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    Frequently asked questions (FAQ) concerning the Amiga. [3/3]
    ------------------------------------------------------------

This is the third 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: [e-mail]

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  Disclaimer

  1 CPU, Custom chips, RAM and other stuff
    1 What are the 68EC020 and the 68EC030?
    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 What is the Amiga equivalent of . (Current directory)?
    3 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

  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 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

  7 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?
    5 What is MUI and where do I find it?

  8 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



  5 Applications
  **************

     This chapter offers informations about major Applications.

  5.1 Text Editors
  ================

     Text Editors are programs allowing to enter and edit unformatted
  text.  Generally, this means text that is meant to be manipulated by
  machine, rather than human. Programmers use these to enter the text for
  compilers.  Since UNIX machines don't typically have word processors,
  most text processing starts with a text editor, then is filtered
  through a page layout system (TeX, for example) to produce attractive
  paper results.

  *Commercial Products*
       CygnusEd Professional and TurboText seem to be the main contenders
       in the professional realm. The Fred Fish disks contain dozens of
       other shareware text editors. A demo version of TurboText is on
       Fish disk 445.  A very old demo of CygnusEd is on Fish disk 95
       (testament to its lasting-power). In the following some freely
       distributable editors will be discussed.

  *Emacs*
       Gnu Emacs (the "G" is not silent) comes from Unix and is probably
       the king of editors - it's huge (about 1 Megabyte), feature-packed
       (it does windows and even contains a game!) and extensible (if you
       know lisp you can write new emacs functions and bind them to any
       key combination).  On the other hand, it may be too huge, its
       feature-ladenness is imposing, and its extensibility often means
       you can't use someone else's emacs configuration. Source: Aminet
       (directory `util/gnu').

  *Vi*
       The leaner, less configurable, non-extensible cousin to gnu emacs
       is vi (pronounced "vee eye"). Unix people like vi especially
       because you find it on *any* Unix machine. What you choose is
       personal preference, and will mark you for life. Vim is a good vi
       for the amiga, and is on Fish disk 591 or in the `util/gnu'
       directory of Aminet.

  *DME*
       Many Amiga programmers like DME. It's fast, fully configurable;
       menus may be created and any key may be mapped. It's much easier
       to learn DME than than Emacs or Vi. There are three different
       versions: AmokEd, DME and XDME. It's a matter of opinion which you
       prefer. (Oberon and Modula programmers like AmokEd because it's
       written in Oberon and supports AmigaOberon error messages, C
       programmers like DME or XDME.) Sources: Aminet (directory
       `util/edit'), Fish disk 776 (XDME) and 749 (AmokEd), AMOK 90.

  5.2 What word processors are there?
  ===================================

     A word processor is the typical application for writing notes,
  letters or reports on a computer. Unless you prepare newsletters on a
  weekly basis, your word procesor is probably your workhorse program.
  Thus choosing one you are comfortable with determines how comfortable
  you are with your computer. Word processors can offer a variety of
  features, and many can approach the sophistication required for Desktop
  Publishing (see DTP) but no one uses them for programming, for which
  text editors are more suited.

     One distinguishes between Wysiwyg programs (What you see is what you
  get) and page layout languages. Wysiwyg programs should be fast,
  comfortable and easy to use. Most people prefer them. The alternative
  is an approach that works similar to compilers. You feed text files to
  a a program that produces the layout which may be previewed on screen
  or printed. LaTeX takes this approach. See TeX. Lout is another such
  system which seems smaller, easier to learn and has full documentation
  included, but it is nonstandard.  Lout produces Postscript output. (I
  don't know if this is an advantage or disadvantage. ;-) See Postscript.
  Both programs are freely distributable.

     There are a lot of wysiwyg programs, but only commercial products:
  FinalWriter, Final Copy II, Wordworth, Word Perfect, AmiWrite,
  Beckertext II, Maxon Word and many others. I don't dare to recommend
  any.  All I can say is: Give yourself time to make a selection.

