Compiling CircleMUD on the Amiga
              Written by Damian Jurzysta <boing@amigascne.org>

Compiling CircleMUD on the Amiga is basically the same as compiling it using
UNIX.  What you need is:

* AmiTCP, INet225R2 or any other TCP/IP stack working with ixnet.library.

  You can get the limited unregistered version of Miami from
  http://www.nordicglobal.com. An old demoversion of AmiTCP 4.0 can be found on
  AmiNet (ftp://ftp.aminet.org/pub/aminet/comm/tcp/AmiTCP-demo-40.lha).

* An installed and fully functional Geek Gadgets programming environment with
  Autoconf installed. I've managed to compile and run CircleMUD using the
  971125, 980523 and 990529 snapshots using GCC 2.7.2 and EGCS 1.1b-1.2.
  The latest EGCS is always the optimal choice.

  This can be found at ftp://ftp.ninemoons.com/pub/geekgadgets.
  Installing this is a bit tricky at first, I recommend reading the manual
  first. It is located at http://www.ninemoons.com/GG/docs/GG_7.html. That
  way you'll know what archives to download and install.

* 6 MB's of RAM, it might work with less but has not been tested.

  You can find it at the local computerstore. :)

* A 68020 CPU or better is required, I've not been able to compile it without
  specifying the -m68020 flag, therefor it won't run on a 68000 or 68010 CPU.

  A1500, A2500, A3000, A4000 and A1200 all come with factoryinstalled 68020-040
  CPU's. If you own an unexpanded Amiga not listed above you'll need to expand
  it.

Here is how you compile this baby:

1) Open up a shell.
2) CD to the circle30bplXX directory. (where 'XX' is the current patchlevel)
3) Type "sh configure".
4) CD to the src directory.
5) Edit the Makefile file and add -m68020 to MYFLAGS.
6) Edit the config.c file and replace "const char *LOGNAME = NULL;" with
   "const char *LOGNAME = "log/syslog";". If you don't do this, logging
   won't be working properly.
7) CD to the util directory and repeat step 5.
8) Due to a buggy/non-functional/missing implementation of HAS_RLIMIT in
   ixemul.library/Geek Gadgets you need to edit sysdep.h and remove or comment
   the definition of HAS_RLIMIT on line 324 saying "#define HAS_RLIMIT".
9) CD back to the src directory.
10) Type "make all".

If you want to optimize the binary executable, change MYFLAGS to correspond
with your current processor (-m68020, -m68030, -m68040 or -m68060) and FPU
(-m68881). The -m68060 option is not included in GCC 2.7.2, only in EGCS 1.1+.
Also add -O3 to MYFLAGS to activate maximum optimization and inlining. I'm not
sure -O3 is working with GCC 2.7.2, if you get compiler errors replace it with
-O2. Finally, remove -g and -O2 from CFLAGS to remove debugging information and
to avoid the above -O3 (or -O2 if you're using GCC 2.7.2) to collide with this
flag.

To run the server all you need to do is follow these five simple steps:

1) Make sure you have a TCP/IP stack running. You don't need to be connected to
   the net, just leave it running.
2) Open up a shell.
3) Since the UNIX autorun kept crashing on my machine, I wrote my own autorun
   script. If "sh autorun" isn't working for you, type "autorun.amiga".
4) If it says "file is not executable" when you try to run autorun.amiga, type
   "protect autorun.amiga +es" and run it again.
5) To connect to it, use a telnet or MUD client and connect to localhost, port
   4000.  If you don't have one, use the one supplied with Geek Gadgets:
   'telnet localhost 4000'. The first person to log in will be made an
   implementor (level 34) with all powers.

You may want to read the README.UNIX file since most what is written in it also
complies to the Amiga Geek Gadgets environment.

If someone manages to compile it on a PowerPC processor, please contact me.
I don't own a PowerUP/G3/G4-board myself so I've not been able to test this.

If you have any questions or can't get it working, feel free to email me at
boing@amigascne.org.