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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

1559.0. "Amiga on Computer Chronicals" by LEDS::ACCIARDI (I Blit, therefore I am...) Sun Jul 24 1988 14:19

    
    Well I'll be damned!  The Computer Chronicles (not the Computer
    Show) had an entire episode devoted to our favorite computer.
    
    The host introduced the Amiga 500 as the best computer value on
    the entire market.  They even remembered to mention multitasking!
    
    The show started with Interceptor running (good chioce) and then
    went on to demos of Microillusion's Photon Animation series and
    Digiview.  They then spent some time looking at medical applications.
    
    The segment ended with a very impressive demo of NewTek's Video
    Toaster board.  They were showing amazing special effects, like
    those done on $100,000 ADO systems.
    
    All in all, a very fair open minded review of the current state
    of the Amiga.  Well, the host had to get in one good natured jab;
    he referred to the Amiga as '...the Rodney Dangerfield of computers;
    it don't get no respect."
    
    Ed.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1559.1		POBOX::ANDREWS	Out of his mind, but not dangerous	`Mon Jul 25 1988 05:43`	4
	Hi, not to burst you bubble, but that was a re-run. I remember seeing that show sometime here in Chicago around Feb. or so. I noticed that they were into re-runs and wanted to tape it again. Rob
1559.2	will it be on again?	NOVA::JANOSIK	Orange	`Mon Jul 25 1988 17:49`	5
	Hi I'm a new guy on the block, and I was wondering if that show was going to be rebroadcast? jj
1559.3	AMIGA ON T.V.	CGHUB::NYE		`Mon Aug 08 1988 20:35`	29
	The AMIGA ON T.V. The AMIGA was featured on Business Week this week end. I was featured as a low cost graphics workstation. Max Toy was interviewed about the AMIGA 2000. They showed some of the BADGE KILLER DEMO winners, KAKNANAS, BOING MACHINE, and the winner; the one with the robot shooting hoop(I can't remenber the name). They compared the AMIGA to a 50 or $60,000 graphic workstation vary favorably. They also mentioned the MAC II (very briefly). This is the kind of big time non-computer program reviews that the AMIGA has to have. It gets other people who are not computer geeks that could definatly use the machine interested and reaches more of an audience. I think Max should blitz the airwaves with this kind of (free) advertising (sp). We should also write some realy nasty letters to the COMPUTER CRONICALS and get some air time to rebut some of the total garbage they have on there show. These people are really biased toward IBM (clones) and the MAC. When the person who does the software reviews is show the Software review logo is shown on an AMIGA not a MAC II. Where is the JUSTICE???? Sorry about the flame, I had a bad weekend. David Nye SNHAUG - PRES. AUGUST MEETING is the 13th at 1pm don't forget see ya there!!
1559.4	CC isn't all bad	TLE::RMEYERS	Randy Meyers	`Tue Aug 09 1988 18:13`	7
	Re: .3 About that SNHAUG meeting this Saturday. I have the Computer Chronicles show on the Amiga (they were very favorable) on videotape. I can bring it to the meeting and show it if you like. (It's about 20 minutes long.) Do you have a VCR?
1559.5		MTWAIN::MACDONALD	WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25	`Wed Aug 10 1988 16:34`	1
	I have a battery powered one if we need one.