Amiga Reference Books
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This is a list of all known publications/books relating to the Commodore Amiga.
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Amiga Reference Book list
The following list has been divided by Publisher, and then by publication series.
Abacus Software Inc
- Abacus Blue Series
- Book #1 - ?
- Book #2 - Amiga BASIC Inside and Out - by Rugheimer Spanik - Sixth Printing 1991 - 548 pages - ISBN 0916439879
- Book #3 - Amiga 3D Graphics Programming in Basic - by Grote Gelfland Abraham - Feb 1989 - 358 pages - ISBN 1557550441
- Book #4 - Amiga Machine Language - by Stefan Dittrich - May 1988- 254 pages - ISBN 1557550255
- Book #5 - ?
- Book #6 - Amiga System Programmer's Guide - by Dittrich Gelfand Schemmel - Aug 1988 - 438 pages - ISBN 1557550344
- Book #7 - Advanced System Programmer's Guide for the Amiga - by Stefan Dittrich, Gelfand and Schemmel - Sept 1989 - 437 pages - ISBN 1557550344
- Book #8 - AmigaDOS Inside & Out - AmigaDOS 2.0 (Fifth printing, 1990)
- Book #9 - Amiga Disk Drives Inside & Out - by Grote Gelfland Abraham - Nov 1988 (Second Printing, Nov. 1989) - 360 pages - ISBN 1557550425
- Book #10 - Amiga C for Beginners - by Dirk Schaun - Dec 1988 - 275 pages - ISBN 155755045X
- Book #11 - Amiga C for Advanced Programmers - by Bleek Jenrich Schulz - Dec 1989 - 649 pages - ISBN 1557550468
- Book #12 - ?
- Book #13 - Amiga Graphics Inside and Out - by Weltner Trapp Jennrich - 600 pages - ISBN 1557550522
- Book #14 - Amiga Desktop Video Guide - Dec 1989
- Amiga Basic Inside & Out
- AmigaDOS Inside & Out- AmigaDOS 1.3
- AmigaDOS Inside & Out - by Ruediger Kerkloh - Revised - August 2000 - 272 pages - ISBN 1557550417
- Amiga Desktop Video Power
- Amiga for Beginners
- Amiga for Beginners- 2nd Edition
- AmigaDOS Quick Reference
- Amiga Intern - by Stefan Maelger - 1000 pages - ISBN 1557551480
- Amiga System Programmer's Guide
- Amiga Tricks & Tips
- More Tricks and Tips for the Amiga (Data Becker Book) - by Bleek, Maelger and Weltner - March 1989 - 280 pages - ISBN 1557550514
- Making Music on the Amiga - by Christian Spanik, Thomas Tai and Holger Hahn - 250 pages - ISBN 1557550948
- Using AREXX on the Amiga - by Chris Zamara and Nick Sullivan - Sept 1991 - 424 pages - ISBN 1557551146
- The Best Amiga Tricks & Tips/Book and Disk - by Wolf-Gideon Bleek, Weltner and Stefan Maelger - Nov 1990 - 410 pages - ISBN 1557551073
Absoft
- AC/Basic
- AC/Basic- 2nd Edition
Ariadne Software Ltd
- The 'Kickstart' Guide to the Amiga
Arrays
- Mastering Amigados - by Jeffery Stanton and Dan Pinal - April 1986 - 108 pages - ISBN 0912003553
Avid Publications
- Video Toaster User Presents 101 Toaster Tricks by Lee Stranahan
- 30 page booklet. Published in 1992-93
Bantam Books / Bantham Doubpleday Dell
- AmigaDOS Developer's Manual
- AmigaDOS Technical Reference Manual
- AmigaDOS User's Manual
- Amiga User's Guide to Graphics, Sound and Telecommunications - by David Myers - 1985 - 239 pages - Cover Image:Front - ISBN 0553342835
- The AmigaDOS Manual - by Commodore Amiga Inc - March 1986 - ISBN 0553342940
Bruce Smith Books
- Standalone books
- All about the A1200, Produced in association with Amiga Computing
- Amiga Gamer's Guide - Volume 1 - Edited by Dan Slingsby - March 1993 - 368 pages - ISBN 1873308167
- Amiga Workbench Booster Pack - by Bruce Smith and Paul Andreas Overaa - Feb 1996 - 512 pages - ISBN 1873308418
- Insider Guide Series
- Insider Guide Series: Amiga Assembler - by Paul Overaa - Oct 1994 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308272
