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- From: Janne.Jalkanen@hut.fi (Janne Jalkanen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: News on the Autodocs & NDK issue
- Date: 17 Mar 1996 18:47:47 +0200
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- Sender: jalkanen@beta.hut.fi
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- References: <13213749@sourcery.han.de>
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- In-reply-to: "Olaf Barthel"'s message of Sat, 16 Mar 1996 13:29:32 +0100
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- In article <13213749@sourcery.han.de> "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de> writes:
-
- >You asked for it, you'll get it: work is underway to put the complete
- >3.1 native developer kit on CD-ROM and the Amiga Technologies FTP server.
-
- Yay! Finally! It might be an useful thing to put the NDUK into Aminet
- as well, to reduce the inevitable load peak that will render
- www.amiga.de useless =)
-
- >As for the CD-ROM distribution, no MSRP has been decided upon yet, but it
- >is planned not to cost more than the original kit did. More useful material
- >is going to be put on the CD, such as the complete set of AmigaMail Volume 2,
- >the autodocs & includes in AmigaGuide format, the MIDI developer kit, the
- >SANA-II archive, BOOPSI examples, the complete v2.04 programming examples
- >(which were no longer available) and possibly the complete CD32 developer kit.
-
- Very good, very good indeed. But did I understand correctly that the
- CD is going to have more material than the FTP site? Then I might be
- convinced to get myself a CDROM drive as well...
-
- Since the CDROM is going to have lots of room anyway, could we then
- please have the autodocs in HTML format in there as well? And how
- about the Inet225 developer docs? Is that owned by AT so that you
- could put those there as well?
-
- BTW, I suppose this means that there is not going to be any major
- updates of the AmigaOS before the PowerPC-upgrade and 4.0? No real
- RTG/RTS until then?
-
- >We plan to get the CD-ROM shipping as soon as possible, The plan called for
- >two weeks, but I don't think it will go that fast.
-
- Hmm... Would it be possible/feasible to spread some of those developer
- CDs down to the dealer chain, so that it would be as easy as possible
- to get hold of those CDs? I am not sure if very many beginning c0drz
- wish to see the trouble of buying them directly from AT... Also, it
- might be a good idea to give permission to some Amiga magazine to
- spread it as a Cover-CD (but it may be legally difficult, I don't
- know), which would ensure a large circulation.
-
- You see, I firmly believe AT requires all the developers it can get
- now, so by making sure developer info is readily available, people can
- easily start writing new software. I believe Be Inc's example is very
- good in this area.
-
- >Now, go ahead and complain ;)
-
- No, we thank you, Olaf, for working on this and listening to us... But
- of course, if I may inquire, how is the commerical developer program
- coming along? I believe the natives are getting restless =)
- --
- Janne Jalkanen ///! For those who have to fight for it
- Janne.Jalkanen@hut.fi /// ! life has a flavor
- <*> \\\/// ! the protected will never understand
- -'Keep on going...' \XX/ ! (anonymous, Viet Nam, 1968)
-