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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4541.0. "another beginner" by EAYV01::ITEC_TRAIN06 () Fri Feb 22 1991 12:13

    
    Help required.
    
    Judging by most of the notes in this conference, this will seem
    incredibly trivial, but its driving me crazy.
    
    Every time I create a Bob (that is in Amiga Basic) it flickers
    continuousely.
    
    What am I doing wrong, could it be the screen, or window has to
    be of a specific type ?.
    
   Andy.
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4541.1Braindead NOTIBM::MCGHIEThank Heaven for small Murphys !Sat Feb 23 1991 22:478
A feature of Amigabasic ?!?

I noticed the same thing when I was playing around with Amigabasic.

I seem to recall it has simething to do with Amigabasic being a bit
brain dead.

Mike
4541.2RGB::ROSEMon Feb 25 1991 09:065
	That is, in fact, a failing of Amiga Basic. If you want to program in
Basic and use sprites and bobs (and lots of other hardware features), get AMOS.
It goes for about $65 - $70 mail order. Or, you could try one of the C compilers
on the Fish disks. You can get the includes and libraries from Commodore for
$20. Dice on FF443 is very good.
4541.3Brain dead using a Brain dead language.EAYV01::ITEC_TRAIN06Tue Feb 26 1991 04:5710
    AMOS ?.   Fish disks ?.  could you be a bit more specific.
    
    Or I could try one of the C compilers ( I would have imagined that
    a C compiler was for compiling C ) I take it there is something
    I dont know.
    
    Could you give me the mail order address mentioned.
                                                      
    Also what is Dice on FF443 ?.
4541.4RGB::ROSETue Feb 26 1991 09:1124
	AMOS is a version of BASIC that supports many of the hardware features
such as sprites and bobs, sound, etc. If you are a beginner, this is a very
good way to get started because you can access these features from a very high
level.

	The C compilers I mentioned do, indeed compile C. The reason I 
suggested them is that you can access sprites and bobs without flashing. But,
it's a whole lot more complicated programming in C than accessing the same
functions from AMOS. So AMOS would probably best suit your needs.

	Fish Disks are the premier public domain library. You can access all
of the Fred Fish disks on the network. There are now 450 disks of public domain
programs in this library. You can access them from TAPE::amiga:[amiga.fish]
You can find a catalog of the programs available by looking for 
tape::amiga:[amiga]ff_cat_v*.*. To get instructions on how to download these
programs to your AMIGA over a modem, do a "dir/title=download" in this 
conference. As I recall, the most recent note gave step by step instructions.
If you don't have a modem, you can buy disks from any number of places for
$3-$5. Check with your local dealers or the back of magazines such as Amiga
World. 

	You can find AMOS advertised in the Amiga magazines. Most mail order
houses carry it. One of the better prices I have seen is at a place
called Safe Harbor. Their order line is 800-544-6599.
4541.5THANKSEAYV01::ITEC_TRAIN06Tue Feb 26 1991 11:131
    THANKS A LOT FOR THE INFORMATION.  I THINK IM GETTING THERE NOW.