  5.3 Desktop Publishing
  ======================

     These programs offer features lacking in word processors, usually
  tailored to flexible arrangement of text, but often don't provide all of
  the text manipulation that a good word processor provides. The best
  desktop publishing programs strive to provide the features of both,
  just as the best word processors strive to provide the features of
  desktop publishing programs. Microsoft Word (Mac, PC) is a good example
  of a word processing program that offers many page layout feature.
  Framemaker (UNIX, Macintosh, DOS, etc.) is an example of a desktop
  publishing system that offers most needed word processing functions. As
  yet, no Amiga program has bridged the gap, though the main word
  processors are coming close. (On the other hand, even many
  sophisticated programs don't support typesetting mathematics, tables,
  producing bibliographies, indexes, or cross-references. The page layout
  languages do, and programs like Frame are improving their support of
  such features.) Unless you need to prepare fancy newsletters or
  promotional literature, a word processing program is probably enough.
  See Word Processors.

     There are not yet any freely distributable wysiwyg desktop publishing
  systems. Commercial products are ProPage and PageStream. They have been
  playing leapfrog for the past few years. It appears that PageStream 3.0
  is about to leap ahead. A more detailed description of these products
  and their differences is welcome. Both programs' list prices are $299.
  Student discounts are available (approx 40% discount.)

  5.4 What is TeX and where can I get it?
  =======================================

     TeX is a very powerful wordprocessing system. It can display
  mathematical formulas or complex tables as well as function graphs,
  creates indices, contents and many other things. Its greatest advantage
  is that it is freely distributable (TeX, not the previewers and the
  printer drivers!) and that you find TeX all over the world on every
  computer family. Its greatest disadvantage is that it isn't very handy
  (works similar to a compiler) and it isn't wysiwyg. But many people
  like it. (BTW: This document is written using TeX. 8-) See Word
  Processors.

     There are two major implementations on the Amiga. The first one,
  Amiga-TeX, from Thomas Rockicki and Radical Eye software is commercial.
  It is said to be excellent and his owners seem to be very satisfied.
  But it costs at least 200$.

     I recommend PasTeX, a freely distributable version. People seem to
  have problems installing PasTeX, especially the font loading and
  generation (It's a quite complex program.) but I did not here anyone
  upset once it was installed. (A friend with knowledge of TeX helps
  immensely.) A few words should be said what you need:
     * 5 disks containing the TeX-compiler itself

     * 2 disks containing MetaFont

     * Nothing more Many people ask for fonts. They are included in the
  MetaFont-package and can get compiled by you. All you need to do is
  setting up your TeX-system in the right way which is described in the
  documentation. Please note that the PasTeX disks are compressed using
  the program Zoom. (see Endings) Sources: FTP at `ftp.uni-passau.de',
  directory `/pub/amiga/tex/PasTeX1.3' and the Fish CDs.

  5.5 Are there any Postscript interpreters?
  ==========================================

     PostScript is a programming language designed to be used to describe
  printing on pages. Apple helped make PostScript popular by selling
  printers with built in PostScript interpreters. Many programs have
  evolved to produce PostScript programs as their output, making
  PostScript the lingua franca of printing. Until recently, in order to
  print a PostScript file, you had to have a relatively expensive laser
  printer. The development that changed this was the software PostScript
  interpreter. These programs allow your computer to interpret PostScript
  programs, and produce the matrix of dots to send to your normal
  graphics printer.

     One of the benefits of PostScript is that it is resolution
  independent.  What this means is that it can support the highest
  resolution of your device - and that you can reasonably preview
  PostScript on a low resolution screen.

     There are two free PostScript interpreters for the Amiga. Post and
  Ghostscript. Post comes as an Amiga shared library along with front
  ends for previewing to the screen and printing. This structure allows
  others to write programs that can show PostScript images on screen. In
  fact, AmigaTeX uses Post's library to support incorporation of
  PostScript into documents.  Ghostscript similarly comes in two
  programs, but not as a shared library.  Ghostscript is the rendering
  engine, and Ghostview is the front end.  Sources: Aminet (directorys
  `text/print' and `text/dtp'), Fish disk 669

  Font Concepts
  =============

     The Amiga is able to use two different concepts of fonts. First of
  all   there are the bitmap fonts. These fonts are created by drawing a
  letter   pixel for pixel onto the screen. The advantage is that they
  look good at   small sizes, but are not very good for printout. Also
  they don't look   very good when you change their size. Therefore you
  have to recreate the   font for each size. Second there are the vector
  fonts. They are created by   curves which are stored as mathematical
  formula. This has the advantage   that changing the sizes does not
  effect the output. But this only applies   for larger sizes and
  print-outs. Vector fonts also use less memory.

