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From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Buncha Questions from a new Amiga owner
Message-ID: <2679@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 18:33:01 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2679
Posted: Tue Nov  3 18:33:01 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 08:38:36 EST
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: developer shell bridge soundscape

In article <2490@masscomp.UUCP> rad@masscomp.UUCP (Bob Doolittle) writes:
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>"Developer" question - I love my new machine, but find the lack of
>technical docs disappointing.  So I heard about this "Amiga Developer's
>Program" offered by Commodore.  This program has been significantly
>reworked recently, and a Developer seems to be quite a different beast
>from what it used to be.  Evidently for $50 I can be a "Certified
>Developer".  I presumed this entitled me to technical docs, but find now
>that I'm "accepted" to apply for the program that I just get "discounts"
>on unspecified software, docs and hardware (and the BIX).  I guess I am
>expected to send in my $50 and get a surprise :-{, but before doing so I
>wanted to know if anyone out there has done this and what they got for
>it.  Is any of it worth it?  Is the BIX worthwhile?

For the $50, a Certified Developer currently gets:
    
    Hardware discounts on up to 3 systems (1 year)
    Amigamail and Amigamail Postcards (1 year - normally $20)
    $10 BIX signup discount coupon
    $20 credit toward any one of our support materials


The hardware discounts alone are worth much more than $50, and the rest of
the stuff is worth a total of $50.  
    
As for BIX, it's not cheap, but a large number of the major commercial Amiga
developers are there and that makes it very interesting and informative.  
It also make it THE place for hammering out new standards, IFF forms, etc.

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