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- Subject: Re: How to become an Official Atari Developer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.105828.97@janus.arc.ab.ca>
- From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
- Date: 6 Nov 92 10:58:27 MDT
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- In article <mack.720983918@deci>, mack@deci.cs.umn.edu (Dan Mack) writes:
- >How does one become an offical Atari developer? Should I contact
- >Atari? If so, what's their number?
- >
-
- I can't recall where I got this but here is the info.
-
- Bob
-
- ===============================================================================
-
- January 15, 1992
-
- Atari Corporation Official Announcement
-
- I am pleased to announce that Atari is making all of the released TOS
- development information available to the general public. We are making
- the kit available to fulfil the needs of programmers that already have
- purchased a third-party development package, Atari owners that are
- curious about the 'nuts and bolts' of The Operating System, and
- anyone else that wants to have a detailed understanding of TOS
- software development. If you wish, you may purchase the entire kit
- for $150.00 (U.S.) and also get one year of technical support from
- Atari via the private Atari Developer Roundtable on GEnie, 6 issues
- of the bi-monthly Developer Newsletter, ATARI.RSC, and one year of
- on-going developer kit upgrades. If you wish to renew after one year,
- there is a fee of only $40.00.
-
- If you wish information on only certain aspects of Atari TOS
- computers, we also sell sections of the kit separately. The items
- that are available range from every issue of the developer newsletter
- since 1985, to the release notes for the exciting new STBOOK. Every
- detail a software or hardware developer could want is outlined,
- including MegaSTE/TT VME Bus specifications, STE DMA sound, FSM GDOS
- programming information, and more. Please see the order form for
- details.
-
- You must purchase the $150.00 full kit to be eligible for on-going
- support. I'm sorry, but at this time, you may not purchase a part of
- the kit, and later "upgrade" to the support level.
-
- Developers that are currently not registered with Atari, and have a
- commercial product on the market, or have a product in development,
- or have any other special needs requiring direct unlimited telephone
- support should sign up under the Atari Commercial Developer Program.
- There is an additional fee for this program, but there is no renewal
- fee required as long as you continue product development and support.
- (Educators, universities, and businesses may fall into this category.)
- Please contact Gail Bacani on 408-745-2022 for more information
- on the Commercial Developer Program.
-
- The complete order form follows, outlining all of the documentation
- that is available. Please note that several items include disks
- containing software relating to the documentation. We want to assure
- that you get the most out of your Atari Computer experience!
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Bill Rehbock,
- Director of Technical Services, Atari Corp.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Atari TOS Developer's Kit -- Order Form -- January 4, 1992
-
-
- ________ $150.00 Complete Developer's Kit, including all documents
- and disks. Includes 1 year of support via
- Atari-RSC Developer Roundtable on GEnie, on-going
- developer kit updates for 1 year, and 6 issues of
- ATARI.RSC, the bi-monthly developer newsletter.
-
- ________ $40.00 One year renewal fee -- 1 year of support via
- Atari-RSC Developer Roundtable on GEnie, on-going
- developer kit updates for 1 year, and 6 issues of
- ATARI.RSC, the bi-monthly developer newsletter.
-
- Document and Disk Packages
-
- ________ $10.00 Atari.RSC Newsletters (Dec. '89, Jan. '90, Feb.
- '90, Mar. '90, Apr. '90, May '90, June '90, July
- '90, Aug. '90, Sept. '90, Oct. '90, Nov. -- Jan.
- '90-'91, Apr. -- May '91, June -- July '91) The
- Atari Forum (Mar. '88, May '88, July -- Aug. '88,
- Sep. -- Dec. '88 Fuji Stripe Newsletter, pages 3
- -- 7 (undated) Q & A Bulletins (Feb. '86, Mar.