  5.5.1 Amiga Font Formats
  ------------------------

    1. Agfa IntelliFont (suffix: .type or .lib) is the native font format
       on   the Amiga. You can use it in any application and it can be
       converted to the   standard bitmap format using the system
       utilities `IntelliFont'   (OS 3.x) or `Fountain' (OS 2.x).

    2. Postscript Type 1 fonts can be used within many applications, it
       can be   used in every word processor and DTP program. There are
       two versions of   the Type 1 format: Binary and ASCII (suffix:
       .pfb & .pfa). The Amiga   software uses the Binary format, but you
       can easily convert them with   TypeSmith or some PD software
       products (z.B. PFB2PFA) . In Addition to the   files mentioned
       above, there are the metrics files with the suffixes .afm   or
       .pfm. They contain information about the size (width) of the
       letters   and most programs expect this file to be in the same
       directory as the font   file.

    3. Postscript Type 3 fonts (suffix: .ps or nothing) are not often
       used on   the Amiga, but some applications do support this font
       format (e.g.    PageStream). There are also some download
       utilities from PD sources   available.

    4. Truetype fonts (suffix: .ttf) are not very common on the Amiga,
       there   is one word processor supporting this format (Wordworth
       3.0). Due to the   lower quality of the format, Amiga users tend
       to use higher quality for   their DTP, DTV and word processing...
       There are also two formats: Mac &   Windows available. The Amiga
       software is able to use the Windows format.

    5. DMF fonts is the privat format of PageStream (suffix: .dmf), since
        PageStream is the market leader in DTP programs on the Amiga, so
       this   format is very common!

    6. Bitmap fonts (suffix: .font and numbers in a directory by the name
       of   the font, sometimes .otag when converted from IntelliFont)
       were used in the   OS 1.x, but have been replaced by the  superior
       IntelliFont Format in OS   2.0. Under 2.0 or higher you still are
       able to use the bitmap fonts for   small sizes, but for printouts
       you should use the IntelliFont format or   any other vector font
       format mentioned above.

    7. Colour Bitmap fonts (same suffixes as Bitmap Fonts, but the
       numbers have   in addition a C, e.g. 35C) are also very common on
       the Amiga, they are   mainly used for DTV applications, like the
       Video Toaster and Scala.


  5.5.2 Frequently Requested Amiga Fonts
  --------------------------------------

    1. First place to look for fonts is the AMINET archive. This is the
       biggest     archive of Amiga software and there you will find also
       quite a lot of     fonts. The Aminet consists of many mirrors
       around the world. Here are some     of them:

         1. ftp.wustl.edu,

         2. ftp.luth.se,

         3. ftp.eunet.ch,

         4. ftp.uni-paderborn.de,

         5. ftp.doc.ic.ac.uk.

       Just log in as ftp and go to the directory

       /pub/aminet/text/font.

    2. Another good ftp server to look is the CICA-server:

         1. ftp.cica.indiana.edu


       To this server are also some mirrors around the world available.

    3. Also a good place to look for is the following WWW server:

         1. http://jasper.ora.com/Internet-Font-Archive.html


    4. Another good place is the Fresh Fonts I CD-ROM, there you will
       almost     certainly find some nice fonts. The CD is available from

         1. Fred Fish / Amiga Library Services ([e-mail])

         2. Stefan Ossowski / Schatztruhe GmbH


       The CD is for free when buying another CD from that company.

       You can also access the HTML pages on the CD under the following
       address:

         1. http://macke.gris.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de:4711/~damor/



  5.5.3 Commercial Font Sources
  -----------------------------

     Commercial fonts can be obtained from a number of different
  companies,   including the large font houses: Adobe, Font Haus, Font
  Company,   Bitstream, and Monotype. At these companies, fonts cost
  about $40 for a   single face, and must be purchased in packages.
  Adobe, Bitstream, and   Monotype also sell pre-designated type
  collections for slightly lower   prices.

     There are also a lot of PD reseller who have a vast quantity of
  fonts,   check out your local Amiga magazin for more information.

