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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

1071.0. "anybody see the Computer Show last night?" by BAGELS::BRANNON (Dave Brannon) Wed Jan 13 1988 12:35

    anybody see the Computer Show last night?
    
    Phillipe Kahn? demoed Quattro - a Lotus clone
    IBM demoed OS/2 Extended Edition
    
    Interesting, but not terribly exciting.  But the phone-in segment
    was fun, the IBM rep was asked what does OS/2 offer in terms of
    multitasking that the Amiga hasn't been doing for the past two years.
    He said he didn't know anything about the Amiga.  So a later caller
    mentioned that Phillipe knows about the Amiga, and asked him to
    explain the difference.  He did a fairly decent job describing the
    features the Amiga has that you don't get with OS/2.
    
    The IBM rep also got hassled by someone who wanted to know what
    is so wonderful about OS/2 if it doesn't let him run more than
    one of his MS-DOS applications.
    
    -dave

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1071.1		LEDS::ACCIARDI		`Wed Jan 13 1988 13:09`	7
	Actually, OS/2 is significantly different than the Amiga EXEC. It cost $1600.00, in addition to the hardware. :^) Ed.
1071.2	What Show ???	USFHSL::SPATOULAS	George Spatoulas Eng. Consultant	`Wed Jan 13 1988 13:13`	8
	Where was the computer show ?? Was it on TV ?? What channel ?? Is it a national show ?? Any news on Borland Turbo Pascal/C for the Amiga yet or is it still VAPORWARE ?????? ...GEORGE... :-)
1071.3		MVCAD3::BAEDER		`Wed Jan 13 1988 14:29`	5
	the computer show is national, and seen on ch 27 in worcester (Boston area) tuesday nights at 10pm. they have a phone in segment at the end on a tool free line... scott.
1071.4		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Wed Jan 13 1988 16:55`	16
	re: Borland I was hoping someone would call in to hassle him about that. They usually average about two Amiga calls per phone-in segment. He sounded like he knew what an Amiga could do in terms of video and sound, and knew that it could multitask. My impression was that he knew even less about OS/2. He didn't say anything about doing products for the Amiga. But remember, this show wasn't about anything related to the Amiga. He was only commenting on it because a caller had asked him to. I'm still waiting for Max Toy to show up. -dave
1071.5	Tape Available?	NAC::PLOUFF	LANsman Wes	`Mon Jan 18 1988 13:00`	5
	Dave, or anybody in E. Mass., do you have a tape of this show I might borrow? It all sounds priceless... BTW, Channel 27 does not keep tapes of the live satellite feed. Wes Plouff
1071.6		BAGELS::BRANNON	Dave Brannon	`Mon Jan 18 1988 19:36`	8
	re: .-1 Sorry, no tape. I wasn't expecting the phone-in segment to be that good. I'm sure IBM will be back to demo OS/2 + some wizzy thing on a future show, I'd expect the Amiga folks will hassle them also. -dave