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- CATS Developer Info 29-June-92
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- Attached is information on CATS developer materials, Amiga registered
- developer programs, Amiga programming manuals, and Workbench licensing.
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- Technical Information List for Non-Registered Developers and Users
-
- Listed below are the materials available through Department C of
- Commodore Business Machines, Inc., 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA,
- 19380. Send check or money order only (no credit card orders) to
- Department C at the above address. These materials are shipped from
- the new warehouse location in Mechanicsburg, PA.
-
- Shipping and handling for USA is $3.00. Shipping and handling for
- Canada and Europe (via Air) is $15.00.
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- Add local state sales tax for the following states: Pennsylvania, Virginia,
- California, Tennessee and Illinois.
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- Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
-
- A500/A2000 Technical Reference Guide, P/N: TECHREF01 $40.00
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- A 275-page reference manual that describes the technical features of
- the A500 and A2000, as well as those features that differ from the
- A1000. Table of contents includes: System Block Diagrams, Amiga
- Expansion, Designing Hardware for the Amiga Expansion Architecture,
- Driver Documentation, Software for Amiga Expansion, PC Bridgeboard and
- schematics.
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- Programmer's Guide to ARexx and Disk, P/N: AREXX01 $20.00
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- (August 1991) Manual (228 pages) and disk designed to allow you
- easy access to the power of ARexx. Includes information on how to
- make effective use of ARexx, how to conform to development standards
- and how to interface applicatations to the ARexx environment.
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- 1989 Amiga Developers Conference Notes, P/N:NOTES89 $75.00
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- 510-page manual and 2 disks created for 1989 Amiga Developers
- Conference. Subjects include: Intro to Programming the Ammiga,
- Features Outline for V1.3 ECS Features and the Graphics Library, Janus
- Dual-Port Memory, Hi-Res Color Graphics Card, Interfacing to ARexx,
- Advanced Amiga Architechtures, The IFF parse.library, and more.
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- 1988 Amiga Developers Conference Notes, P/N:NOTES88 $75.00
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- 400+ page manual and 4 disks created for 1988 Amiga Developers
- Conference. Topics covered include: Unique Amiga Techniques, Tips and
- Tricks for Programming in C, IFF, Autoboot and Kickstart V1.3, V1.3
- Printer Device and Printer Drivers, Amiga Audio and Sound, Overscan,
- Hi-Resolution Fonts, Programming for 16-Bit Amiga, A500 Expansion
- Cards, and much more.
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- AmigaDOS V2.0 Native Developer Update, P/N:NATDEV20 $20.00
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- The 2.0 Native Developer Update is a must-have for any Amiga
- programmer. This four-disk set contains the final 2.04 function Autodocs,
- final 2.04 C and assembler Amiga include files, linker libs (Amiga.lib,
- debug.lib, ddebug.lib) FD files, offsets, a great deal of 2.0 example code,
- and the "Software Toolkit II" disk full of the latest Amiga debugging
- tools.
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- Amiga 1000 Schematics and Expansion Specifications, P/N:A1000SM $20.00
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- (June 1986) Spiral-bound manual containing full Amiga 1000
- schematics, timing diagrams, PA: equations, and documentation for the
- auto-configuration process.
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- AmigaMail Volume 1, P/N:AMVOL1 $75.00
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- Back issues of the technical newsletter on the Amiga from
- January/February 1987 to July/August '90. (Binder and index tabs are
- sold separately.)
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- AmigaMail Binder, P/N:AMAIL1B01 (Vol. 1) AMAIL2B02 (Vol. 2) $10.00 ea.
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- AmigaMail Index Tabs, P/N:AMAILIND $5.00 ea.
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- The following item may be ordered by non-registered developers or users;
- however, it must be ordered directly from the CATS Department at
- Commodore. IF YOU ARE ORDERING THE FOLLOWING ITEM, DO NOT
- COMBINE THIS ORDER WITH THE DEPARTMENT C MATERIALS LISTED
- ABOVE.
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- AmigaMail, P/N:AM101 $ 45.00 Annual Subscription (USA only)
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- 45.00 + $2.50 (shipping) - (Canada)
- 45.00 + $15.00 (shipping) - European Orders
- and all other countries
- Using Credit Card Visa and MasterCard Only
- 45.00 + $25.00 (processing fee) + $15.00
- (shipping) on European orders and all
- other countries paid with check or
- money order
-
- Bi-monthly technical publication.
