home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
No Fragments Archive 12: Textmags & Docs
/
nf_archive_12.iso
/
MAGS
/
TEXTMAGS
/
INFODISK
/
INSIDE57.MSA
/
TEXT_TOSINF.TXT
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-02-29
|
10KB
|
209 lines
=======================================================================
* ATARI CORPORATION OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
=======================================================================
January 15, 1992
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.
Atari TOS Developer's Kit -- Order Form -- January 4, 1992
________ $150.00 Complete Developer's Kit, including all documents and
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:____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
******* Make sure you return both pages of the order form. ********
Please allow 2 - 4 weeks for processing.
Make checks payable in U.S. funds to Atari Corporation.
Direct all orders to: Atari Corp.
1196 Borregas Avenue
Sunnyvale, Calif., U.S.A. 94086
Attn: Gail Bacani
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< * >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
In the "Atari Corporation Online" category (14)
from the "Atari's new TOS 2.06" topic (8)
Message 156 Thu Jan 16, 1992
TOWNS [John Atari] at 04:01 EST
Steve, Jim, et al:
I am far from the head of TOS Development. Leonard Tramiel is my boss
and he is the person that could qualify for the title of "Head of TOS
Development."
And just so you are aware, there are about 6-7 people working on TOS
directly and about 10-15 more working on various other things relating
to TOS. For example, 3-4 people (mostly three) worked directly on
FSMGDOS for quite some time. 4 people (myself included) worked on the
Extensible Control Panel, etc.
The number of people doing software has increased over the years. We
rarely have people leave from this department of the company and we work
on LOTS of stuff relating to maintaining/improving TOS.
BTW.. In case you were wondering, Leonard's offical title is Vice
President of Software. His counterpart is Richard Miller who is Vice
President of Hardware (I think his title is something like that) and
both report directly to Sam Tramiel, CEO and President of Atari Corp.
If you have any other questions, please ask away. Just wanted to clear
up the misconception about our software development here at Atari.
There are actually quite a few people in the department (We are a good
sized department, nothing close to what you would find at IBM or Apple,
but not 2-3 people either ;-) and from what I hear, we could be
expanding in the future (LOTS and LOTS of stuff to do !!)