     Please consult the vendor list for a more complete list of vendors.

  5.5.4 Non-Latin fonts on the Amiga
  ----------------------------------

     Due to the really bad information policy by C= there was actually no
   information about non-latin fonts. But still it is possible to use
  them,   without difficulty. You just have to get yourself some
  additional files.    First of all you need the non-latin font files.
  There is a large selection   of them on the Fresh Fonts CD-ROM
  mentioned above. In order to use the   non-latin font files, you have
  to get yourself the appropriate keymap   file, this will remap the keys
  on the keyboard to the appropriate letters   of the foreign alphabet,
  e.g. in order to use a Russian font, you should   set the russian
  keymap file in the preferences (via PREFS/INPUT).

     Not only that you can write with a non-latin alphabet, you can also
  localize   your workbench. How about a Greek workbench or a Hebrew
  workbench? Have a   look into the AMINET archive (mentioned above) for
  these files!

     In addition to this you can easily use Hebrew & Arabic in any word
  processor   incl. writing from right-to-left! This can be easily done
  by setting the   kerning value to negative values (like this the cursor
  moves left and not   right) and moving the characters into the negativ
  part! You can get fonts   from me with this feature!

  5.5.5 Amiga Font Installation
  -----------------------------

     The installation of Postscript, DMF and Truetype fonts is described
  by the   application that use them. Please refer to the manuals of the
  software   packages.

     The installation of IntelliFonts is very easy. Just start
  `IntelliFont'   (OS 3.x) or `Fountain' (OS 2.x) and follow the
  guidelines from within   the program.

     In order to install bitmap fonts, either copy them to the logical
  device   FONTS: or assign the directory with your bitmap fonts:

         ASSIGN Fonts: <your_directory> ADD

     Right after this you can start your application and use them. When
  using   non-latin fonts, don't forget to set the appropriate keymap
  file!

  5.5.6 Amiga Font Utilities
  --------------------------

    1. IntelliFont

       IntelliFont is the system program by OS 3.x which lets you install
       Agfa   IntelliFonts and converts them to bitmap fonts. The program
       is located in   the drawer `SYS:System/'. For more information
       read your Workbench 3.x   manual.

    2. Fountain

       Is the preceding program to IntelliFont and comes with the now
       obsolete   OS 2.x. Please read the section about Fountain in your
       Workbench 2.x   manual.

    3. PFB2PFA

       This neat little utility lets you convert Postscript Binary files
       to   Postscript ASCII files. This is needed in order to use DOS &
       Amiga   Adobe Type 1 fonts on the Mac!

    4. CacheFont

       This great program caches the fontlist for you, in order to save a
       huge   amount of time. The program looks for all fonts available
       on the system   and creates a special cache-file on disk.

    5. TypeSmith

       This is the best font converter on the Amiga, besides this
       function it is   also a full blown font editor (see below) :-).
       The program is able to   convert between:

         1. Truetype

         2. DMF

         3. Adobe (Type 1 & 3)

         4. IntelliFont

         5. Bitmap (Amiga, Adobe, DMF)

  5.5.7 Making Outline Fonts
  --------------------------

     This is very, very difficult. Many people imagine that there are
  programs that will simply convert pictures into fonts for them. This is
   not the case; most fonts are painstakingly created by drawing curves
  that closely approximate the letterforms. In addition, special rules
  (which improve hinting, etc.) mandate that these curves be drawn in
  specific ways. Even designing, or merely digitizing, a simple font can
  take hundreds of hours.

     The easiest way of learning how to create fonts, is to have a look at
   existing fonts and try to change some letters.

     Given that, there are two major programs used for font design on the
   Amiga, TypeSmith 2.5 ($150) and FontDesigner ($100). These programs
  will allow you to import scanned images, and then trace them with
  drawing tools.  The programs will then generate Adobe type 1, 3,
  TrueType,   AGFA Intellifont, DMF and Bitmap fonts for either the
  Amiga, the Macintosh   or the IBM PC. They will also generate automatic
  hinting. They also open   previously constructed outline fonts,
  allowing them to be modified, or   converted into another format.

     As far as I know, there are no shareware programs that allows you to
   generate outline fonts.

