Topaz Rabbit walks us through writing a pizza timer app in C on the Commodore Amiga. Follow along and learn about Intuition, GadTools, devices, message ports, IO, and even signals!

Thanks to Tyrel (@[email protected])!

Chapters

00:15 - Introduction

References

Amiga documentation and tools:

C tutorials:

Source code:

Credits

Music:

Sound Effects:

Topaz Rabbit walks through building a simple bsdsocket.library based server for the Commodore Amiga using the C programming language. You'll learn about development environment setup, waiting for socket connections & other signals, and reading and printing client data to the console.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

References

Code:

Documentation:

Setup:

Credits

Music:

Introducing the BSD Socket Extension for AMOS Professional, the newest and easiest way to get your AMOS BASIC programs onto the Internet. Available now on Aminet and on the Hackerbun code repository.

This code finalizes the 25 year old project I started in 1998 to write a networking library for AMOS Professional. If you want to watch from the beginning, check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4GNHJfYOUU&list=PLX_wfJQZe5SVK1D17NJpbmjyXI6dByOKl&pp=gAQB

Thanks to Piotr & Tyrel (@[email protected])!

References

Download:

API & Examples:

Extension Users:

Credits

Music:

Sound effects:

During the Bromo Art Walk in Baltimore on May 18, 2023, I drew the character for the custom chip Denise on an emulated Amiga 1200 in the 24-bit Amiga painting software True Brilliance, which was released in 1993. My display was mirrored onto a monitor so others could see the art production. There was a lot of stopping and showing the 30 year old copyright date on the About window for True Brilliance that I cut out of the video. Next time, I'll use the Stencil feature more so I'm not overwriting my ink lines so much.

Music

Topaz walks through what it takes to write a network client in M68K assembler on the Commodore Amiga, using development tools that run right on the Amiga itself!

Thanks to Tyrel (@[email protected]) & Colin!

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

References

Code:

Tools:

68000 Assembler:

BSD Socket Library:

Credits

Music:

Rasterbars are a common special effect on early computer games and demos. The Commodore Amiga's take on rasterbars are special due to the Copper, a special processor that synchronizes its activity to your monitor's image rendering hardware.

Thanks to Tyrel (@[email protected])!

References

Documentation:

Examples:

Credits

I see how much cleanup I can do in an hour of work on my Topaz animation in "Disney Presents: The Animation Studio" on my emulated Amiga 1200. Spoiler alert: it's not a lot. I really miss my modern animation toolset.

Stream music by Nihilore (CC-BY 4.0) -- https://nihilore.com

I start cleaning up and coloring my small animation of Topaz using the Ink & Paint part of DPTAS and discover that you can hide the menu bar, and the toolbox, but not both consistently with the F10 key. I really need a real manual for this program, if anyone has a scan of one somewhere.

Stream music by Nihilore (CC-BY 4.0) - https://nihilore.com/