MORE HOT WORKSHOPS AND COOL FLORIDA BREEZES! December 29, 1993 Are you "OS/2 Device Driver Ready" for 1994? Do you have the drivers that will allow your products to exploit the explosive growth of the OS/2 marketplace? If the answers to these questions are "No", and you're wondering how to get started, well, look no further! The IBM Driver Development Support Center, a group of experienced industry professionals, provides the support and training you need to get you started on acquiring your share of this increasingly lucrative marketplace. You'll have good company too, Orchid Technology, Future Domain, NCR and S3 Inc., are just a few of your industry peers that took this same path. Now is the time to start planning your attendance for 1994 at the Device Driver Developer Workshops held at IBM in Boca Raton, Fl. Here folks from the IBM Programming Center, experts at OS/2 development, will provide you with guidance during your extensive hands-on sessions. This, together with the skills or our highly experienced instructors, is a combination that is hard to beat, at any price, especially ours. NO FEE! By the way, we don't know how long we can extend this bargain rate! Still not convinced? Then look at these sound BUSINESS reasons why you should attend these workshops: * Respond to increasing market demand * Save significant dollars on development and programmer time * Gain access to the latest levels of code * Give yourself a "Quick Start" on bringing your driver to market * Open your opportunities to new explosive, OS/2 market segments * Your competition is doing it! And after you finish the workshop, be sure you are registered on the "DUDE". This will ensure that the DDSC Team can provide you support in your driver development efforts. As an added bonus, when your driver is completed, you can use the latest service of the DUDE, DUDE-ADS, to help increase the visibility of your product offering! To register electronically, for any of the developer workshops to be held next year, sign on to the DUDE at 407-982-3217, DOWNLOAD the registration form REGISTER.TXT, fill in the blanks, and then UPLOAD the file to the DUDE. Upon upload of your completed form, you will receive a D-MAIL (DUDE-MAIL) confirming your registration in the DDSC Workshop. IT'S THAT EASY! And, if you don't have access to the DUDE, call Jim Bennett (407-982-4143) or Bob Peterson (407-443-8289) for assistance. Do it now, and have your product offering gain it's share of the ever expanding market of the award-winning 32-bit operating system, OS/2, The Platform of Choice!! PS: As new technology becomes available, we will be responding with the appropriate workshops. But, we still look to YOU, our customer, to let us know what workshops you need and we currently don't have. Don't be shy! Send us a D-MAIL! OS/2 Device Driver Workshops IBM 1000 NW 51st Street Boca Raton, FL 33431 DUDE (BBS) (407) 982-3217 Voice Mail: (407) 982-4239 Team Lead = Rudy Pietro Jim Bennett Marty Maher Charles DeVries Bob Peterson Gary Gerke Florin Selejan Phil Mule Don Wiesenmiller We expedite OS/2 support of your product! ----------------------------------------- General information o Utilize our DDSC Laboratory o Public courses scheduled for 1994 o Onsite courses available o Designed for C or MASM programmers o Morning lecture covers topics listed in course outlines o Afternoon lab sessions concentrate on developing your customer device drivers All workshop schedules may be subject to change based upon customer demand and technology availability Workshop Schedule 1994 ---------------------- Date Topic ---- ----- 01/24 -- OS2DD101 Physical Device Drivers (PDD) 02/21 -- OS2DD303 Adapter Device Drivers (ADD) 03/21 -- OS2DD302 Graphics Accelerator Drivers 04/18 -- OS2DD309 Multimedia Device Drivers 05/09 -- OS2DD304 2.x Pointer Device Drivers 06/20 -- OS2DD201 OS/2 2.x Virtual Device Drivers (VDD) 07/18 -- OS2DD403 NDIS-MAC Network Device Drivers 08/22 -- OS2DD306 PM Printer Device Drivers 09/19 -- OS2DD305 OS/2 2.x Device Managers (DMD) 10/10 -- OS2DD401 PCMCIA 11/07 -- OS2DD101 Physical Device Drivers (PDD) 12/12 -- OS2DD402 WORKPLACE OS Other Workshops available on a demand basis: OS2DD301 Presentation Manager (PM) Drivers OS2DD307 Industrial Controller Programming PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT IN OS/2 BY PROVIDING DD SUPPORT! Contact the "DUDE" at (407) 982-3217 AND ENROLL NOW!