     There are also two programs for creating bitmap fonts. Personal Fonts
   Maker and Calligrapher. The second one has not been updated for
  several   years, but it still is a good tool to work with. The first
  Program was   created by adding some features to a good bitmap paint
  program (Personal   Paint).

     There are some shareware tools to create bitmap fonts which you can
  convert to outline (vector) fonts with TypeSmith.

  5.5.8 Problems and Possible Solutions
  -------------------------------------

    1. Pagestream does not recognize your newly installed font.

       This happens when you have two fonts with the same ID. The
       solution is   to load such a font into a font editor and enter a
       new ID for one of the   fonts. Still it might happen that you
       choose another one, that has already   been used by!

    2. Your application does not find the IntelliFont.

       This happens when you haven't set the locigal device FONTS: to
       your drawer.    You can change this by typing the following
       command into your SHELL or add   this line to your
       `S:User-Startup' file:

              ASSIGN Fonts: <your_drawer> ADD

    3. You're using a non-latin font and the wrong characters appear when
        typing.

       This happens when you forget to set the appropriate keymap file.
       Enter   the Prefs directory and start the program `INPUT'. There
       you can   choose your keymap file.


  5.6 How to deal with Non-Latin texts?
  =====================================

     Currently I know only programs for read japanese and chinese texts.

     Siepieau Pang ([e-mail])

  5.6.1 Japanese editors and viewers
  ----------------------------------

     ANS (Amiga Nihongo System) version 1.0, produced by
           SoftHouse Tecnode
           102 Coupo Izumi
           1-4-5 Houya-shi
           Izumi-machi
           Tokyo 202
           JAPAN

  and distributed in Japan by MIQ Japan, Ltd. has been released in Japan.
  It offers a Japanese environment for Commodore Amiga users, is
  compatible with Amiga DOS 2.0 (works fine with version 1.3, too), and
  requires at least 1MB RAM (more recommended). ANS features Japanese
  windows/menus (these replace the English menus), 12 and 24 dot-matrix
  Japanese fonts, Jinput/Joutput (both constitute a Japanese front-end
  processor), XEDmini (a simple Japanese text editor with built-in font
  editor, and can be used as a Japanese terminal), a kana-to-kanji
  conversion dictionary for XEDmini and Jinput, Jfilter (for viewing
  Japanese files while connected to an MS-DOS console), and utilities for
  Japanese code conversion and communication. Note that XEDmini uses pcj
  (Japanese version of pcd) for communications, and that one can do binary
  uploads/downloads while working on files). I hear that it is reasonably
  priced, and very easy to use.

     JemTeX is a preprocessor that turns a Japanese text file (i.e., a
  TeX file with Japanese text) into a standard (La/Mu)TeX file.  The
  archive (zipped) comes with the jis2mf utility along with a 24-dot
  bitmapped kanji font and a program for generating kanji tables. With
  jis2mf you can make metafont files out of the bitmapped font. JemTeX
  v2.0 will compile on an Amiga using SAS/C, or on a UNIX machine using
  gcc. This program is available at the FTP site utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  (133.11.11.11). JemTeX v2.0 was written by Francois Jalbert
  ([e-mail] or [e-mail]).

     The following are PD viewers on Aminet (text/show directory)

     JIStoJi by Bart Mathias automatically identifies electronic texts
  written in Old-JIS, New-JIS, Shift-JIS, or EUC-JIS (as well as ASCII)
  and displays them on screen, or prints them to dot-matrix printers.
  Will run on Kickstart 1.3 and up.

     jmore (Japanese more) is basically a more clone that also reads
  ns-kanji (Shift-JIS) text. It opens its own hires interlaced screen and
  requires a font handler called jFontSys to be running. The archive
  includes jmore, jFontsys and the wlook/16 bitmap font.  However, you
  will also need the kanji fonts. (Aminet, `text/font/amknj16.lzh') All
  the documentation comes as Japanese text, so you need a JIS viewer to
  read the installation instructions. For your convenience, I have
  summarized the installation procedure below:
    1. Place the `wlook/16' font in your `FONTS:' directory

    2. Assign `JFONTS:' to where you unarchive the amknj16 fonts. This
       need not be the same as your `FONTS:' directory

    3. Place the file `jFont-startup' in the `S:' directory

    4. Insert the following line into your `startup-sequence':
                run >nil: jFontSys

    5. To use execute the following command
                jmore <japanese.txt>

  JISconvert by Dwight Hubbard is a japanese text conversion utility for
  Amiga computers. It supports conversion between EUC, New JIS, Old JIS,
  NEC JIS and Shift JIS. It also has options to convert half-size
  katakana to full size and repair files with ESC characters stripped. No
  installation required. Requires AmigaDOS 2.04 or newer.

