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From: saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Becoming a developer
Summary: I ran into some confusion about MADMAC, ALN, RCS, etc.
Message-ID: <8490@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 19 May 89 14:05:09 GMT
References: <1501@atari.UUCP>
Organization: Chinet - Chicago, Ill.
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In article <1501@atari.UUCP>, jpatton@atari.UUCP (J. E. Patton) writes:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To become a registered developer you must purchase one of the following 
> forms of the kit.
> 
> $ 112.50  Documents Only
> $ 237.00  Above w/telephone support, online registration, hardware discounts

I ordered the kit above and received only the documents, no ALN, no RCS, no
MADMAC, no debuggers, no programming examples.  When I called to inquire, I
was told that all these (rather important) things were part of the Alcyon C
package, which is available separately to developers.  Before I blew up, I
was also told that since I had waited a couple months already (having exactly
caught the gap between 2 revisions), it would be sent immediately at no charge.
It would be interesting to have this clarified publicly.

> $ 300.00  All the above plus Mark Williams C compiler.
> 
> Atari Corporation
> 1196 Borregas Avenue
> Sunnyvale, CA 94086
> Attn: Developer Coordinator
> 
> The actual process of getting registered relies on the developer returning 
> a confidential disclosure form which is contained in the developer's kit.

Not to gripe too much (believe me, the docs and utilities are wonderful), but
I returned both the general agreement and the separate GDOS agreement about 6
weeks ago, and I've heard nothing since...like the online registration stuff
and the hardware discounts.

I wouldn't have posted anything publicly, but following up this posting is so
inviting, and nobody has answered several previously useful phone numbers at
Atari since Monday (I call 3 - 4 PM Calif time).

Believe me, if Atari was to say I already had gotten my $237 worth, so that
was all I'd get, I'd agree with them.  But I'm greedy.
                                   Steve J.