Conference hydra::amiga_v1

I know, some of the software jobs look *real* good!

In fact, from the specific requirements they are looking for, What
speculation can we make?

1. CBM is building new grahpics hardware for Amiga
2. CBM is writing a device independant graphics library for Amiga
3. ?

john

    Commodore also had an ad for hardware engineers in the Boston Sunday
    Globe on 30-Sep. If I remember correctly, they were looking for someone
    who would interface with 3rd party hardware developers. If I get time,
    I'll locate the ad and enter it this evening.

    -Dom

    re:.1
    
    You can assume either they have been working on it for a while, and
    decided that they need more people... or ... they just came up
    with the idea, and would like to implement it when they can hire
    somebody to do it :-)
    
    Either way, it does indicate some commitment to improving the
    amiga hardware and software.  Not just talk.  The question is if
    they can ship something by the end of the year.  The rest of the 
    pc market isn't going to wait for them to catch up in the graphics
    area.  On the other hand, by the time they come out with something
    that can handle 1024x768xzillions of colors, the price for monitors
    that can do that will be much cheaper due to the pc clone industry.
    
    Dave
    

    As promised, from Sunday Globe of Sep 30.

    "It's been said that the future of computing lies in the concept of
    multimedia - the fusion of video, animation, graphics, color and sound.
    Well at Commodore, the future is here. Because with the introduction of
    the new Amiga line of computers and the AmigaVision authoring system,
    Commodore is the one computer company that's making this concept a 
    reality today.

    Hardware Support Engineer

    In this key position, you'll provide hardware development support to
    third party developers by direct contact, telephone, electronic
    information systems and in writing. You must have hardware design
    development experience combined with strong communication skills,	
    the ability to write technical articles and assist in hardware
    developer documentation, and programming experience in a high level
    language (C preferred). Amiga computer experience is a plus. 68000
    series experience preferred."

    Don't get too excited folks!  Commodore is in no way in good shape as
    far as being an employer.  Thier benie's are not anything near what
    larger computer companies are paying and their layoff policy is
    non-existant.  They have no qualms about cutting you off at the end of
    the week on the day before christmas.  I don't want to cast a real bad
    light on the company (my former employer by the way, I was MIS manager
    for the Semiconductor Division until 1987, I left them!)  but they are
    still struggling and are still infamous in this area (phila) for having
    a high turnover rate.
    
    On the other hand, if you realllllllllllly want to get a job
    programming amiga's instead of vaxes or pc's, then give them a try. 
    Most of the good amiga developers all worked for commodore at one time
    or another.
    
    John

    Re: -.1

    Actually, I think the intent of this note is that our 2nd favorite ;-)
    computer company is finally getting serious about making inroads
    into the business marketplace. And fwiw, there's yet another Commodore
    ad in today's (14-Oct) Boston Globe (I'll refrain from typing the whole
    ad in this time)

    "Multimedia is real at Commodore.... As part of our plan to bring this
    technology to the corporate desktop, we are expanding our "evangelical"
    staff and seking an Applications Manager for Business/Productivity 
    Products ... to work with major independent software vendors to arrange 
    for the development or portation of business and productivity software 
    to the Commodore Amiga line of computers".

    Evangelical, I love it.

    -Dom

    Wasn't outline fonts an original offering for 2.0
    
    Reading between the lines , does this mean a deal with AGFA
    Compugraphic fonts fell through. And only now patching it up.
    
    			.Pete.

    Re: .7
    
    Outline fonts were already scheduled for a post 2.0 release in
    February (Paris DevCon).
    To the best of my knowledge, nothing fell thru anything.
    Things like these just tend to take very loooong.
    
    <CB>

Re: .7

Almost all of the statements about outline fonts I saw said "Outline
fonts may make it into 2.0."  Sometime the statements were followed
by "But it looks like it will have to wait until 2.1."

Sometimes "2.0" was written as "1.4," and "2.1" as "1.5." :-)

    Well to the best of my knowledge it is not on the beta releases.
    
    
    			.pete.