- Insider Guide Series: Aiga Disks and Drives - by Paul Overaa - March 1994 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308345
- Insider Guide Series: Amiga 600 - by Bruce Smith - Jan 1993 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308140
- Insider Guide Series: Amiga 1200 - by Bruce Smith - Feb 1993 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308159
- Insider Guide Series: Amiga 1200 Next Steps - by Peter Fitzpatrick - Nov 1993 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308248
- Insider Guide Series: Amiga Workbench 3 A-Z - by Bruce Smith - May 1994 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308280
- Mastering Amiga series
- Mastering Amiga - by Bruce Smith and Mark Webb - April 1993 - 320 pages - ISBN 1873308175
- Mastering Amiga AMOS - by Phil South - June 1993 - 252 pages - Hardback: ISBN 1873308191 Paperback: ISBN 1873308124
- Mastering Amiga Arexx - by Paul Andreas overaa - April 1993 - 336 pages - ISBN 1873308132
- Mastering Amiga Assembler - by Paul Andreas Overaa - Nov 1992 - 416 pages - ISBN 1873308116
- Mastering Amiga Beginners - by Bruce Smith and Mark Webb (listed as by Phil South on Amazon but not in book) - Dec 1991 - 320 pages - ISBN 1873308035
- Mastering Amiga C. - by Paul Andreas Overaa - May 1991 - 320 pages - ISBN 1873308043
- Mastering Amiga DOS - by Paul Andreas Overaa - April 1992 - 398 pages - ISBN 187330806X
- Mastering Amiga DOS 2 - Volume 1 - by Bruce Smith and Mark Smiddy - August 1992; 2nd edition - 416 pages - ISBN 1873308108
- Mastering Amiga DOS 2 - Volume 2 - by Bruce Smith and Mark Smiddy - Forward by Barry Thurston, Technical Director, Commodore Business Machines (UK) Ltd. - August 1992; 2nd edition - 368 pages - ISBN 1873308094
- Mastering Amiga DOS 3 - by Mark Smiddy - August 1993 - 416 pages - ISBN 1873308183
- Mastering Amiga DOS 3 Tutorial - by Mark Smiddy and Bruce Smith - Nov 1993 - 416 pages - ISBN 1873308205
- Mastering Amigados Scripts - by Mark Smiddy - Nov 1995 - ISBN 1873308361
- Mastering Amiga Printers - by Robin Burton - May 1992 - 336 pages - ISBN 1873308051
- Mastering Amiga Programming Secrets - by Peter Overaa - Feb 1995 - 368 pages - ISBN 1873308337
- Mastering Amiga Systems - by Paul Andreas Overaa - April 1992 - 398 pages - ISBN 187330806X
- Mastering Amiga Workbench 2 - by Bruce Smith - Sept 1992 - 320 pages - ISBN 1873308086
- Gamer's Guide Series
- Secrets of Frontier Elite - by Tony Dillon - Sept 1994 - 128 pages - ISBN 1873308396
- Secrets of Sim City 2000 - by Andrew Banner - Feb 1995 - 128 pages - ISBN 1873308477
- Total Amiga Series
- Total Amiga Amigados - By Bruce Smith - Oct 1995 - 416 pages - ISBN 1873308566
- Total Amiga Assembler - by Paul Overaa - Oct 1995 - 512 pages - ISBN 1873308574
- Total Amiga Workbench - by Bruce Smith - Oct 1995 - 352 pages - ISBN 1873308558
Commodore Business Machines
A1000
- Amiga Pocket Reference Guide
- Introduction to the Amiga
- Miscellaneous A1000 manuals
- A1000 Service Manual
A500
- Amiga 500 Binder)
- A500 Service Manual
- A different A500 Service Manual
- Amiga 500 System Schematics
- Amiga Basic
- Selection of A500 books
- A500 Manual-English
- A500 Manual - German
- A520 Video Adapter Manual
- Amiga Basic Book, circa 1985
- Introduction to the Amiga 500
A500/A2000
- Amiga 500/2000 Technical Reference Manuals
- Amiga 500/2000 Basic- English
- Amiga 500/2000 Basic - German
A2000/2500
- Amiga 2000 System Schematics
- A2000 Quick Connect guide
- Introduction to the Amiga 2000 1st Ed.
- Introduction to the Amiga 2000 2nd Ed.
- Introduction to the Amiga 2000 3rd Ed.
