bobp@amiga.UUCP (Robert S. Pariseau) (11/12/85)
TITLE: Amiga Developer's Support
November 11, 1985
Effective immediately, anyone interested can purchase Amiga technical
manual and tool sets (the Developer's Kit) direct from Commodore
Business Machines. The Developer's Kit consists of:
1) Amiga Technical Manuals:
a) AmigaDOS User's Manual
b) AmigaDOS Developer's Guide
c) AmigaDOS Technical Reference Manual
d) Amiga Hardware Manual
e) Amiga ROM Kernel Manual
f) Intuition: The Amiga User Interface
2) Amiga Assembler package
3) Lattice C for Amiga package
4) IBM Cross Development tools for Amiga:
a) IBM cross-assembler package
b) IBM cross-Lattice-C package
5) Miscellaneous support tools
The Developer's Kit can only be purchased as a unit. (The components are
not available for purchase direct from Commodore but may be obtained
at any Amiga dealer.) The price for a Developer's Kit is $450. This
price includes applicable tax and shipping by land UPS. To obtain a
Developer's Kit, send a check in the amount $450 made out to Commodore
Business Machines to:
Commodore Business Machines
C-2654
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
If you would like your Developer's Kit sent by some special means,
such as Federal Express, there will be additional charges to cover the
shipping. Such orders should be sent to:
Commodore Business Machines
Attn: Parts Department
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
All shipping inquires should be directed to Alice Feeney at the above
address or at (215) 431-9100 extension 9844. Special shipping
instructions may, however, cause a delay in handling.
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Commodore continues to offer personal support to qualified Amiga
developers through our Developer's Database program. Membership in
the Developer's Database entitles you to direct technical support
from Commodore via telephone. Database members receive product upgrades
direct from Commodore. In addition, Database members are entitled
to purchase a limited number of Amiga Development Systems direct from
Commodore. An Amiga Development System consists of:
1) Amiga Computer including system software
2) 256K RAM Expansion Cartridge
3) External 3.5 Disk Drive
4) Developer's Kit (see above)
5) (optional) Amiga RGB Monitor
An Amiga Development System costs $1500 without the monitor and $1900
with the monitor including applicable tax and shipping by land UPS.
Once again, Amiga Development Systems (unlike the Developer's Kits
mentioned above) are only available to qualified developers who are
part of the Developer's Database. Note that the components of the
Amiga Development System are all available for purchase from any
Amiga dealer.
The qualification for membership in the Developer's Database is that
you can demonstrate a serious intention to produce and sell software
or hardware products for the Amiga computer. The easiest way to do
this is to show that you have connections with an existing product
publisher or that you already have computer products on the market.
We're sorry, but at this time we do not have the manpower to provide
this kind of personal support to everyone interested in investigating
the potential of the Amiga computer.
To apply for membership in the Developer's Database, please send
information about your company and your proposed Amiga products to:
Commodore Computer Systems Division
Attn: Dave Street
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
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In addition to the Developer's Kit purchase program and the Developer's
Database program mentioned above, Commodore maintains an Amiga
Technical Bulletin Board System. This is an electronic Bulletin Board
and Conferencing system which is directly maintained by the Developer's
Database technical support team and by the Amiga engineering team. The
very latest technical information on the Amiga family of products is
available first on the Amiga BBS.
Currently, access to the Amiga BBS is limited to members of the
Developer's Database. It is our intention the make the Amiga BBS open
to the public as soon as we can establish the appropriate capacity.
We will make a further announcement at that time.