- '86, Apr. '86, May '86, June '86, Feb. '87)
-
- ________ $20.00 Atari GEMDOS Reference Manual
- Table of Contents (Apr. 4, 1986) Introduction
- (5/22/86) Calling, filenames, fileops, processes,
- vectors, errors (4/4/86) GEMDOS functions by
- number (undated) Funcs (4/10/86) except pages (9),
- (21), and (25) (1-23-89) and page (13) (3/7/90)
- Prg (4/4/86) Pexec Cookbook (6 Sept. 1991)
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the BIOS (Nov. 26, 1985) New
- pages: 5, 7, 12, 16, 38, 56, 75 (1-23-89) New
- pages: 15, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 37a
- (3-5-90) AHDI 3.00 Release Notes (April 18, 1990)
- Atari CHKDISK3 Documentation (April 22, 1990)
-
- TOS Developer's Kit Disk #4: HDX / System
- Utilities / STE Programming Examples / CHKDISK3
-
- ________ $40.00 GEM Programming Guide
- Volume 1 -- VDI (Third Edition: January 1989)
- Volume 2 -- AES (Third Edition: January 1989)
- GDOS/FSM GDOS Developer Guide (10/91)
- GEM Resource Construction Set (undated)
-
- TOS Developer's Kit Disk #2: MicroEMACS / Source
- Code Examples / RCS
-
- ________ $40.00 Gem DOS Programmer's Tools (undated, copyright 1989)
- Command Shell
- AS68
- MADMAC Reference Manual (ver. 1.00) & update (ver. 1.07)
- ALN Docs. (8/12/88) and update sheet (90/01/24)
- AR68 (Archive Utility) (undated)
- DUMP
- SIZE68
- DB Docs. (Release 2, 90/01/24)
- Motorola S-Record Format
-
- TOS Developer's Kit Disk #1: Alcyon C Compiler
- / ALN Linker
- TOS Developer's Kit Disk #3: MADMAC / DB Debugger
- / Programming Utilities / CHKDISK3
-
- ________ $15.00 Engineering Hardware Specifications (7 January 1986)
- Intelligent Keyboard Protocol (26 February 1985)
- Chip specifications:
- 6850 ACIA, MC6850 (undated)
- 68901 MFP (undated)
- AY-3-8910 PSG (undated)
- Programmable Sound Generator Manaual (February 1979)
- GIACCESS (page 1, March 7, 1990; page 2, 1-23-90)
- WD 1770/1772 Floppy Disk Controller (undated)
- Atari Monitor Summary Specifications (May 14, 1986)
- 128K ROM cartridge schematics (1-2-85)
- Blitter Chip (17 June 1987)
-
- ________ $25.00 STE Hardware Developer Addendum
- STE features list
- Genlock and the STE
- Video Modifications
- How to Implement Fine Scrolling on the STE
- STE Digitized Sound Developer Information
- TT030 Hardware Reference Manual
- VME Bus Specifications for TT030 and Mega STE Products
- Rainbow TOS Release Notes
- STE TOS Release Notes
- TT030 TOS Release Notes
- STBook Expansion Bus Electrical Specification
-
- TOS Developer's Kit Disk #4: HDX / System
- Utilities / STE Programming Examples / CHKDISK3
- TOS Developer's Kit Disk #5: Demonstrator /
- eXtensible Control Panel
-
- $____________ Subtotal
-
- $____________ Tax (CA 8.25%, IL 6.75%, TX 8.25%)
-
- $____________ Total Check #:______________ Date:_____________
-
- Company Name:___________________________ Contact:____________________
-
- Ship to:____________________________________
-
- ____________________________________
-
- ____________________________________
-
- ******* Make sure you return both pages of the order form. ********
-
- Please allow 2 - 4 weeks for processing.
- Make checks payable in U.S. funds to Atari Corporation.
- Direct all orders to: Atari Corp.
- 1196 Borregas Avenue
- Sunnyvale, Calif., U.S.A. 94086
- Attn: Gail Bacani
-
-
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