Amiga Primer

AmigaDOS Primer (Project Notes)

This project targets AmigaDOS, not Unix. Use Amiga assigns and conventions in docs/scripts/tools.

Volumes and assigns

• Devices/volumes: DF0: (floppy), DH0:, DH1: (hard disk partitions), SYS: (current boot volume)
• Assigns: C:, S:, LIBS:, DEVS:, L:, FONTS:, PREFS:, ENV:, ENVARC:, T:

Boot flow

• S:Startup-Sequence is the system boot script
• S:User-Startup is the preferred place for third‑party additions

Where things live

• CLI tools: C:
• Libraries (.library): LIBS:
• Handlers / filesystems: L:
• Mountfiles: DEVS:DosDrivers/
• RTG/monitor files: DEVS:Monitors/
• Network devices: DEVS:Networks/
• Prefs tools: SYS:Prefs/

Environment

• ENV: is volatile (RAM)
• ENVARC: is persistent (copied to ENV: at boot)

Case sensitivity

AmigaDOS is case‑insensitive, but the host filesystem is not. Use canonical names in the repo: C, S, LIBS, DEVS, L, Prefs, etc.