directory.
-
- *Send <file1> <file2> ... <fileN>*
- Tells the server to send the given files to you.
-
- *Begin*
- Tells the server to ignore all lines above this command.
-
- *End*
- Like Begin, but specifies to ignore the lines below. (A signature
- for example!) A typical session would be to send the following
- mail to the mail server:
- BEGIN
- CD /pub/aminet/util/arc
- SEND LhA_e138.run
- END
-
- 9.5 Getting files from a mailbox
- ================================
-
- You also can get files from one of the many BBS's (`Bulletin Board
- System'). Most of these are driven by private users, so there is
- nearly everywhere a mailbox which doesn't cause a too expensive
- telephone bill.
-
- I want to publish a list of all Amiga mailboxes here. So please
- send to me a list of all mailboxes which are related to the Amiga - in
- any way. I need all telephone numbers of the boxes and their name.
- Tell me the nation where the box resides and - if possible - some more
- info (Does the box have Aminet or the Fish PD or FRAS? Is the box
- especially for Amiga users?)
-
- Thanks, Ignaz Kellerer
-
- For a list of mailboxes in Germany or Austria or Switzerland, look
- at the German version of the AmigaFAQ.
-
- 9.6 The Fish PD series
- ======================
-
- A very good source is the Fish PD series. One distinguishes between
- the floppy disks and the CD-Roms.
-
- 9.6.1 The Amiga Library disks
- -----------------------------
-
- Fred Fish has started in the middle eighties to collect freely
- distributable software on floppy disks. There are 1000 disks and very
- much good stuff on it. Most Amiga dealers sell them and most magazines
- contain addresses of people mailing them to you for about 3$ per disk
- or less. Fred Fish has terminated offering software on floppy disks.
- Instead, there is a dealer who offers the new software from the CD-Roms
- on floppy disks.
-
- There are some things which can be found on the Fish disks, but not
- on Aminet. However, you can get them with FTP. See Fish disk xxx.
-
- 9.6.2 The Fresh Fish CD-Roms
- ----------------------------
-
- Fred Fish is going on to offer freely distributable software. But
- now he collects it on CD-Rom's. He releases two different kinds of CD's:
- 1. Monthly released disks are divided into roughly three sections:
- 1. New material, which includes the material from the new
- unreleased floppy disks as well as material which does not
- appear in the floppy distribution, about 84Mb on the first
- disk.
-
- 2. Useful utilities that can be used directly off the CD-ROM if
- desired, thus freeing up the corresponding amount of hard
- disk space (GNU Emacs, Gnu C, GNU C++, Amiga E, PasTeX,
- AmigaGuide, Installer, 2.0 and 3.0-Includes, different
- archivers, tape drivers, the AmiCDROM filesystem and many
- other GNU and BSD tools, ...), about 150Mb on the first disk.
-
- 3. Older material from previous released floppy disks or
- CD-ROM's, about 404 Mb on the first disk. (Fish disk 600-910)
-
- 2. Disks containing the latest software as well as recent software in
- packed format only. (These are intended to be used for example in
- BBS's.)
- I recommend especially the first kind of Fish CD's. They cost
- about 20$ plus 3$ for shipping (5$ outside USA/Canada/Mexico) and are
- available from
-
- Amiga Library Services
- 610 N. Alma School Road, Suite 18
- Chandler, AZ 85224-3687
- U.S.A.
-
- Phone/FAX: (602) 917-0917
-
- 9.7 How do I Read and write MS-Dos disks?
- =========================================
-
- No problem for owners of Workbench 2.1 or higher: The program
- CrossDos is part of the Workbench. All you have to do is mounting the
- device `pc0:' by putting it into the drawer `Devs:DOSDrivers' or by
- double-clicking the icon in `Sys:Storage/DOSDrivers'. Ms-Dos disks in
- drive `df0:' can now be handled in the usual manner replacing the word
- `df0:' by `pc0:'. For example the directory can be shown with the
- command dir pc0:.
