lauren@cbmvax.commodore.com (Lauren Brown - CATS) (05/30/90)
The 1990 North American Developers Conference is being held in Atlanta,
Georgia, June 27-30. This article contains: a) Registration form and
fee information; b) hotel information; c) preliminary list of speakers
and sessions; d) general and miscellaneous information.
Note: Mail your registration form and check no later than May 31st, to
take advantage of the lower registration fee.
---------------------a) Registration Form and Fee info -----------------------
1990 North American Amiga Developers Conference
Atlanta, GA June 27-30
Please use a separate form for each registrant
Name:
Title:
Company:
Address:
:
:
Phone No.:
Developer No.
Special Events:
If you are interested in attending any of the following special events,
please note below:
___Introduction to Amiga Programming Wednesday, June 27, 1-5 p.m.
___Southern Hospitality Buffet Dinner, Wednesday, June 27, 7 p.m.
___Amiga Birthday Luncheon, Saturday, June 30, 12:30 p.m.
Registration Fee and Payment:
Postmarked After 5/31
by 5/31
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Members of the Commercial Developer
Support Program: $200 $350
Members of the Certified Developer
Support Program: $300 $450
Non-members of the Developer
Support Program: $375 $525
Amount enclosed: $
Send in this form with check or money order (U.S. funds only) payable
to Commodore Business Machines. Mail payment by May 31, 1990 to take
advantage of the lower registration fees. Mail to:
CATS-Devcon Registration
Commodore Business Machines, Inc.
1200 Wilson Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
----------------------------b) Hotel Information---------------------------
1990 North American Amiga Developers Conference
Atlanta, GA June 27-30
Omni Hotel at CNN Center
100 CNN Center
Atlanta, GA 30335
(404) 659-0000
Note: Contact the hotel no later than June 1, 1990, to guarantee room
availability and group rate.
The Omni Hotel at CNN Center is conveniently located in Atlanta's downtown
business district near Hartsfield International Airport. The hotel is the
centerpiece of CNN Center, which is also the home of CNN, Headline
News and Turner Broadcasting System. The Center features restaurants,
boutiques and shops, as well as CNN Cinema 6, showing "Gone With The
Wind", five first-run hits and an MGM classic double-feature daily.
Make your reservation under "Amiga Developers Conference" to get the
following rate (note: a 13% city/state tax will be added):
Single: $ 93.00 per night
Double: $103.00 per night
Reservations must be made by June 1, 1990 to guarantee availability and
group rate.
----------------c) Preliminary Session and Speaker List------------------
Note: This is not a complete list of sessions. Some of the topics
which will be part of the conference can only be discussed with third
parties who have executed a standard Commodore non-disclosure agreement.
The above statement should also lead you to the conclusion that anyone
registering for the conference on site, and/or anyone new to the developer
support program, will have to sign such an agreement:-)
A500/A1000/A2000 Peripheral Design
George Robbins, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
The problems and pitfalls of designing peripherals for these machines.
A3000 System Architecture
Hedley Davis, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Greg Berlin, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
This session answers the question, "How does it all work?".
ARexx
Kevin Klop, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Amiga Rexx - when and how to include it in your programs.
Advertising Workshop
Marian Dunshee, Marketing Communications Manager, CBM
Bob Pitner, Vice President, Wilken Promotion & Marketing.
Product marketing from A to Z.
Amiga OS 2.0
Andy Finkel, Manager of Amiga Software, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
An introduction to the new operating system software.
Amiga Standards
Paul Higginbottom, Manager, Developer Support, CBM
A description of the standards for Amiga programming.
Amiga Standards Workshop
David Junod, Support Programmer, CATS
Real-world examples of the use of Amiga standards.
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AmigaVision
John Campbell, Senior Manager, CATS
An Introduction to Commodore's authoring system for the Amiga.
AmigaVision Workshop
Cathy Godfrey, Authoring System Support Specialist, CATS
Creating courseware using AmigaVision.
Beginning Amiga Programming
Kevin Klop, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
An introduction to programming on the Amiga.
boopsi
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing
An introduction to "basic object-oriented programming system for
Intuition".
Commodities
Bill Koester, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
The commodities applications from the user and programmer viewpoints.
Commodore Ethernet/Arcnet cards
Ed Gunther, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Joe Augenbraun, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
A description of these two Commodore hardware boards.
Commodore in the Education Marketplace
Howard Diamond, Director of Education, CBM
An overview of Commodore's Education Program and how developers
can participate.
Commodore's New Commitment to OEM/VAR
Donna O'Neil, Technical Support Liaison, OEM/VAR Markets, CBM
A description of Commodore's OEM and VAR programs.
