Microsoft Windows NT Device Driver Developers Conference Monday, October 26 to Wednesday, October 28, 1992 Anaheim, California Location: Disneyland Hotel Anaheim, California Telephone: (714) 956-6425 Sponsor: Microsoft Corporation The purpose of this conference is to provide information and understanding on the model to support various devices, such as displays, printers, network adapters, SCSI peripherals, audio products, and more, under Windows NT. The presentations will discuss the entire structure and design of Windows NT as it relates to developing drivers to support various devices. The pre-liminary Windows NT Device Driver Kit is included with registration of this event and includes sample source code for many drivers, testing and debugging tools (the Win32 Software Development Kit is required for actual device driver development and is not included with registration) At the Windows NT Device Driver Developers Conference, the developers and designers of Windows NT will present details on various components of the operating system like the Windows NT Kernel and the I/O Subsystem and how they impact device drivers. Further, you'll have numerous opportunities to discover technical "how-tos" and the latest development tips for a broad range of devices including: * Printers * Communication devices * Keyboards * Mouse/Pointing devices * Display adapters * Audio * Network adapters * SCSI devices * 3270 adapters * Fax * Scanners * and other devices This is a great opportunity to hear directly from key developers, including David Cutler, Architect and Director of Windows NT Development. And, so that you can be among the first to have your hardware take advantage of this powerful operating system, we'll give you a free copy of the preliminary Windows NT Device Driver Kit (DDK) and successive updates include the final version, a $500 value. Windows NT's architecture provides a 32-bit device driver model with great functionality, security, and portability across different hardware platforms - Intel, MIPS, and DEC Alpha. Imagine how users could benefit, and you could profit, from your hardware products running under the Windows NT operating system on not only the huge installed base of PCs but on workstations using high performance RISC processors or multi-processor systems. This hardware support will enable PCs to meet the increasing end-user demands for varied functionality such as fast, high resolution graphics and integrated networking. Some of the speakers are the same as those who presented at the Win32 PDC in San Francisco, but all of the talks at this conference will be focused on hardware support and the particular needs of device driver writers. The second and third day will be made up of more than 35 breakout and general sessions containing completely new material focused on the specific issues of the devices listed above. To order a preliminary Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows NT, please contact (800) 227-4679 for specific details. The preliminary Win32 SDK has a retail price of $69 for a CD only option, and $399 for an option including the CD and hard copy documentation. These prices include follow on updates to this product including the final release. ------------------------------- Preliminary Program Monday, October 26, 1992 Keynote: Microsoft Operating Systems - Cameron Myhrvold, Director, Developer Relations Windows Family Demo Windows NT User Mode Architecture Windows NT Graphics Engine Architecture Lunch Windows NT Executive Windows NT I/O Subsystem Device Driver Architecture Windows NT Software Development Kit Windows NT Device Driver Development Kit End of Sessions - Day 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1992 Keynote: Windows NT Kernel Architecture - David Cutler, Director, Windows NT Development Hardware Abstraction Layer Windows NT Registry Lunch Development and Debugging Tools Performance Tools Setup for Device Drivers Performance Counters in Device Drivers Q&A Panel - all speakers Breakout Sessions: Display and Printers - Device Driver Interface Networks - Networking Internals and Overview SCSI - SCSI Overview Devices - Q&A Panel End of Sessions - Day 2 Wednesday, October 28, 1992 Breakout Sessions - all day: Track 1 Displays: Display specific Device Driver Interface and Miniport Architecture Printers: Printing Architecture Networks: Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) details SCSI: Miniport Architecture Devices: COM Track 2 Displays: Miniport Architecture (continued) Printers: Driver details (example postscript) Networks: NDIS details (continued) SCSI: Class drivers Devices: Mouse drivers - base and Windows Lunch Track 3 Display: Linear Frame Buffer driver details and VGA driver details Printers: Print Processors and Print Monitors Networks: Driver details (example Sonic) SCSI: Filter drivers and Testing Devices: Multimedia Audio Track 4 Display: VGA driver details (continued) and S3 driver details Printers: Halftoning Networks: Driver details (continued) SCSI: Tape driver details and Tape format Devices: Keyboard drivers: base and Windows Track 5 Display: S3 driver details (continued) and Q&A panel Printers: Minidriver and Testing Networks: Windows NT Streams SCSI: Tape and Floppy Tape drivers Devices: SNADIS - SNA adapter device support End of Sessions and Conference ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Registration Form ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Windows NT Device Driver Developers Conference Disneyland Hotel * Anaheim * California * October 26-28, 1992 BY PHONE: (800) MS SHOWS or (800) 677-4697 (Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 5:30pm PST) International: (206) 635-6435 BY MAIL: Return this completed form and your payment to: Microsoft Windows NT Device Driver Developers Conference One Microsoft Way Department 747 Redmond, WA 98052-6393 BY FAX: Return this completed form to: (206) 93MSFAX or (206) 936-7329 Attention: Department 747 Conference Fees: $845 per person (postmarked on or before September 21, 1992) $795 per person who attended the Win32 PDC in San Francisco (again postmarked on or before September 21, 1992) $895 late registration (postmarked after September 21, 1992) Includes: a preliminary Microsoft Windows NT DDK, including updates (a $500 value) Conference presentations Conference guide Conference polo shirt Notepad and pen and more! Cancellations: Cancellations made by September 21, 1992 will be subject to a $90 cancellation fee. No refund for cancellations after September 21 or for no-shows. Cancellations must be made in writing and you must recieve a cancellation number. 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The preliminary Win32 SDK has a retail price of $69 for a CD only option, and $399 for an option including the CD and hard copy documentation. These prices include follow on updates to this product including the final release.