Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!columbia!topaz!Augenbra From: Augenbra@micro.udel.EDU Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Transfer of programs between ST and Amiga Message-ID: <3785@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 14:10:42 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.3785 Posted: Wed Sep 25 14:10:42 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 07:03:48 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 27 From: Augenbra@micro.udel.EDU I own a 520ST, and intend to develop some software on it. The development package didn't come in yet, but I have a question for people who have seen programs for both the Amiga and the ST. If I invest my time in writing a good salable program for the ST, will I be able to transfer it to the Amiga without unreasonable effort. Presumably the program should be organized in a certain way for it to work on both machines, so extend the question to mean "What constraints should I put on my program to make it transportable." I believe that the ST/Amiga is right now giving us a once in 5 year oppurtunity to write software without incredible competition (10 dif- ferent basics for the IBM-PC!). It is my firm belief that one of the 2 will make in the same way that the IBM-PC, Apple ][, or TRS-80 did (these are the machines that made it, whether you like it or not), and I don't want to invest my time programming on the wrong one of the two if my application won't be transportable. Obviously, though, I would prefer pro- gramming on the Atari if possible, because I already own one. J-o-e (This is another vote for net.amiga-st or net.window-machines. The ST and the Amiga should be discussed on the same net until they are more widely used by non-developers.) [Maybe a net called net.new-small-machines would be more appropriate and save all this effort of creating and arguing about what the new bboards should be with each new machine.]