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Hi Stephen, You'll probably get lots of answers to this one, but I'll add my bit anyway. You will need to obtain a C compiler because you do not get one with the Amiga. If you don't mind spending quite a bit of money, SAS C is a good compiler. In England it costs about 330 pounds. It really needs a hard disc and quite a bit of memory. If you don't want to buy a commercial compiler there is a shareware C compiler called Dice. I haven't used this but I've heard a lot of good reports of it. As far as differences between Amiga and IBM are concerned, the C language is the same, and most of the C library functions which do not do screen handling will probably be the same. The big difference is in keyboard and screen handling. The Amiga has built in functions for graphics, sound, windows, gadgets etc. The PC does not. If you are programming with Windows on the PC there is a standard set of functions for graphics and window control which is completly different from the Amiga. If you are not using windows you will probably have a graphics library produced by the people who supply the compiler. Peter Wade Autopiloting from London, England