I remember my first glimpse of AMOS Basic, three years ago. A package popped through my letter box containing a three-and-a-half-inch disc bearing the label AMOS-1 written in biro. Ten minutes later I was completely hooked! All through the next year, new versions arrived on my welcome mat, and I never quite knew what to expect. It was like opening Christmas presents every week! There were many surprises along the way, including the AMAL animation language, but the potential of the system was obvious from that first disc. As the project drew to a close, I resolved to get down to some serious AMOS programming. Three years and several hundred programs later, I'm still raring to go!
It looks like Christmas has arrived early this year, and I'm even more enthusiastic about AMOS Professional. It heralds an exciting new chapter in the world of Amiga programming, and I'm delighted to be part of it. There are dozens of great new features, and I have already programmed each and every one of them. AMOS has provided me with years of enjoyment, and AMOS Professional promises more to come. So join me on an extended journey into the fascinating world of AMOS Programming. you won't regret it!
STEPHEN HILL
When I first became interested in computers, they were an unknown quantity. Friends would ask me, "What can you do with a computer?", and there I was for six hours a night with my ZX80, 1k RAM, no colour, no sound, no graphics, writing 101 different programs that printed my name to the screen. At the time I didn't have an answer to their questions. About twenty years have passed since I plugged in my first transformer, and home computers have evolved into powerful and complex beasts. AMOS Professional is the tamer of my beast, and with a little effort on your part, I'm sure it will become one of your best friends as well. Since using the AMOS system, I have the perfect answer to the old question "What can you do with a computer?" I simply reply, "Anything I like!"
RONNIE SIMPSON
I was a computing crustacean: a creature with an interesting past and
possibly extinct. I evolved
from the digital slime when computers were as big as a whale and as
daft as plankton. Two
years ago They said to me "This is an Amiga, and this is Easy AMOS. If
someone like you can
understand how the two go together, then anyone can!" I understood. I
evolved. There were
only three things wrong with Easy AMOS: it was sleeker, smarter and
friendlier than its big
brother AMOS. So now They have come up with AMOS Professional. I can
understand this too.
I have evolved some more.
Now I'm a computing dolphin: streamlined,
intelligent, well-loved
and a protected species. Thanks everyone.
MEL CROUCHER