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From: jack@cca.CCA.COM (Jack Orenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: C development on Amiga and Atari ST
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 14:04:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  9 14:04:43 1987
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I've been working on a C program that is cramped in several ways by my
ancient (has a cassette interface) IBM PC and early-version Lattice C.
In looking at new systems, I've narrowed my choice to the Atari 1040 ST
and Amiga A2000, because of the graphics and because 68000-based
machines avoid the segment-size problems that IBM has decided we can
live with.  My requirements are as follows:

- Hard disk (at least 20 meg)
- At least 1 meg main memory
- Fast C compiler, ideally with a source level debugger, make, etc.
  100% faithful to K & R (my current Lattice C has a number of problems here).
- Emacs

I'd be grateful for opinions on hardware/software configurations that you
have actually used. Given that the A2000 isn't really out yet, I'm interested
in what A1000 users have to say.

- COST: How much can I expect to spend on the system, color monitor, 20 meg
  disk and 1 meg main memory? How much for the C software and editor?
- SPEED: What's the speed of the compiler? Relative measures (e.g. twice the
  speed of an 8088-based PC) and absolute measures (e.g. 500 lines per
  minute) are of interest.
- GRAPHICS: Speed and ease-of-programming.
- OVERALL IMPRESSIONS: What do you particularly like and dislike?

The second biggest lie in recorded history is "I'll post a summary to
the net", but I really will if enough people respond. I can be reached
at jack@cca.cca.com.

Thanks

Jack Orenstein