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Commodore Amiga

Books & publications for the Commodore Amiga line.

Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. The original model is one of a number of mid-1980s computers with 16- or 32-bit processors, 256 KB or more of RAM, mouse-based GUIs, and significantly improved graphics and audio compared to previous 8-bit systems. This includes the Atari STÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âreleased earlier the same yearÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Âas well as the Macintosh and Acorn Archimedes.

Based on the Motorola 68000 microprocessor, the Amiga differs from its contemporaries through the inclusion of custom hardware to accelerate graphics and sound, including sprites and a blitter, and a pre-emptive multitasking operating system called AmigaOS.

The Commodore Amiga 500

In 1987, Commodore introduced the Amiga 500, or simply the A500. It was a relatively inexpensive 16-bit home computer. Commodore's aim was to create a machine that could compete in the market against the other 16 bit machines such as the Atari and the Apple Computers.

The Amiga architecture is built around Motorola's 68000 processor. The Amiga 500 came standard with 512KByte of RAM, expandable to 9MByte. The RAM was devided into Chip RAM and Fast RAM. The Chip RAM was accessible by the Video and Sound Chip, and the Fast RAM was accessible by the CPU.

The Amiga could be connected to a monitor, but also to a TV set. The A500 is the best selling computer in the Amiga line-up. Amiga offered excellent graphics and performance at a reasonable price.

Graphics Capabilities, provided by the Denise Sound Chip.

320x200 in 32 colors (320x256 on PAL versions)
640x400 in 16 colors (640x512 on PAL versions)
Planar graphics with up to five bit planes.
Colors come from a 4096 color palette
Extra half-brite mode for 32 additional colors at half brightness
HAM (Hold And Modify) mode allowing 4096 colors simultaneous

Amiga had 8 hardware sprites, each is 16 pixels wide, by unlimited height, in 4 colours (3+transparent)

Sprites 1&2 take their palette from Colours 16,17,18,19 (16 is ignored.. transparent)
Sprites 3&4 take their palette from Colours 20,21,22,23 (20 is ignored.. transparent)
Sprites 5&6 take their palette from Colours 24,25,26,27 (24 is ignored.. transparent)
Sprites 7&8 take their palette from Colours 28,29,30,31 (16 is ignored.. transparent)

2 sprites can be combined, by setting their positions to the same place, and setting the "attach" bit in the control word. This gives you a 16 colour sprite that uses from colours 16 to 31 (although again, 16 is treated as transparent)

Introduction to the Amiga 500
Language: English

Published in 1987 by Commodore

Amiga Intern
by Dittrich, Gelfand, Schemmel
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890111041

Spiele Programmierung in Assembler
by Schimanski, Jorgo
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Heim Verlag

ISBN: 3928480022

BECKERtext Amiga
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890115829

Amiga 500 Power Pack
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Data Becker

Das Grosse Amiga Jahrbuch 87
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Commodore

AssemPro manual
by Schulz, Peter
Language: English

Published in 1990 by Data Becker

ISBN: 155755026X

Das Amiga Spielebuch
by Babiel, Rainer & Woytal, Patrick
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Sybex

ISBN: 3887458443

Der Amiga Die Geschichte einer Computerlegende
by Mohr, Volker
Language: German

Published in 2007 by Edition Retrobooks

ISBN: 3938199121

Amiga SuperED
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Markt & Technik

Amiga 500 Appetizer
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Commodore

Amiga 500 fÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼r Einsteiger
by Spanik
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890111920

Das Grosse Buch zu GFA BASIC AMIGA
by Bleek; Hecht; Litzkendorf
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890112765

Amiga Cluster Handbuch
by Pfrengle, Thomas
Language: German

Published in 1992 by StoneWare

Amiga 500 Benutzerhandbuch
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Commodore

Amiga Hard Disk Benutzerhandbuch
Language: German

Published in 1992 by Commodore

Amiga, da informatica a religione 1985 ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ 2013
Language: Italian

