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- From: "Olaf Barthel" <olsen@sourcery.han.de>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 11:47:11 +0100
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- Subject: Re: News on the Autodocs & NDK issue
- Message-ID: <13213770@sourcery.han.de>
-
- In Article <m4dlokzy8cr.fsf@beta.hut.fi>, Janne Jalkanen <Janne.Jalkanen@hut.fi> wrote:
- > 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 =)
-
- Chances are that the NDK will be available for FTP only from Amiga
- Technologies.
-
- > >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...
-
- The current plans are to make the *entire* CD contents available via
- the FTP server.
-
- > 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?
-
- That would require a reader program and a conversion tool...
-
- > And how
- > about the Inet225 developer docs? Is that owned by AT so that you
- > could put those there as well?
-
- Interworks owns that product.
-
- > 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?
-
- I have no idea :-/
-
- > >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.
-
- The CDs will be easily available through the usual channels you
- could for example order the Aminet CD-ROM series through.
-
- > 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 =)
-
- I'll see if I can turn up some information on that subject at
- CeBIT today.
-
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