  5.6.2 Chinese text viewers
  --------------------------

     HZview (by Ji Ma) shows 8-bit Guo Biao encoded chinese text
  documents. Requires AmigaDOS v2.1 and above, and cclib.16 bitmap
  library (included).

     *NOTE*: This is a pre-release version. What the doc file does not
  tell you is that you need to do the following:
    1. Open a default public hires interlaced 1 or 2-bit deep screen

    2. The size of the file to be read is restricted to about 30K (on my
       machine, A1200, WB3.0)

    3. An FPU is required if you want to scroll the text without crashing

    4. The cclib.16 should be in the same directory as the file to be read

  Other small bugs still exist which may crash the machine.

  6 Emulators
  ***********

     What? The Amiga isn't good enough? You really want it to be another
  machine?  Well, look here...

  6.1 Can I run Unix on my Amiga?
  ===============================

     Actually there are three Unix versions on the Amiga. All of them
  need at least 68030 (see 68EC0xx), probably a 68040 in the near future
  and seem to have problems with many hard-drive-controllers. You should
  have a good look into the documentation before installing it. Unix
  needs much resources, say at least 10Mb RAM and a 150Mb Unix-partition
  on the hard-drive.

    1. Commodore offered a System V Unix in the past. It contained TCP/IP,
       X11 and other software and seemed to make a good job, but it was
       expensive and after all Commodore has dropped developing it.
       Commodore-Unix needs a streamer because it is distributed on tapes.

    2. A Linux port is prepared. But actually there is not very much than
       the kernel. Specialists might like to use it, but it cannot be
       recommended for now. Linux is freely distributable. Sources:
       `ftp.tsx-11.mit.edu' or `ftp.uni-erlangen.de', both directory
       `/pub/Linux/MIRROR.tsx-11/680x0'.  Or `ftp.leo.org', directory
       `/pub/comp/os/linux/680x0'.

    3. NetBSD is freely distributable too. Like Linux it isn't ready for
       now, but it seems to make big steps. Most GNU software is said to
       run, especially emacs and gcc. I think it's worth to have a look
       on it. Sources: `ftp.uni-erlangen.de', Directory
       `/pub/amiga/unix/NetBSD-regensburg'.  See Fish CD.


  6.2 Is it possible to use the Amiga as X11 terminal?
  ====================================================

     Yes, it is. There are two different packages available:

     GfxBase offers a commercial version which is said to be excellent,
  but expensive. The distribution includes different window managers
  andclients.  A demo version is on Aminet.
  (`gfx/x11/GfxBase-X11-Demo.lha')

     DaggeX is freely distributable and probably not finished yet. (It
  calls itself version 0.91.) Source: Aminet, `gfx/x11/DaggeX-0.91.lha'
  and `gfx/x11/twm_930531.lha'.

! 6.3 Is there a way to start MS-Dos programs?
! ============================================

!    PC-Task is a software only IBM-PC emulator for all Amiga computers
! allowing use of MSDOS and MS Windows 3.1 software (provided RAM/HD
! space is sufficient).  The current release is 3.1 which includes
! emulation of 80286 with MDA/CGA/EGA/VGA/SVGA, serial and parallel
! ports, mouse, two harddrives, two floppies and CDROM support.  A
! demonstration version can be obtained from aminet sites:
! `/pub/aminet/misc/emu/PCTaskDemo31.lzh'.  Author Chris Hames
! ([e-mail]) Publisher ([e-mail])

  6.4 How to mount MsDos-formatted Syquests on Amiga
  ==================================================

     To mount a MSDos-formatted Syquest on Amiga, you need with an (DOSen)
  Adaptec-Controller the following Mount-entry in `DEVS:Mountlist': If
  your medium does have more than one partition, you need to copy the
  following Mount-Entry for every partition and give each partition
  another name (eg. SyC:, SyD:, SyE:, etc.) You don't need to change
  LowCyl and HighCyl for each partition; CrossDOSFileSystem does that
  automatically.