-
- People still running Workbench 2.0 or lower need a program called
- `MSH'. You will find this on the Aminet (directory misc/emu) and on
- Fish disk 382. See Sources. After editing the file `devs:MountList' as
- described in the documentation you have to say Mount msh: in the CLI
- and can now do the same as above replacing the word `pc0:' with `msh:'.
-
- 9.8 How do I split large files?
- ===============================
-
- There are some archives which are too large to fit on one disk. To
- transfer them on disks you need to split them into smaller pieces and
- transfer each part on a separate disk. I recommend Martin Schlodder's
- `Splitter'. (Aminet, `util/misc/splitter_121.lha'. The archive
- contains binaries for MS-DOS and should be compilable without problems
- on any Unix system.
-
- 9.9 Discussing things
- =====================
-
- A mailing list is a server that allows to discuss special things via
- Email. The server holds a list of people that are interested in the
- respective topic. For example, the gcc mailing list will discuss bugs,
- new features and other problems of gcc. (see Compilers) If a mail is
- sent to the server from someone he will forward this mail to all the
- other people on the list.
-
- You will be added to the list by sending a mail to the server which
- will usually contain the word `Subscribe' or something similar. Once you
- are no more interested in the mailing list you can unsubscribe.
-
- Unforunately the servers have a different syntax of subscribing and
- unsubscribing. The best way to find how to subscribe is to send a mail
- with the word `Help' to the server. He will reply a mail which should
- explain how to handle this special server.
-
- Some mailing lists are:
- Topic Server
-
- Amok listserv@amokle.stgt.sub.org
- Dice dice-request@castrov.cuc.ab.ca or
- dice-request@hactar.hanse.de (Germany)
- gcc listserv@lists.funet.fi
- Lisp amigalisp@contessa.phone.net
- Mui mui-request@taloa.unice.fr
- Oberon-A oberon-a-request@wossname.apana.org.au
-
- 9.10 Other FAQ's
- ================
-
- This is not the only FAQ, of course. Lots of FAQ's are available
- either by being posted to newsgroups or by access via FTP.
-
- *German Amiga-FAQ*
- This is the german translation of the AmigaFAQ you are reading.
- Newsgroups: de.comp.sys.amiga.misc,
- zer.z-netz.rechner.amiga.allgemein HTML:
- `http://www.leo.org/archiv/amiga/misc/amigafaq/' Aminet:
- `docs/misc/AmigaFAQg.lha' Maintainer: Ignaz Kellerer,
- kellerer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
-
- *Amiga related books FAQ*
- This is a list of books for the Amiga, including short discussions,
- prices and sources. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,
- comp.sys.amiga.introduction, comp.sys.amiga.programmer (monthly)
- HTML: `http://eksl-www.cs.umass.edu/~atkin/amiga/books.faq.html'
- Ftp: rtfm.mit.edu, `pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.misc'. Maintainer:
- Marc Atkin, atkin@cs.umass.edu
-
- *AmiTCP/IP FAQ*
- This is for users of AmiTCP/IP, a set of programs which allows to
- include an Amiga into a TCP/IP network. (Most well known nets,
- Internet for example use TCP/IP.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,
- comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, comp.sys.amiga.networking (biweekly) Ftp:
- rtfm.mit.edu, pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.networking Maintainer:
- Neil J. McRae (atcpfaq@domino.demon.co.uk)
-
- *Amiga Networking FAQ*
- Unlike the AmiTCP/IP FAQ this one wants to cover all aspects of
- networking, including TCP/IP and Envoy. Newsgroups:
- comp.sys.amiga.datacomm, comp.sys.amiga.hardware Ftp:
- rtfm.mit.edu, pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.networking Maintainer:
- Richard Norman (norman@afas.msfc.nasa.gov)
-
- *Point Manager FAQ*
- Networking seems to be quite a problem: This FAQ os for Point
- Manager, a FidoNet-client (so-called points). Newsgroups:
- comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Ftp: rtfm.mit.edu,
- pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Maintainer: Eric Krieger
- (pm_faq@quasar.hacktic.nl)
-
- *All about FTP*
- Explains the usage of the file transfer program FTP. See FTP.
