DICE-nx

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What you’ll need

To use DICE-nx you will need good knowledge of AmigaOS, its Shell, how to program for the Amiga, and the C programming language itself. DICE-nx is not intended for beginners, unfortunately.

To install and run DICE-nx, you will need:

an Amiga computer

Either a real Amiga or an emulator such as WinUAE or Amiberry.

2 MiB of RAM

More memory beyond this can boost the performance of DICE-nx.

10 MiB of free hard disk space

AmigaOS 2.04 or later

AmigaOS 3.2 is recommended. AmigaOS 1.3 may be possible for expert users…

Native Developer Kit

AmigaOS NDK 3.2, available on Aminet as NDK3.2

Dependent packages

If you don’t already have them, grab LhA and Installer.

Install

Unpack the DICE-nx package to a temporary location. For example:

lha x DICE-nx-dist-3.20.0.lha RAM:

Using Workbench, open up the location where you unpacked the DICE-nx package. Double-click on the DICE-nx drawer, and then double-click on Install DICE-nx. Follow the on-screen instructions to install DICE-nx.

Installing an NDK

If you have the AmigaOS NDK 3.2, then the installer script will offer to install the NDK for you - choose this option and follow the on-screen instructions.

Give it a spin

After a quick reboot, open a Shell, and you should be able to exec dcc, the DICE-nx frontend.

Give it a try with one of the example programs:

cd DCC:Examples/Hello
dcc hello.c
hello