- Introduction to the Amiga 2000HD
- Introduction to the Amiga 2500
- Workbench 1.1 Binder
- Workbench 2.04 Binder
- Amiga Release 2 (German), 1991
A500+
- A500 Plus Service Manual, includes A501 RAM expander (October 1991)
A600
- Amiga 600 Service Addendum
- Introduction to Amiga 600
- Introduction au Amiga 600
- 'Using the Amiga Workbench' & 'Introducing the A600'
- Using the Amiga Workbench
A3000/T
- A3000 System Schematics
- Introducing the Amiga 3000
- Amiga 3000 Service Manual
- Amiga 3000T Service Manual
AGA
- AGA Supplement
- Amiga 1200 Service Addendum
- Amiga 4000 Service Addendum
- A1200 User Guide
- Amiga 4000 French Manuals
CD32
- German CD32 brochure, included with machine
AmigaOS
- A500 WB1.3 Manuals-French
- Workbench 1.2 Enhancer Software& disk
- Workbench 1.3 Enhancer Software & disk
- Using the Amiga Workbench (2.0)
- Amiga Workbench 2.1 and Case
- Amiga Workbench 2.1 Manuals
- German WB2.1 manuals
- Amiga OS 3.0 Manuals
- Workbench 3.0 Manual
- Commodore AmigaOS 3.1 Manuals
- Amiga Technologies AmigaOS 3.1 Manuals
- ARexx User's Guide
General
- Das Grobe Amiga Jahrbuch 1987 - official catalogue
- Amiga Guide Book- Using the Amiga Software
- Amiga Hardware Reference Manual
- Amiga Hardware Reference Manual- 3rd Edition
- Amiga MCC Pascal Manual
- Amiga Intuition Reference Manual
- Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: EXEC
- Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manual: Libraries and Devices
- Amiga User Guide Binder
- Collection of Amiga Reference Manuals
- Three Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals- Revised & Updated
- Amiga ROM Kernel Reference Manuals: Libraries and Devices- Revised & Updated
- Amiga ROM Kernel Manuals- 3rd Edition
- Amiga ROM Kernel: Devices (3rd Edition)
- Amiga ROM Kernel: Includes & Autodocs (3rd Edition)
- Amiga ROM Kernel: Libraries (3rd Edition)
- Amiga User Interface Style Guide
- Amiga Vision Manual & disks (32.2k)
- Amiga 590 hard drive Service Manual, August 1989
- Amiga 2060/2065/2232 System Schematics Manual, August 1989
- Commodore 1940/2 Monitor Manual
- Commodore 1950 Multiscan Color Monitor Service Manual (June 1990)
- Commodore Amiga 2088 Bridgeboard User's Guide
- Commodore A2091 System Schematics
- Genlock Service Manual, June 1987
Unix
- A3000 Unix manuals
Compute! (Compute! Publications, Inc.)
- Advanced Amiga Basic by Tom R. Halfhill and Charles Brannon
- AmigaDOS Reference Guide (1st Edition)
- Amiga DOS Reference Guide (3rd Edition)
- AmigaDOS Reference Guide (4th Edition) by Sheldon Leemon
- Compute!'s Amiga Applications
- Compute!'s Amiga Machine Language Programming Guide
- Compute!'s Amiga Programmers Guide
- Compute!'s Beginner's Guide to the Amiga - by Dan McNeill - February 1986 - 256 or 316 pages (need to verify) - Cover Image:Front - ISBN 0874550254
- Elementary Amiga Basic
- Compute's First Book of the Amiga - 1986
- Compute's Second Book of the Amiga
- Inside Amiga Graphics - by Sheldon Leeman - July 1986 - 303 pages - Cover Image:Front - ISBN 0874550408
- Kids and the Amiga
- Kids and the Amiga - 2nd Edition
- Learning C Programming Graphics on the Amiga & Atari ST
- Mapping the Amiga by Rhett Anderson & Randy Thompson
- Mapping the Amiga (2nd Edition)
- Using Deluxe Paint (2nd Edition)
Dabs Press
- A Dabhand Guide: AmigaDOS
Data Becker
- Amiga Basic
- AmigaDOS
- Amiga Profi Know How, 1991
- BeckerText 2
- Das endgültige Amiga 500 Handbuch, 1991
- Das Grobe Amiga 500 buch
- Das große Deluxe Paint IV Buch, 1992
- Demomaker handbook, 1991
- German Amiga DOS/Amiga Basic book
- Tips & Tricks, 1987
- Tips & Tricks, 2nd edition)
Eberlein
- Blitzeinstieg Kickstart 2.0, 1991
Electronic Arts
- Deluxe Paint IV Manual
Future Publishing