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc (monthly) Ftp: Aminet, info/start
- Betreuer: Urban Dominik Mueller (umueller@amiga.icu.net.ch)
-
- The Amiga-FAQ archive
- *********************
-
- The Amiga-FAQ is available in different formats: Ascii format (which
- is posted to the nets) AmigaGuide format (which is the adequate format
- on the Amiga) and in dvi format (to be printed). Additionally there is
- some stuff, that might be useful or interesting, but could not be
- included into the Amiga-FAQ:
- txt/amiga.history On the Amiga's history
- txt/story.txt The Commodore story (or: the Tramiel
- story ;-)
- txt/amiga.newsgroups Overview on comp.sys.amiga.*
- txt/amiga.sites List of FTP sites
- txt/AmigaOverview.tex A short overview on the Amiga-Soft- and
- Hardware
- txt/Hardware.tips For those people who can't live without solder
- src/JWSplit.c The source of a file splitter
- src/JWJoin.c The opponent to JWSplit
- src/addtoc.c Utility to add a toc to texinfo-created docs
- (this document uses it)
- programmers/* Some stuff for programmers: pragmas, vararg
- versions of some tag functions and some
- amiga.lib functions (HookEntry, DoMethod)
-
- I decided to collect these in the Amiga-FAQ archive. It is called
- AmigaFAQ.lha and can be found on Aminet, directory `docs/misc'.
-
- Contributions
- *************
-
- This FAQ can neither get useful nor hit further development without
- your help. Suggestions, contributions, new answers, critics, anything
- is rather welcome.
-
- Please note, that very major subjects are absolutely missing yet:
- Nothing about sound, nothing on graphic cards, no Animation. These are
- some of the Amiga's best points! But I don't know them ... :-(
-
- So grab your keyboard (Your pencil? Well, if there's no other way...)
- and send mail to:
-
- Ignaz Kellerer
- Georg-Habel-Str. 11
- 81241 Munich (Germany)
- Tel. (+49) 089 / 885147
-
- Internet: kellerer@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
-
- Credits
- *******
-
- My thanks go to:
- *Reinhard Spisser and Sebastiano Vigna*
- for the Amiga version of texinfo. This is written with it.
-
- *The Free Software Foundation*
- for the original version of texinfo and many other excellent
- programs.
-
- *Dylan McNamee*
- for contributing the sections on Editors, Word Processors, DTP and
- Postscript and some wording fixes.
-
- *Joseph Luk*
- for help in the section on chunky/planar, double buffering and
- PAL/NTSC
-
- *Urban Dominik Mueller*
- for the FAQ on FTP and Mail-servers.
-
- *Lars Hecking (lhecking@nmrc.ucc.ie)*
- *Philippe Brand (phb@colombo.telesys-innov.fr)*
- for the complete gcc part
-
- *Jochen Wiedmann (zrawi01@decap2.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de)*
- for the composition and posting of the Amiga FAQ until July 1994.
