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- From: skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Skip Sauls)
- Subject: Re: Newcomer questions (not in FAQ)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.223443.11556@ra.msstate.edu>
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- Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
- References: <1992Aug28.214131.8336@ra.msstate.edu>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 22:34:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug28.214131.8336@ra.msstate.edu> wgs1@ra.msstate.edu (Walter G. Seefeld) writes:
- >I am completely new to Amiga's, but I'm looking for a good machine on
- >which to do some 68000 programming. Does assembly language on the Amiga
- >feel anything like 68000 assembly, or does the surrounding circuitry
- >make it more a dialect of it's own?
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- Can't say that I've had much experience with 68k assembly on the Amiga,
- but I'm pretty sure it is the standard dialect. The Amiga has some
- nifty custom chips that may be treated a little differently thought..
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- >I am considering buying an A500 for this purpose, and would appreciate
- >anyone's input on the matter. Also, what will suffice for a video monitor?
- >I have a TV, but it's small. I would prefer to avoid that. On the other
- >hand, I have a 640x480 VGA monitor that would do nicely if there is some
- >way to make the A500 drive it without being too expensive.
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- The VGA monitor will work if you have the ECS chipset and the 2.0 OS. A
- "problem" is that the VGA monitor cannot handle the Amiga's 15kHz modes
- and many programs open their own screens in these modes. A flicker-fixer
- will cost you a couple hundred bucks, but it will allow you to use the
- A500 in nearly any mode that the Amiga supports.
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- >Please help me with these questions. I don't know anyone locally who would
- >be able to answer them.
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- Well, I'm in Oxford, which is only a couple of hours away by car. Also,
- there have been a couple of different posters from Mississippi State over
- the last year who might be able to help you. Try looking up a guy named
- Mubashir Cheema.
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- Skip Sauls
- skip@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu
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