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bitter · 23 October 2018, 01:56

I'm a long-time 6502 coder, and finally decided to move up to a 68k world. I got a nice Amiga 1200, and set out to find all the documentation I can on the computer... only to realize that there really isn't that much on the AGA chipset.

This makes me ask the question - for somebody just diving into Amiga assembly/hardware coding, would I be better off with an Amiga 500/600 instead? There is so much more documentation available, and it's still a huge step up from a Commodore 64. I would like to get some opinions for long-time users and hopefully from people that did similar plunge like me? Don't want to invest a lot of time into the AGA and hit a wall because I don't have the experience behind me...

Thanks for any input!

23 October 2018, 01:56	#1
bitter Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Fort Mill, SC, US Posts: 83	To AGA or to OCS/ECS... I'm a long-time 6502 coder, and finally decided to move up to a 68k world. I got a nice Amiga 1200, and set out to find all the documentation I can on the computer... only to realize that there really isn't that much on the AGA chipset. This makes me ask the question - for somebody just diving into Amiga assembly/hardware coding, would I be better off with an Amiga 500/600 instead? There is so much more documentation available, and it's still a huge step up from a Commodore 64. I would like to get some opinions for long-time users and hopefully from people that did similar plunge like me? Don't want to invest a lot of time into the AGA and hit a wall because I don't have the experience behind me... Thanks for any input!