#Amiga Dev in general
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All right, I'll admit it! I'm a MacHead developer from way back. But I was
pretty impressed with the Amiga hardware specs and with the quality of the
games (especially compared to macs) and so I got one hoping to write some
cool stuff. After much effort, I don't see how anyone get do it. The
system, in my experience, is totally unstable, the development tools (other
than cpr) (I have Lattice C) are clunky and backwards which is a shame
because their definitely is some pretty neat stuff in this system. And this
from a guy who has seen some
pretty lamo development stuff in Mac days gone by. So what's the verdict?
Am I
a total loon or is this the situation?
Dave Brosius
The Amiga system software isn't unstable. It's been quite stable for quite
a number of years now. What do mean by "unstable"?
What type of development tools are you looking for? There are a number of
things that can be of use to developers. One is PowerWindows by
Inovatronics. It lets you set up all the windows, menus and gadgets
(gadgets are the Amiga name for Mac "buttons") for your application. There
are also a few freely redistributable programs to help software
development.
What type of thing are you used to seeing or do expect to see in a
development environment? There are a number of software developers here
in the forums, and we'll be more than happy to discuss this with you.
Steve
Dave –
Before you get 'flamed' too badly (although the 'flames' here are usually
not as bad as those on Usenet 🙂 ), you might want to be a little bit
more explicit about why you perceive the system to be 'totally' unstable,
and what you dislike about the development tools (what tools have you
tried, for example). Both the current versions of Lattice C (5.05) and
Manx/Aztec C (5.0b, I believe) are said to be quite good (I have no
personal experience with Aztec C). Lattice customer support is in a state
of flux at the moment as Lattice's parent company SAS is assuming all
responsibilities for Amiga Lattice C.
You'll find a lot of folks here have years of experience on many different
machines and can make some interesting comparisons on abilities of those
machines. However, facts and direct observations are much preferred to
overgeneralizations, rumors and innuendos. We are a vocal group, however
(you should see the comp.sys.amiga.* groups on Usenet!!), so even facts and
direct observations might get flamed on occasion.
Jeff Schweiger