Published in 2013 by Workbench Release

AmigaBASIC
by Ruegheimer, Hannes
Language: Italian

Published in 1988 by Free Time Editions

ISBN: 8885111033

GFA Basic 3.5 Interpreter
Language: English

Published in 1990 by Data Media UK

ISBN: 1855520095

M2 Amiga Modula-2 Compiler
by Degen; Nieder; Straube; Schaub
Language: German

Published in 1988 by A+L AG, Schweiz

ISBN: 390701720X

Programmieren mit Amiga Basic
by Henning, Horst-Rainer
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG, HiSoft

ISBN: 3890904343

Das Amiga Handbuch
by Breuer, Markus
Language: German

Published in 1986 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG, HiSoft

ISBN: 3890902286

Amiga 1200 - Guida all'uso
by Smith, Bruce
Language: Italian

Published in 1993 by Jackson Libri

ISBN: 8825605439

Amiga BASIC
by RÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼gheimer, Spanik
Language: German

Published in 1986 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890112099

Amiga C In Beispielen
by Huckert, E; Kremser, F.
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

ISBN: 3890905390

Das Grosse Amiga Musikbuch
by Hahn; Spanik; Tai
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890112153

HiSoft Amiga Devpac Assembler
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG, HiSoft

Amiga Tips und Tricks
by Weltner; Hornig
Language: German

Published in 1986 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890112110

Amiga COMAL
Language: English

Published in 1990 by UniComal

VLAB YUV Echtzeit Video Digitizer Benutzerhandbuch
Language: German

Published in 1992 by Macro System

Amiga 2000 Buch
by Breuer, Markus
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

ISBN: 3890905749

Grafik auf dem Amiga
by Kohlen, Manfred
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

ISBN: 3890902367

Public Domain Schatztruhe
by Leithaus, Ralf
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Verlag technicSupport

ISBN: 3926847220

Introduzione ad Amiga 600
Language: Italian

Published in 1991 by Commodore Electronics Ltd

First Steps: Amiga Surfin by Karl Jeacle
by Jeade, Karl
Language: English

Published in 1996 by Bookmark Publishing

ISBN: 1855500078

Il manuale dell'hardware dell'Amiga
by Peck, Robert
Language: Italian

Published in 1990 by IHT Gruppo Editoriale S.r.l.

ISBN: 887803018X

DELUXE Grafik mit dem Amiga
by Breuer, Markus
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

C auf dem Amiga
by Wollschlaeger, Peter
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

ISBN: 3877910262

Dr.Ruprecht, Kommentiertes ROM Listing 1
by Ruprecht, Dr.
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Edotronik, Biosystems und GIV

ISBN: 3883201685

Amiga Hardware Tuning
by Gerlach, Uwe; Hochberger, Christian
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

ISBN: 3890905862

AMOS The Creator Handbuch
by Lionet, Francois; Hill, Stephen
Language: German

Published in 1992 by Europress Software

ISBN: 9781872084509

Amiga Assembler Von Null Auf Hundert
by Webers, Ronald; Zavelberg, Frank
Language: German

Published in 1993 by Verlag Gabriele Lechner

ISBN: 3926858400

Landschafts-Malerei mit Deluxe Paint
by Lechner, Gabriele
Language: German

Published in 1994 by Verlag Gabriele Lechner

ISBN: 392685846X

Amiga Oberon
by Siebert, Fridtjof
Language: German

Published in 1990 by A+L AG

Introduction to the Amiga 2000
Language: English

Published in 1987 by Commodore

Klops& LÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼cke Die AMIGA Detektive
by Stieper, Frank
Language: German

Published in 1992 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3877912540

Programmare l'Amiga
by Eugene P. Mortimore
Language: Italian

Published in 1989 by IHT

ISBN: 887803004X

Amiga Datenstrukturen Lexikon
by Lukowicz, Paul; Pfeiffer, Olaf
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3890902502

Einschalten Und Loslegen! Das Unentbehrliche Einsteigerbuch Zum AMIGA
by Stieper, Frank; Schweda, Detlef
Language: German

Published in 1992 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3877913385

Kommentiertes ROM Listing 2
by Ruprecht, Dr.
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Mediscript Verlag

ISBN: 3883201693

AMIGA Maschinensprache
by Dittrich, Stefan
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890110762

Amiga - C fÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼r Einsteiger
by Schaun, Dirk
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890111076

Amiga - Maschinensprache fÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼r Einsteiger
by Tornsdorf, Manfred
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890111726

