Topaz walks through what it takes to write a network client in M68K assembler on the Commodore Amiga, using development tools that run right on the Amiga itself!

Thanks to Tyrel (@tyrel@social.tyrel.dev), Colin!

References

Code

• Code on Hackerbun Gitea (https://code.hackerbun.dev/TheIndustriousRabbit/amiga-bsdsocket-coding/src/branch/main/client_in_asm)
  • Includes the code in both assembler and C

Tools

• AsmPro 1.18 (http://aminet.net/package/dev/asm/AsmPro1.18src)
  • Install this first
• AsmPro 1.19 Update (http://aminet.net/package/dev/asm/ASMPro1.19)
  • Then install this update
• fd2pragma (http://aminet.net/package/dev/misc/fd2pragma)
  • You might get fd2pragma from other developer tools. This one is likely better than those other ones.

68000 Assembler

• Asm-Editor (https://asm-editor.specy.app/)
  • Web-based 68000 assembler
• 68k.hax.com (http://68k.hax.com/)
  • A non-https site with 68k instruction information, so you can browse it on your Amiga
• m68k-instructions-documentation (https://github.com/prb28/m68k-instructions-documentation)
  • All 68000 instructions as well as info on Amiga custom chip registers

BSD Socket Library

• FD file for bsdsocket.library (https://github.com/cnvogelg/amitools/blob/master/amitools/data/fd/bsdsocket_lib.fd)
  • You can also find this in the AmiTCP SDK

Credits

Music

• “Industrious Ferret”, “Pop Goes the Weasel”, “Itty Bitty 8-Bit” by Kevin MacLeod
  • https://incompetech.com
  • CC-BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
• “Last Chance” by Nihilore
  • https://nihilore.com
  • CC-BY-NC 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)