Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: How to become an Official Atari Developer
From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
Date: 6 Nov 92 10:58:27 MDT
Reply-To: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA
Organization: Alberta Research Council

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

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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.

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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:____________________________________

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