-
- Index
- *****
-
-
-
- . (replacement) Dot-Replacement
- .arj Endings
- .dms Endings
- .gz Endings
- .lha Endings
- .lzh Endings
- .netrc FTP
- .sfx Endings
- .tar Endings
- .z Endings
- .Z Endings
- .zip Endings
- .zom Endings
- .zoo Endings
- 68EC020 68EC0xx
- 68EC030 68EC0xx
- 68LC040 68EC0xx
- A1200 (HD) A1200-HD
- AmiBooksFAQ FAQs
- Amiga Library disks Fish floppy disks
- Amiga networking FAQ FAQs
- Amiga-FAQ archive Amiga-FAQ Archive
- AmigaBasic AmigaBasic
- AmigaSciSchool Infos
- Aminet FTP
- AmiTCP/IP FAQ FAQs
- Anonymous FTP
- ANS Japanese
- ARexx ARexx
- Assemblers Compilers
- AutoDocs Includes
- Basic Compilers
- BBS Mailbox
- C Compilers
- C++ Compilers
- C-program (gcc) Compiling
- Catalog description Localizing
- Catalog translation Localizing
- Catalogs Localizing
- CatComp Localizing
- CATS CATS
- Chunky displays Chunky vs. Planar
- Commodore, Frankfurt Developer
- Commodore, West Chester CATS
- comp.sys.amiga.reviews Reviews
- Compilers Compilers
- Console window WindowPtr
- Contributions Contributions
- Credits Credits
- CrossDos MS-Dos disks
- Current directory Dot-Replacement
- DaggeX X11
- Desktop Publishing DTP
- Developer Developer
- DoMethod Missing functions
- DoSuperMethod Missing functions
- Doublebuffering Doublebuffering
- DTP DTP
- Editors Editors
- Emulators Emulators
- endings Endings
- Enforcer 68EC0xx
- Esc sequences Printer control
- FAQ's, others FAQs
- FD-files Pragmas
- fd2pragma Pragmas
- file endings Endings
- Fish CD-Rom Fish CD
- Fish disks Fish disk xxx
- Fish floppy disks Fish floppy disks
- Fish PD Fish
- FishCon Infos
- FishXref Infos
- FlexCat Localizing
- Forth Compilers
- Fortran Compilers
- FPU FPU
- Fresh Fish CD-Rom Fish CD
- FTP servers FTP
- GadTools MUI
- Gcc The GNU C compiler
- gcc-amiga-libraries Amiga Libraries
- gcc-authors Authors
- gcc-compiling Compiling
- gcc-current Current Version
- gcc-how-to-get-help How to get help
- gcc-inline-headers Inline Headers
- gcc-installation Installation
- gcc-requirements Requirements
- gcc-sources Sources for Gcc
- GfxBase X11
- GigaMem 68EC0xx
- Graphics Graphics
- GUI Workbench
- Guo Biao Chinese
- HD (A1200) A1200-HD
- HD compression HD-Compression
- Hirsch & Wolf CATS
- history Amiga-FAQ Archive
- HookEntry Missing functions
- HZview Chinese
- IBM emulator IBM-compatibles
- Icons Icons
- Includes Includes
- JemTeX Japanese
- JIStoJi Japanese
- jmore Japanese
- Kanji Japanese
- KingFisher Infos
- KitCat Localizing
- LibAllocPooled Missing functions
- Linux Unix
- Lisp Compilers
- locale.library Localizing
- Localizing Localizing
- MagicWB Icons
- Mail-server Mail
- mailbox Mailbox
- Mailing lists Mailing lists
- MakeCat Localizing
- Memory, virtual 68EC0xx
- Missing functions Missing functions
- MMU 68EC0xx
- Modula-2 Compilers
- Monitors Monitors
- MS-Dos (emulator) IBM-compatibles
- MS-Dos (Syquest) MsDos-Syquest
- MS-Dos disks MS-Dos disks
- Msh MS-Dos disks
- MUI MUI
- Multiscan Monitors
- MWB Icons
- NDA Developer
- NDK Includes
- NDU Includes
- NDUK Includes
- NetBSD Unix
- NewIcons Icons
- NTSC PAL-NTSC
- Oberon Compilers
- Oberon-A Compilers
- packers Endings
- packers on Unix Endings
- Page Layout Languages Word Processors
- PAL PAL-NTSC
- Pascal Compilers
- Pipe (command) Pipe command
- PIPE: Pipe
- Planar displays Chunky vs. Planar
- Point manager FAQ FAQs
- Postscript Postscript
- pragmas Pragmas
- Printer control Printer control
- Prolog Compilers
- Queue-handler Pipe
- Reviews Reviews
- RKMs Manuals
- Rom Kernel manuals Manuals
- Splitting files Splitting
- Stacker HD-Compression
- Syquest MsDos-Syquest
- TeX TeX
- Text Editors Editors
- Unix Unix
- Unix-LhA Unix-LhA
- VGA Monitors
- Word Processors Word Processors
- Workbench Workbench
- Wysiwyg Word Processors
- X11 X11
- XFH HD-Compression
- XPK HD-Compression
- _mchar _mchar
- _pchar Pipe command
-
-