Writing format plug-in - how to get Advanced SDK?

Hi all,
I'd like to write a format plug-in. Been poking around Adobe's web site and the Internet for a while, and all I could find were:
1. Happy people from ancient times who easily wrote ancient format plug-ins, and put freeware source code on the web
2. Nervous / confused people from 2000-2010 who couldn't get the Advanced SDK they needed
I can't even seem to find *how* one would start the process of getting the Advanced SDK. Apparently, one needs to sign an NDA?
I don't have an SDK CD-ROM, so I can't just read the docs that came with it. And, the "basic" SDK I downloaded included no mention of an Advanced SDK.
What do?
Bryan

3. 2010 - present, Adobe Advanced SDK is no longer and the entire SDK is available for download here: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop.html
See the SimpleFormat example.
There are still nervous and confused people! But this forum can help.
Build the sample, install the sample, read the source code, read the PIFormat.h header, clone the sample, adjust to your liking, test it, ship it.

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