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Old 10-25-2012, 07:38 PM   #1
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Default Why are All AMIGA Manuals so damn boring?
I never understood why Amiga Manuals are so damn boring. I have tried and tried to read them but I literally hate them....I stinkin hate them. A few pages into it and I close the book. In fact, I hate them so much I end up giving them away.

Oh well. I do love the Amiga though.

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Old 10-25-2012, 08:09 PM   #2
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Default Re: Why are All AMIGA Manuals so damn boring?
Which manuals are we talking about?
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Old 10-25-2012, 08:20 PM   #3
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Which manuals are we talking about?
Workbench manuals, Amiga Dos Manuals, etc. In fact, I have about 20+ manuals that I don't know what to do with. Everytime I buy an Amiga on Craigslist, it comes with several manuals. If anybody is interrested, I'll give them away. Just pay the shipping (media rate) and and $5 for gas.
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:03 PM   #4
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Manuals for stuff like that aren't supposed to be stimulating. They are just reference materials. So been straight to the point and boring is the aim lol. I remember some manuals for Cisco stuff we were working with at college. It was so blunt it beat your brain into mush. However it go to the point and allowed us to identify problems.
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:15 PM   #5
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I love Amiga manuals. I find that they're a rich technical resource and an important historical record of our platform. I always learn something new from them.

Then again, maybe you've just been unlucky and ended up with the dull ones. What have you got?
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:39 PM   #6
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Off hand I can't remember the names, but I'll take a look and post it itomorrow. Talk to you later.
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I've never paid any attention to the users' manuals except to check the AmigaDOS command reference when I can't remember something. The ROM Kernel Reference Manual series, on the other hand, is easily the best system documentation I've encountered.
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Old 10-25-2012, 10:20 PM   #8
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I never understood why Amiga Manuals are so damn boring. I have tried and tried to read them but I literally hate them....I stinkin hate them. A few pages into it and I close the book. In fact, I hate them so much I end up giving them away.

Oh well. I do love the Amiga though.

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you need to read the more technical manuals, then you'll find less boring stuff like:

"GURU 80000003 not enough beer"
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Old 10-25-2012, 10:40 PM   #9
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Default Re: Why are All AMIGA Manuals so damn boring?
I like the Commodore Amiga user manuals and alot of the third party stuff is good aswell, but then I like reading technical stuff.
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Old 10-26-2012, 05:39 AM   #10
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PM me a what manuals you got and ill buy a few from you for shipping + 5$
If you want to read a good book and learn something at the same time try reading "Mastering Amiga AMOS" by Phil South, the revised book is better then the original one
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Old 10-26-2012, 06:30 AM   #11
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Default Re: Why are All AMIGA Manuals so damn boring?
They are non-fiction you know.
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Old 10-26-2012, 07:41 AM   #12
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I never understood why Amiga Manuals are so damn boring.

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It's not just Amiga.... unless your name is Montgomery Scott, *all* technical manuals are boring.
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Old 10-26-2012, 09:53 AM   #13
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Hi,

@Barney,

If you think they are boring, pick up a microsoft manuel, oh thats right they don't come with a manuel, you have to go to college for 3 months to become microsoft certified, but only after you take their A+ course so you know how the hardware works and how bad they botched up the interrupt system.

Come to think about it, Commodore really excelled in their manuals.

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Old 10-26-2012, 09:54 AM   #14
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Hi,

@gertsy,

You haven't looked at a microsoft windows 7 or 8 manual yet have you.

Fictional is the best term to use for it.

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Old 10-26-2012, 10:36 AM   #15
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Reminds me of when a colleague said he found "C User's Journal" to be "a bit dry".
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