Amiga: Programmieren in Basic
by Klein, Rolf-Dieter
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Franzis Verlag

ISBN: 3772389716

Das neue Supergrafikbuch zum Amiga
by Trapp, Weltner
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890113451

Amiga - Programmieren in Maschinensprache
by Riemenschneider, Frank
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3890907121

Amiga Spiele selber programmieren
by Laber, Niki
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Verlag Gabriele Lechner

ISBN: 3926858311

AmigaDOS 1.3 Anwender- und Programmiererbuch
by HÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¤ring, Wilfried
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3890908020

Amiga Modula 2
by Gzella, Holger
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 389090744X

Amiga Trickstudio A
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3890907156

Amiga Call
by Schmidt, Markus
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Markt & Technik

Das groÃƒÆ’Ã…Â¸e AMIGA Druckerbuch
by Ockenfelds, Ralf
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Data Becker

Final Calc
Language: German

Published in 1995 by SoftWood, Inc.

Amiga-Oberon V3 Handbuch
by Siebert, Fridtjof
Language: German

Published in 1993 by A+L AG

Blitzeinstieg IMAGINE
by Kunze, Richard
Language: German

Published in 1991

C++4
by Kuhn, Tilo
Language: German

Published in 1996 by MAXON Computer GmbH

Storm C Preview
Language: German

Published in 1995 by Haage & Partner

GFA Basic 3.0 + 3.5 Upd
Language: German

Published in 1988 by GFA Systemtechnik

AmigaDOS v132 Enhancer Software
Language: English

Published in 1988

AMIGA Programmier Handbuch
by Koch, Kremser
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Markt & Technik

Amiga BASIC Handbuch
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Commodore

Amiga Supergrafik
by Weltner, Trapp, Jennrich
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

L'Amiga - Immagini, suoni e animazioni sul Commodore Amiga
by Michael Boom
Language: Italian

Published in 1987 by IHT

Amiga - Tecniche di programmazione
by Peck, Robert A.
Language: Italian

Published in 1989 by Gruppo Editoriale

Amiga Bridgeboard Buch
by Thiede, GÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼nter
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3890903142

Amiga Spiele 92
by Schmidt, Bernhard
Language: German

Published in 1992 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3877912877

Cinema 4D V2-4 Pro Handbuch
by Giebel, Michael; Losch, Philip
Language: German

Published in 1995 by MAXON Computer GmbH

Asm-One
by Gram-Madsen, Rune
Language: German

Published in 1991 by DMV Daten- und Medienverlag

Gabriele Lechner Turbo Silver 3.0
by Lechner, Gabriele
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Verlag Gabriele Lechner

ISBN: 3926858125

Computermalschule Fantasy
by Friedhuber, Walter
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Verlag Gabriele Lechner

ISBN: 3926858060

Amiga BASIC
by RÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼gheimer; Spanik
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890112029

Amiga Assembler Buch
by Wollschlaeger, Peter
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Markt & Technik

ISBN: 3890905250

Das Grosse Amiga 2000 Buch
by RÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¼gheimer; Spanik
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890111998

Maxon C++ 3.1 Developer
Language: German

Published in 1995 by MAXON Computer GmbH

Il manuale dell'AmigaDOS
by Tim King
Language: Italian

Published in 1988 by IHT

ISBN: 8878030023

Maxon Basic 3 Handbuch
Language: German

Published in 1994 by MAXON Computer GmbH

Computermalschule Trickfilmzeichnen
by Friedhuber, Walter
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Verlag Gabriele Lechner

ISBN: 3926828079

Amiga Documentum
by Hanns-Eugen StÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¶ffler, Markus Stoll
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Markt & Technik

Amiga Das Grosse C Buch
by Jennrich, Bruno; Schulz, Peter; Bleek, Wolf-Gideon
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Data Becker

ISBN: 3890111912

Professionelles Arbeiten mit DeLuxe Paint II
by Friedhuber, Walter
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Verlag Gabrielle Lechner

ISBN: 3926858060

O. M. A. 3.0 Handbuch
by Dietmar Heidrich
Language: German

Published in 1994 by ICP Verlag

Amiga DOS-Handbuch
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Commodore-Amiga Inc.

