LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA (07/31/85)
From: Eric <LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA>
Mail-From: LAVITSKY created at 30-Jul-85 22:31:17
Date: 30 Jul 85 22:31:16 EDT
From: Eric <LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA>
Subject: Re: [Eric <LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA>: Re: Amiga price and availability]
To: Michael.Browne@CMU-CS-K.ARPA
cc: LAVITSKY@RU-BLUE.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Michael.Browne@cmu-cs-k.ARPA" of 30 Jul 85 14:01:00 EDT
Address: 16 Oak St. Flr 2, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, (201) 745-2839
Reply-To: Lavitsky@RUTGERS
Hi,
This is to set the record straight for all those who want to get an
Amiga development system. A development system costs $1500, and with
it comes:
512K Amiga with mouse and integral 880K 3-1/2" floppy
Lattice C
Assembler, Linker, Debugger
AmigaDOS/Intuition
Microsoft ABasic
Amigascope graphics demo from Electronic Arts
Tutorial from Mindscape
Speech routines and library
Full documentation (OS, hardware etc.)
All related updates (OS, Documentation)
Technical support from Commodore
Commodore has machines now, but is very stingy about releasing them
and adding new developrs to their technical support roster. It's not
because they're jealous or anything, their support staff is
presently understaffed and they hope to alleviate this problem
shortly. So don't expect to get one pronto, you may have to wait a
while. The person you should contact for a developer's application
is:
Caryn Havis
Manager Of 3rd Party Software Operations
Commodore/Amiga Inc.
983 University Ave. #D
Los Gatos, CA 95030
She is truly one of the nicest people I have ever dealt with. Feel
free to mention my name if you care to, she may get a kick out of
it. The developers system is different from the system that will be
on dealers shelves in the following way - the retail system comes
with 256K standard (512K costs and extra $200), No Lattice C and
costs $1295, I don't know what they're upgrade policy will be. I
imagine all OS updates will be free, but documentation may cost a
small amount to upgrade.
Eric
ARPA: LAVITSKY@RUTGERS
UUCP: ...{harvard,seismo,ut-sally,sri-iu,ihnp4!packard}!topaz!eric
SNAIL: 16 Oak St., Flr 2
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
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