AmiWest 2015 - October 16th through 18th

[eliyahu]

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looks like amiwest is a 'go' this year! from the official amiwest blog:

Yes, AmiWest returns for an 18th show! The Sacramento Amiga Computer Club proudly presents AmiWest 2015 at the Holiday Inn Express, 2224 Auburn Blvd., Sacramento, CA. We are currently negotiating with the hotel for room rates for this year and will post them as soon as they are available

This year, we celebrate 30 years of the Amiga community. Little did anyone realize 30 years ago what shape the Amiga community would be in 30 years later. We're not sure anyone even thought about it those terms then. And Amiga has become a community, somewhat unique in the world of IT.

Dates for the show are October 16-18, 2015.

and for folks interested in developing applications for next-generation amigas:

Steven Solie, Hyperion Development Team leader and AOS4.x architect, has confirmed that there will be a 2015 Amiga DevCon preceding AmiWest 2015! He's excited about it and is already developing seminar materials for the event.

The aim of the 2015 DevCon and the three preceding conferences has always been to add new developers to the ranks of Amiga programmers. Prerequisites for this year's event include downloading and installing the most recent SDK, to be available shortly, and having OS4.1 Final Edition installed and running on your Amiga to bring to the DevCon. Steve also recommends reviewing posted materials from the previous three conferences on the Amiga Developer wiki as well as the other materials posted there as background for this year's DevCon.

Be prepared for a full two days of Amiga "C" programming hosted by some of the world's best AmigaOS programmers. Steve requests that as many of the participants as possible arrive by the evening of Wednesday October 14th to set up your software and equipment so that the DevCon can start promptly at 9 AM on Thursday, October 15. Go to the 2015 AOSPS page to fill out the registration form, whose dates will be updated soon. Go ahead and fill in your information anyway and we'll get it without delay. Cost is the same as in previous years.

full details on both events are available at amiwest.net. there are quite a few amiga.org members that regularly attend the show, so i hope to see you all there. it's always a great time!

-- eliyahu

[kamelito]

"AOS4.x architect"
I didn't knew that, is the architecture of AmigaOS 4.x is different than 1.x to 3.1? or is something new coming? I know that the Team Lead do like QT.
Kamelito

[eliyahu]

@kamelito

heh. no. i think that was just literary license on the part of the blog poster. steven's title is development team lead.

-- eliyahu

[RobertB]

Have videocamera, will travel to Amiwest!

FCUG celebrating 33 years,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
July 18-19 Commodore Vegas Expo v11 -
http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex

[eliyahu]

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as usual exhibitors are starting to be announced for this year's amiwest. the latest is jeri ellsworth, coming as part of the castAR crew:

CastAR, the new virtual reality game platform, is a new AmiWest sponsor! While talking with Jeri Ellsworth and her colleagues at Amiga 30 at Mountain View in July, we presented the opportunity to sponsor AmiWest 2015. After some discussion, they agreed.

We are all looking forward to what they will bring to the show. If you saw the exhibit at Amiga 30, you will want to come and see it again. If not, you will be astounded at what happens when you put on a pair of virtual reality goggles then look at the CastAR board. I'll say no more. You have to come to AmiWest to see it in Sacramento.

so far A-EON, castAR, amigakit, hyperion, intuitionbase.com (well, me) are among the confirmed exhibitors -- and i know of at least two other major players in the amiga market still considering presenting their latest wares. but what makes the show great are the attendees and the huge collection of amigas and amiga software and hardware on offer and display. it's a ton of fun, so i hope to see some of you all there!

you can always find the latest on the official amiwest blog.

-- eliyahu

[theprez]

AmiWest is indeed on track.  Lots of things are happening and, in accordance with our policy of many years past, we don't announce until confirmed.  

So make your plans to attend now.  We are currently working on confirming hotel room rates for our attendees.  We always get the lowest group rate available and it always includes a free hot breakfast, at least a $10 value, so you can start your day powered up.  

We always look forward to seeing Eliyahu and many more as well from throughout the world.  You can't take part if you aren't there.  See you there!

[yssing]

It's almost that time of the year, looking forward to reading the news

[Pyromania]

I might go this year since I missed the Amiga 30th because of work.

[ssolie]

I might go this year since I missed the Amiga 30th because of work.

It would be great to see you again in person.

The AmiWest show will be great as always and we have plenty to talk about at those after show parties...

[LoadWB]

Unfortunately the current project plan shows my part starts on Oct 14 and goes for five days... not this year, but I did make Amiga 30, so I'm not feeling TOO down about it.  I'm making plans for attending next year.

[eliyahu]

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looks like there were updates from the amiwest blog last night. first up, amigakit has been confirmed as a sponsor of the show this year. and secondly, the hotel rates have been announced:

AmiWest organizers Chuck Washburn and Brian Deneen met with Holiday Inn Express management yesterday. This was part of our ongoing contact with them to ensure that AmiWest 2015 runs smoothly.

The subject of greatest interest was hotel rates for AmiWest. The rates are as follows:

• $87.00 per night for two double beds in a standard room.
• $107.00 per night for either two doubles or a king bed in a suite.
• All rooms include a free hot breakfast which saves everyone staying at the hotel at least $8-10 a day. Free coffee is provided throughout the conference.

We have blocks of rooms set aside for our reservations, checking in on October 14 through October 18, 2015, checking out on the 19th. Any or all of the dates should give our group rate. The website group rate code is the same, "AMI" without the quotes.

i just made my reservations via the link they provided. looking forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks. :)

-- eliyahu

[Acill]

I think I may go this year. Its looking like I will have plenty of time off available in October. Hope to see a lot of friends this year show up!

[eliyahu]

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a few updates about the upcoming amiwest 2015 show in sacramento. first up is the announcement that david morris will be exhibiting on behalf of the MOS team this year:

Amigadave, aka Dave Morris, will exhibit at AmiWest this year. So what is he bringing? He didn't exactly tell us, except to note that the exhibit would include MorphOS. I've seen his MorphOS setup and it is worth the trip to see it.

and steven solie has announced the program for the amiga devcon:

At AmiWest 2015 we are returning to a more formal approach to helping all the eager Amiga developers out there. The plan is to make the Amiga DevCon 2015 similar to the DevCon's of old with fresh articles explaining how to use all those neat new features in AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition.

We are aiming to cover the following topics:

• RTG graphics and the unified graphics.library API
• Vector-port file systems and the diskio.library
• Extended memory objects
• Extended raw key maps and UTF-8
• New and extended console.device
• New Intuition menu system
• Composited video

hope to see some of you there!

-- eliyahu

[Niding]

Will be intresting to see the CASTAR presentation/demostration, if they got one?
I like the design of it, as compared to the relative massive alternates.

Plus, Jeri being a massive techhead/nerd/wiz is an added plus.

Considering they are attending, how much effort would getting CASTAR to work with AOS be? Just curious, althou I realise the active devs already got a massive list of things on the "to do" list.

[Terminills]

@thread

a few updates about the upcoming amiwest 2015 show in sacramento. first up is the announcement that david morris will be exhibiting on behalf of the MOS team this year:


and steven solie has announced the program for the amiga devcon:


hope to see some of you there!

-- eliyahu

I might being going this year... not 100% sure yet.  It depends on my work schedule.