#New Users – NeatStuff
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As some of you may know, I am writing a book for new users, title is The
Amiga Companion – "What The Intro Manuals Left Out". It is primarily CLI
based, done the right way, with lots and lots and lots of examples (and
organized by topic, rather than one command per page). It concentrates on
the single-drive owner wherever possible (tough to do). To provide a quick
start, I have planned that one chapter be devoted to public domain or
shareware programs that a new user might want/need to get going. Sure, one
COULD go and buy 136 FISH disks at 3-5 dollars each, but that is a
significant investment. What I need to know is what do YOU think are the
"essential" utilities and games and things – if you came from the C64 or
Atari 800 for example and knew a little bit of BASIC, what would YOU wish
someone would tell you about that would make your introduction to Amiga more
fun and more productive, without costing an arm and a leg for something you
might never look at a second time.
There is a LOT of experience here, and I'd like to be able to pass on some of
that to the new folks. C'mon – what'd you think? Thanks a bunch for taking
the time to think about it and respond.
Rob Peck – 76515,3171