       SyC:   /* SyD:, SyE:, etc. */
               Filesystem      = L:CrossDOSFileSystem
               Device          = scsi.device
               Unit            = 2
               Flags           = 1
               Surfaces        = 1
               BlocksPerTrack  = 1
               BlockSize       = 512
               Reserved        = 1
               Interleave      = 0
               LowCyl          = 0
               HighCyl         = 524287
               Buffers         = 128
               BufMemType      = 0
               Stacksize       = 4000
               Priority        = 5
               GlobVec         = -1
               DosType         = 0x4D534800
               Activate        = 1
       #

     For different (DOSen) controllers this entry should work, too, but
  maybe you have to adjust it. When inserted, the Syquest-270MB medium is
  (in this case) automatically mounted (as drive SyC:) and can be used
  with help of the CrossDOS-Filesystem as usual.

     Gerhard Schneider ([e-mail]) Andre Keller
  ([e-mail])

  7 Miscellaneous
  ***************

     This last chapter contains some questions that don't fit in the
  chapters above.

  7.1 Is there any unix version of LhA?
  =====================================

     See Endings.

  7.2 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

  7.3 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)

  7.4 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. :-)

  7.5 What is MUI and where do I find it?
  =======================================

     MUI is a set of shared libraries which are used to build a
  comfortable GUI (`Graphical user interface'). The general idea of MUI
  is that the programmer determines only the logical structure of the GUI
  and the look (Font, Size, Windows on Workbench, Public Screen, own
  Screen, ...) is determined by the user only. From the programmers point
  of view using MUI is simpler than `gadtools.library' but much more
  powerful. On the other hand MUI interfaces are slower than
  GadTools-Interfaces, especially on old 68000 machines.

     MUI is found in two archives, one for developers only and one for
  users. Source: Aminet, `dev/misc'.

  8 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?

  8.1 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.

  8.2 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.

  8.3 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-erlangen.de      131.188.3.2     pub/aminet/   7000
       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-stuttgart.de     129.69.18.15    cd  aminet    4500
       Germany      ftp.uni-siegen.de        141.99.128.1    pub/aminet/   1500
       Germany      ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de      130.149.17.7    pub/aminet/   4000
       Germany      ftp.stud.fh-heilbronn.de 141.7.1.41      pub/aminet/    600
       Germany      ftp.tu-chemnitz.de       192.108.33.193  pub/aminet/   4000
       Germany      ftp.rz.uni-wuerzburg.de  132.187.1.2     pub/aminet/    700
       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.

  8.4 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
       [e-mail]
       [e-mail]
       [e-mail]
       [e-mail]
       [e-mail]
       [e-mail]
       [e-mail]

  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

  8.5 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

  8.6 The Fish PD series
  ======================

     A very good source is the Fish PD series. One distinguishes between
  the floppy disks and the CD-Roms.

  8.6.1 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.

  8.6.2 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: [phone]

  8.7 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:'.

  8.8 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.

  8.9 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            [e-mail]
       Dice            [e-mail]         or
                       [e-mail] (Germany)
       gcc             [e-mail]
       Lisp            [e-mail]
       Mui             [e-mail]
       Oberon-A        [e-mail]

  8.10 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.

  *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)
       Ftp: rtfm.mit.edu, pub/usenet/comp.sys.amiga.misc.  Maintainer:
       Marc Atkins, [e-mail]

  *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 ([e-mail])

  *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 ([e-mail])

  *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
       ([e-mail])

  *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 ([e-mail])

  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: [e-mail]

  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 ([e-mail])*
  *Philippe Brand ([e-mail])*
       for the complete gcc part

  *Jochen Wiedmann ([e-mail])*
       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
   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
   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
   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
   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
   NDA                                    Developer
   NDK                                    Includes
   NDU                                    Includes
   NDUK                                   Includes
   NetBSD                                 Unix
   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
   Wysiwyg                                Word Processors
   X11                                    X11
   XFH                                    HD-Compression
   XPK                                    HD-Compression
   _mchar                                 _mchar
   _pchar                                 Pipe command