Conference hydra::amiga_v1

85.0. "Press Coverage" by LEIA::SWONGER (What, me worry?) Mon Aug 25 1986 16:44

	I have  just  browsed  through the most recent isue of BYTE,
	and  it contains a lot of encouraging news and articles. The
	first  thing  that  caught  my  eye  was a comparison of the
	system  calls  of  the Mac and the Amiga. I had expected the
	Macintosh  to  come out ahead just because everyone seems to
	love  the  Mac's  software.  Surprisingly, the Amiga was the
	clear  winner!!!  I  personally don't know much at all about
	the  system software of either machine, but I am always glad
	to see good press for the Amiga.

	   Jerry Pournelle  also  had  nice words to say, especially
	about  the  Sidecar.  He also was derisive about Commodore's
	management,  but  who  isn't? From his collumns in Infoworld
	and Byte, it is easy to see that Pournelle is an Amigaphile.
	He  also  likes  the  Atari  ST,  and just about every other
	machine that is a good value.

	   There was  also  an  article  on doing animation with the
	Amiga, awhich I didn't get to read.

	   Overall, it  looks  to  me  like  things  are picking up.
	Commodore  made  $1.2  million  last  quarter,  products are
	starting to come out, and the press seems to be helping out.
	If  they cut the list price to about 999.00 with the monitor
	for CHristmas, we could see the Amiga really take off.

	Roy

	

        Just got my copy of BYTE last night and as you said, it is nice
        to see some good press concerning the AMIGA.
        
        I was also glad to see that someone had submitted a rebuttal to
        the "Whats it good for" letter that appeared a couple of months
        back.  I thought that BYTE was a bit irresponsible in printing
        the initial letter in the first place and was therefore glad that
        they saw fit to print the retort.  If the author of the initial
        letter had bore sway when the first automobile was being
        introduced, we may all still be riding horses!!
        
        Art Gosling - Kanata

    Why wait for Christmas........$950 for the Amiga including monitor
    at dealers now!