Compatibility
Mike Sinz, Support Programmer, CATS
David Junod, Support Programmer, CATS
Describes the steps necessary to ensure that developer software and hardware
works correctly with this and future OS releases.
Debugging Amiga Software
A
Carolyn Scheppner, Technical Manager, CATS
Bryce Nesbitt, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Techniques, tools and tips for Amiga software debugging.
Debugging Amiga Software Workshop
Carolyn Scheppner, Technical Manager, CATS
Bryce Nesbitt, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Real-world examples of debugging.
Designing a Zorro III Plug-In Card
Dave Haynie, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
A detailed discussion of the hardware design of a Zorro III-compatible
plug-in card, from start to finish.
Exec 2.0
Bryce Nesbitt, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
The multi-tasking system executive.
GadTools
Peter Cherna, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
An introduction to the gadget toolkit.
IFF & IFFParse
Carolyn Scheppner, Technical Manager, CATS
Leo Schwab
Stu Ferguson
Interchange file format and Amiga OS 2.0.
Internationalization (Marketing)
Dina Bennett, Vice President, International Language Engineering
The marketing aspects of producing applications that can be sold in
European markets.
Internationalization (Technical)
Valentin Pepelea, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
The technical aspects of producing applications that can be sold in
European markets, including the use of "locale.library".
Intuition
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing
A discussion of the new look and features of Intuition.
Low-Level DOS
Randell Jesup, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc
Low-level DOS usage.
New DOS Calls
Randell Jesup, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Why, When and How to use them.
Novell Network
To be announced, Oxxi, Inc.
The Novell network on the Amiga line of computers.
Preferences
Eric Cotton, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
The user preferences interface.
Programming for SCSI Devices
Steve Beats, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
SCSIDirect, RigidDiskBlock, and Autoboot strategies.
Run-Time Accommodation of Fonts
Mike Sinz, Support Programmer, CATS
James M. Barkley Jr., Software Consultant
Developing a font-adaptive coding style.
Scalable Fonts
Bob Burns, Kodiak Software
What they are and how to use them.
Standard Amiga Network Architecture
Dale Luck, GfxBase, Inc.
An introduction to S.A.N.A.
TCP/IP
Martin Hunt, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
The Commodore TCP/IP package and how to use it.
The A2410 Hi-Res Graphics Card
Rich Miner, Center for Productivity Enhancement, University of Lowell
A discussion of the programmer's tools for developing software for
this card.
The A3000 Expansion Bus
Dave Haynie, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
An overview of the Zorro III expansion bus, including a discussion of
Zorro II compatibility issues.
The A3000 Expansion Slot
Scott Schaeffer, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
Dave Haynie, Hardware Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
An explanation of the various features of the Amiga 3000 coprocessor slot,
detailing both coprocessing and takeover functions, including a simple
design example.
The Amiga 3000
Jeff Porter, Director of Product Development, Commodore-Amiga, Inc., CBM
An introduction to the Amiga 3000 hardware.
The Amiga Developer's Association
To be announced
What it is, what is does, and where it is going.
The Software Publishers Association
Ken Wasch, Executive Director, Software Publishers Association
The benefits of membership in the SPA.
Welcome
Harry Copperman, President and Chief Operating Officer, CBM
Jeff Scherb, Vice President, Applications and Technical Support, CBM
Workbench 2.0
Dave Berezowski, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
An introduction to the new graphic user interface.
You Asked Us Open Forum
(Panel)
Developers' questions are answered by Commodore.
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
Commodore Business Machines, Inc. = CBM
Commodore International Limited = CIL
Commodore Applications and Technical Support = CATS
---------------------d) Miscellaneous and General Info-----------------------
Some schedule information:
On-site registration: 6/27 Wednesday, 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
6/28 Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
6/29 Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Pre-registrants can pick up their conference materials and name
badges during the same hours.
Registration and Information Desk will be in the Westover Room
of the Omni Hotel.
Computer Room: 6/27 Wednesday, 9:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Thursday)
6/28 Thursday, 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Friday)
6/29 Friday, 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m. (Saturday)
We will once again be offering CATS materials for sale during the
Devcon. Sales will start 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon. A list of all
available items will be part of the Devcon materials.
A full agenda will be available at the conference. The schedule looks
like this:
Wednesday, 6/27:
Beginning Amiga Programming 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Registration 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Southern Hospitality Buffet begins at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, 6/28:
Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m., with Welcoming Remarks from
Harry Copperman and Jeff Scherb
Lunch 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Sessions end at 6:15 p.m.
Friday, 6/29:
Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.
Lunch 12:00 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Sessions end at 6:15 p.m.
Saturday, 6/30:
Sessions begin at 8:30 a.m.
Sessions end at 12:10 p.m.
Amiga Birthday Lunch 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
See you in Atlanta!!
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