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- NOTE for European Developers:
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- Many CATS technical items may be purchased through the following German
- company. Their list may differ slightly from the CATS US list,
- and AmigaMail subscriptions may only be purchased through CATS US.
-
- Hirsch & Wolf oHG
- Attn: Hans-Helmut HIRSCH
- Mittelstr. 33
- 5450 Neuwied 1
- Germany
-
- Tel: ++49-2631-24485
- Fax: ++49-2631-23878
- UUCP: cbmger!carla!hhhirsch
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- The Amiga Programming Manuals
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- Non-registered developers must purchase their Amiga RKM and AmigaDOS
- manuals through bookstores or from the publishers. Dept C does not sell
- these manuals.
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- Bantam Books (800-223-6834, NY & Canada 212-765-6500)
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- The AmigaDOS Manual 3rd Edition
- ISBN 0-533-35403-5
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- Addison-Wesley (800-447-2226, 617-944-3700)
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- Amiga User Interface Style Guide
- ISBN 0-201-57757-7
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- Amiga Hardware Manual
- ISBN 0-201-56776-8
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- Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Includes and Autodocs
- ISBN 0-201-56773-3
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- Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Devices (also includes IFF)
- ISBN 0-201-56775-X
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- Amiga ROM Kernel Manual: Libraries
- ISBN 0-201-56774-1
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- Registered Amiga Developer Programs
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- Developers who have/are developing commercial products for the
- Amiga should think about participating in one of our registered
- developer programs. We have different programs at varying cost
- and level of support.
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- Developers may request a developer application by emailing to
- one of the following addresses, requesting a developer application,
- and including their own name and full PAPER MAIL address including
- country:
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- US Developers:
- sherrie@cbmvax.commodore.com
- OR uunet!cbmvax!sherrie
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- Canadian developers:
- alex@cbmtor.commodore.com
- OR uunet!cbmvax!cbmtor!alex
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- European developers and others (will be routed to appropriate country):
- tromp@cbmehq.commodore.com
- OR uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!tromp
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- Workbench and Includes Licenses
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- Developers who wish to distribute files/commands from Workbench
- or C/Asm Include files on their commercial product MUST have
- a license to do so. Distribution of the items in PD or freely
- redistributable form is not allowed. Licenses may be requested
- through your local Amiga support organization, or through
- CATS - Licenses, 1200 Wilson Drive, West Chester, PA., 19380.
- Licenses are available for Workbench 1.3, Workbench 2.0, Includes
- 1.3, and Includes 2.0. Be sure to specify which license(s) you
- require and include your full PAPER MAIL address including country.
- Licensing generally costs $100/year for workbench, $25/year for
- Includes/Libs.
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- Current 1.3 Workbench licensees may also request a special
- "IFFParse" amendment for distributing the 2.0 iffparse.library
- with 1.3.
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- We expect to have some additional amendments available for
- non-registered developers soon for Installer and AmigaGuide
- (currently only available to regsitered developers).
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- Amiga Example Code and Tools
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- 1. 2.0 Native Developer Update (see Dept. C list). Contains the
- all of the 2.0 Devcon code examples and 2.0 AmigaMail code
- examples.
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- 2. Latest IFF code: has been sent to Fred Fish - Should appear
- on a disk in 671-680 range. This is version 37.9 of the code.
- Requires 2.0 Workbench iffparse.library (which is 1.3 compatible).
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- 3. 1.3 "RKMCompanion" on Fish Disk 344, contains all of the 1.3
- Rom Kernel Reference Manual code examples.
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- We are working on companion disks for the 2.0 Manuals. When
- completed, they will be sent to Fred Fish.
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- 4. Debugging Tools - 2.0 Native Developer Update (see Dept. C list).
- Some tools (usually latest Enforcer and Mungwall) also submitted
- to Fred Fish.
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- Carolyn Scheppner -- Tech. Mgr. CATS - Commodore Amiga Technical Support
- PHONE 215-431-9180 {uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!carolyn carolyn@commodore.com
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- Oh I'm a numberjack and I'm OK, I code all night and I work all day...
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