Amiga Spiele selber programmieren Band 2
by Niki Laber
Language: German

Published in 1996 by Verlag Gabrielle Lechner

Reflections Animator
by Fuchs, Carsten
Language: German

Published in 1991 by Markt & Technik

Kick Pascal 2.0
Language: German

Published in 1989 by MAXON Computer GmbH

The Amiga : images, sounds, and animation on the Commodore Amiga
by Boom, Michael
Language: English

Published in 1986 by Microsoft Press

ISBN: 0914845624

Amiga Intuition Reference Manual
Language: English

Published in 1985 by Commodore Business Machines

Amiga 3D-Sprinter
by Georg Glaeser, Thomas Grohser
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Markt & Technik

Amiga Software Praxis
Language: German

Published in 1990 by Amiga Special, Media Verlag

Amiga Hardware ... auf einen Schlag
by JÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¶rg Schimanski
Language: German

Published in 1996 by Media Verlagsgesellschaft

Amiga 3D-Grafik und Animation
by Alex Plenge
Language: German

Published in 1988 by Markt & Technik

Amiga Hardware Reference Manual 3rd Edition
Language: English

Published in 1991 by Commodore-Amiga Inc.

Amiga Hardware Reference Manual 2nd Edition
Language: English

Published in 1989 by Commodore-Amiga Inc.

Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual Devices 3rd Edition
Language: English

Published in 1991 by Commodore-Amiga Inc.

Maxon Pascal 3
Language: German

Published in 1994 by MAXON Computer GmbH

Intro to TRIPOS
Language: English

Published in 1986 by Metacompco

More Amiga Tricks and Tips
Language: English

Published in 1989 by Abacus, Data Becker

The Best Amiga Tips and Tricks, by Bleek & Weltner & Maelger
Language: English

Published in 1989 by Abacus, Data Becker

Maxon C++ Developer
Language: German

Published in 1992 by MAXON Computer GmbH

Amiga User Interface Style Guide
Language: English

Published in 1991 by Commodore-Amiga Inc.

Dr Horgan's Complete Guide to Amiga Music and FX
Language: English

Published in 1996

Compute!'s second book of Amiga
Language: English

Published in 1988 by Compute! Publications Inc

ISBN: 0874551226

Amiga 3-D-Grafikprogrammierung
by Jennrich, Bruno; Schulz, Peter; Massmann, Andreas
Language: German

Published in 1987 by Data Becker

Amiga Reflections
by Fuchs, Carsten
Language: German

Published in 1989 by Markt & Technik Verlag AG

ISBN: 389090727X

Amiga C for Beginners by Dirk Schaun
by Schaun, Dirk
Language: English

Published in 1990 by Data Becker, Abacus

ISBN: 155755045X

Amiga A1200 insider guide : an introduction to Workbench and AmigaDos on the A1200
by Smith, Bruce
Language: English

Published in 1993 by Bruce Smith Books

ISBN: 1873308159

Compute's AmigaDOS Reference Guide 4th ed by Sheldon Leemon
by Leemon, Sheldon
Language: English

Published in 1992 by Compute Books

Compute!'s first book of Amiga
Language: English

Published in 1987 by Compute! Publications Inc

ISBN: 0874550904

Amiga Reflections 3.0
by Conway, Ralph
Language: German

Published in 1995 by MABO Druck

Making music on the Amiga
by Spanik, Christian
Language: English

Published in 1990 by Abacus, Data Becker

ISBN: 1557550948

AmigaDOS Inside and Out
by Kerkloh; Thornsdorf; Zoller
Language: English

Published in 1991 by Abacus, Data Becker

ISBN: 1557550417

AMOS: The Creator User Guide
by Lionet, Francois
Language: English

Published in 1990 by Mandarin Software

ISBN: 0948104961

Mapping the Amiga
by Thompson, Randy; Anderson, Rhett
Language: English

Published in 1993 by Compute Books

ISBN: 0874552672

The AmigaDOS manual
Language: English

Published in 1991 by Bantam Computer Books

ISBN: 0553354035

Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual, 3rd Edition, by Steve Beats
Language: English

Published in 1990 by Commodore-Amiga Inc.