trankitron
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Hello everyone!
I'm Rafael from Madrid, a telecommunications engineer dedicated to software engineering for over 20 years. I suppose my approach to this world of retro computing is a typical case. My first computer that I owned was an Amiga 500, although the one I started with was my friend's ZX80. It seems that my parents, although they took some time to make the investment, when they decided to do it, they dug deep into their pockets and made a very wise choice. The truth is, those years of self-taught discovery of what computers were with the Amiga were unforgettable.
Over time, I transitioned to the mainstream path of PCs, but the memory of the Amiga was always present. So, during the pandemic —perhaps out of nostalgia or as a measure to ward off depression— I started collecting some vintage equipment, mainly from Commodore, but also others that historically seemed interesting to me. The second aspect is that I try to be able to program something, no matter how small, on each of them to better understand how it was to work with those machines and their limitations.
Now, I'm trying to scratch the itch of learning low-level programming on the Amiga, so any resources or recommendations in that regard are more than welcome. I have already discovered some books like "Bare-Metal Amiga Programming" by Edwin van den Oosterkamp or what I consider the best one, the "Amiga Hardware Reference Manual" written, among others, by Jay Miner himself (it's a shame that it's no longer available in print at a reasonable price).
Best regards!
I'm Rafael from Madrid, a telecommunications engineer dedicated to software engineering for over 20 years. I suppose my approach to this world of retro computing is a typical case. My first computer that I owned was an Amiga 500, although the one I started with was my friend's ZX80. It seems that my parents, although they took some time to make the investment, when they decided to do it, they dug deep into their pockets and made a very wise choice. The truth is, those years of self-taught discovery of what computers were with the Amiga were unforgettable.
Over time, I transitioned to the mainstream path of PCs, but the memory of the Amiga was always present. So, during the pandemic —perhaps out of nostalgia or as a measure to ward off depression— I started collecting some vintage equipment, mainly from Commodore, but also others that historically seemed interesting to me. The second aspect is that I try to be able to program something, no matter how small, on each of them to better understand how it was to work with those machines and their limitations.
Now, I'm trying to scratch the itch of learning low-level programming on the Amiga, so any resources or recommendations in that regard are more than welcome. I have already discovered some books like "Bare-Metal Amiga Programming" by Edwin van den Oosterkamp or what I consider the best one, the "Amiga Hardware Reference Manual" written, among others, by Jay Miner himself (it's a shame that it's no longer available in print at a reasonable price).
Best regards!