- Amiga Format Presents: Get into CD-ROM with your A1200 Start-up Guide
- Amiga Format Presents: Get into the Net with your Amiga Start-up Guide
- Amiga Format ScreenPlay 2
- Complete Amiga C - by Cliff Ramshaw - 1994 - 314 Pages - Cover Image:Front/Back - ISBN 1898275106
- The Amiga Format Bumper Book of Amiga Hints and Tips
- The Amiga Format Guide to Amiga DeskTop Video
- The Amiga Shopper PD Directory - by Ian Wrigley, Phil South and Jason Holborn - Dec 1993 - 526 pages - ISBN 1898275114
- Ultimate AMOS - by Jason Holborn - Nov 1993 - 426 pages - ISBN 1898275025
Haage & Partner
- OS3.9 - Das Buch, 2000
Harper & Row
The Amiga: Images, Sounds, and Animation on the Commodore Amiga - Michael Boom, 1986
Howard W. Sams & Company
- The Waite Group's Inside the Amiga with C
IDG
- Official Amiga World AmigaDOS 2 Companion
- Official Amiga World AmigaVision Handbook
IDGC/Peterborough
- The Amiga Companion by Rob Peck
Kuma Publishing Ltd
- AMOS in Action: A Practical Guide to Mastering AMOS on the Amiga - by Anne Tucker and Len Tucker - Jan 1993 - 140 pages - ISBN 074570221X
Intangible Assets Manufacturing
- Connect Your Amiga! by Dale L. Larson
Markt & Technik
- Amiga DOS 1.3
- Amiga Total, 1992
- Amiga 500 Buch
- Amiga Workshop
- Amiga Reflections
- Das Amiga Handbuch
- Deluxe Grafik mit dem Amiga
Memphis Computer Products GmbH
- Das Imagine Buch
Microsearch
- The Amiga Desktop Video Workbook by Jay Gross
Microsoft Press
- The Amiga
Motorola
- M68040 Manual
- M68060 Manual
Newtek
- Newtek Video Toaster Font Guide
Osborne
- Rebol: The Official Guide
Precision Books
- The Amiga System: An Introduction
Que
- Amiga Programming Guide
- Covers Commodore Amiga Basic, DOS, and C. Softbound, 281 pages.
SAMS (Howard W. Sams & Co.)
- Inside the Amiga - by John Thomas Berry - 1986 - 426 pages - Cover Image:Front - ISBN 0672224682
Sassenrath Research
- Guru's Guide to The Commodore Amiga- Meditation #1- Interrupts, by Carl Sassenrath
Scott, Foresman and Company
- The Amiga Microsoft BASIC Programmers Guide - by William B. Sanders - 1987 - 354 pages - Cover Image:Front - ISBN 0673185230
Software Developments
- AMOS in Action: A Practical Guide to Mastering AMOS on the Amiga - 1992 - See same book published by Kuma Publishing 1993
Softwood, Inc
- Final Writer 4.0 Manual
Sybex
- Amiga Programmer's Handbook
- Amiga Programmer's Handbook Volume 1", Second Edition, by Eugene P. Mortimore.k
- Amiga Programmer's Handbook Volume 2, by Eugene P. Mortimore.
- Programmer's Guide to the Amiga
Tab Books, Inc
- Amiga Assembly Language Programming
Technic Support
- Das grosse Amiga Public Domain Buch
- Das Zweite Amiga Public Domain Buch
- Das Grosse Amiga Spielebuch
Verlag
- Amiga Professional Results with Deluxe Paint
- Hard cover book discussing DPaint 2. 400 pages, copyright 1987.
Unknown
- Amiga Desktop Video by Steven Anzovin- 2nd Edition
- Amiga Hardware Tuning
- Amiga Programmer's Guide
- ARexx User's Reference Manual 1.0 By William S. Hawes, 1987
- 1001 Things to do with your Amiga
- Becoming an Amiga Artist
- Best Amiga Tips & Secrets
- Complete Post Production with the Video Toaster
- Mastering Toaster Technology
- Starter- Amiga 500
- The AmigaDOS Companion by Rob Peck
- The Amiga Handbook
- The Imagine Companion by David Duberman
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References
- Amiga History Guide (2001) Amiga Book Gallery. Amiga History Guide - Amiga Book Gallery; Website.
- comp.sys.amiga.* newsgroups (September 2001) Amiga Related Books FAQ Amiga Related Books FAQ; Newsgroup.
- myoldcomputers.com (2000-2001) Commodore Books. Commodore Books; Website.
- Amiga Manuals (2010) Manuals. Amiga Manuals; Website.
- Gabriel Harrison (January 2012) Submitted updates to Abacus Software entries.