Amiga Reference Books

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This is a list of all known publications/books relating to the Commodore Amiga.

This list has been created as a reference for the classicamiga project Amiga Reference Book Library Archive(ARBLA). The aim of this project is to create a central online resource of Amiga Reference Books/Manuals/Publications in PDF format.

Once permission is granted for classicamiga to host each book in PDF format as part of the ARBLA project it will be scanned in and converted into a PDF version. A copyright/permission disclaimer from the original publisher/author of each publication will be included with each PDF before they can be allowed to be uploaded and published on ARBLA.

Amiga Reference Book list

The following list has been divided by Publisher, and then by Author.

Abucus

Amiga 3D Graphics Programming in Basic - Book #3 of the Abacus "Blue Series" (Feb 1989)
Amiga Machine Language - Book #4 of the Abacus "Blue Series"
Advanced System Programmer's Guide for the Amiga (- Book #7 of the Abacus "Blue Series" (Nov 1989)
AmigaDOS Inside & Out- AmigaDOS 1.3
AmigaDOS Inside & Out - AmigaDOS 2.0 - Book #8 of the Abacus "Blue Series" (Fifth printing, 1990)
Amiga Disk Drives Inside & Out - Book #9 of the Abacus "Blue Series" (Second Printing, Nov. 1989)
Amiga C for Beginners - Book # 10 of the Abacus "Blue Series"
Amiga C for Advanced Programmers - Book #11 of the Abacus "Blue Series"
Amiga Graphics Inside and Out - Book #13 of the Abacus "Blue Series"
Amiga Desktop Video Guide: - Book #14 in the Abacus "Blue Series" (Dec 1989)
Amiga Basic Inside & Out
Amiga Desktop Video Power
Amiga for Beginners
Amiga for Beginners- 2nd Edition
AmigaDOS Inside & Out- Revised
AmigaDOS Quick Reference
Amiga Intern
Amiga System Programmer's Guide
Amiga Tricks & Tips
More Tricks and Tips for the Amiga
Making Music on the Amiga
Using AREXX on the Amiga

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

AmigaDOS Developer's Manual
AmigaDOS Technical Reference Manual
AmigaDOS User's Manual
Amiga User's Guide to Graphics, Sound and Telecommunications (22.8k)
The AmigaDOS Manual- Front (39k) Back (80k)

Bruce Smith Books

All about the A1200, Produced in association with Amiga Computing
Amiga: Next Steps
Amiga Gamer - by Dan Slingsby - April 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: Amiga 600 - by Bruce Smith - Jan 1993 - 256 pages - ISBN 1873308140
- Insider Guide Series: Amiga 1200
- 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 - ISBN 1873308191
- 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 Phil South - 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 - by Bruce Smith and Mark Smiddy - August 1992; 2nd edition - 416 pages - ISBN 1873308108
- 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 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 1873308066
- Mastering Amiga Workbench - by Bruce Smith - Sept 1992 - 320 pages - ISBN 1873308086
Secrets of 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!

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
Elementary Amiga Basic
Compute's First Book of the Amiga - 1986
Compute's Second Book of the Amiga
Inside Amiga Graphics by Sheldon Leeman
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
The Amiga Format Bumper Book of Amiga Hints and Tips
The AmigaFormat Guide to Amiga DeskTop Video

Haage & Partner

OS3.9 - Das Buch, 2000

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

Inside the Amiga by John Thomas Berry

Sassenrath Research

Guru's Guide to The Commodore Amiga- Meditation #1- Interrupts, by Carl Sassenrath

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

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 Amiga Microsoft BASIC Programmers Guide by William B. Sanders
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.

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 **Mastering Amiga Arexx - by Paul Andreas overaa - April 1993 - 336 pages - ISBN 1873308132
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 **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