| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 4211.1 | no respect | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Fri Oct 19 1990 12:04 | 6 |
| Of course I did not see any mention of CBM already leading the
market.Only of NEXT moving toward this direction. I wonder how these
people manage to justify earning a paycheck. You figure they would have
a pulse on the industry, while in reality they no nothing of the
reality of what is going on today.
bill
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| 4211.2 | | WJG::GUINEAU | | Fri Oct 19 1990 17:36 | 2 |
| That was my first reaction as well. But then I thought, maybe no one knows
about the amiga because of the scope of advertisement it gets.
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| 4211.3 | they know,but does't pay to say | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Mon Oct 22 1990 07:52 | 7 |
| I admit that the Amiga gets little advertisement, but the peopls that
are publishing these articles should not need the aid of advertizing to
get their info. These people are in a posistion that should be above
this. After all if all they know is what the ads say then they might
just as well be fired. I sense a deliberate push for next here. Maybe
we are seeing a sort of ad in this type of reporting.
bill
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| 4211.4 | | STAR::ROBINSON | | Mon Oct 22 1990 10:46 | 18 |
| >>Maybe we are seeing a sort of ad in this type of reporting.
A lot of marketing efforts involve just what you imply. Marketing
departments offer information in "story form" and publications
looking for quick fillers and low-research articles just plug it
in. Commodore should be offering the same kinds of "stories" to
the publications.
Tangent alert- The most dramatic example of this marketing technique
is in the health food field, where companies decide they want
to sell something and pay writers to place articles in journals
that are created just for the purpose of the article. Then the
"journals" are marked with a cover price of $2 and given away
to publications and heath food stores. The journal articles always
claim that using large amounts of xyz "has been found" to help
blah blah and blah. Good reporters will investigate the origin
of the journal, mediocre reporters just relay the information.
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| 4211.5 | more info? | CIMBAD::QUIRICI | | Mon Oct 22 1990 15:27 | 5 |
| does anyone know more about this new chip? if it has more capabilities
than the amiga already has, could commodore/would commodore use it? it
might be a cheap way to enhance the amiga.
ken
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| 4211.6 | can't see the need | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Tue Oct 23 1990 08:11 | 14 |
| I don't think CBM will have any interest in this chip,other than seeing
it as an incentive to improve the Amiga. This chip promises to offer a
lot, but I saw no mention of the quality of graphics,sound etc. If this
chip makes it you will have some of the capabilities that the amiga has
today,but what will be required to make it a viable product ? Will it be
a one chip replacement for some of the graphics,sound boards available
in the clone world today ? If so. so what! I see no competition in the
clone arena today. A bigger threat come from the fruit world. I saw two
nice books in the bookstore yesterday on Multimedia and the Mac. We
need CBM or someone to publish such material. The books currently out
on the Amiga looked like trahs next too these publications . Of course
one was published by apple the other by a third party with apple
perched on their shoulder.
bill
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| 4211.7 | | BAHTAT::FORCE4::hilton | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Tue Oct 23 1990 08:12 | 16 |
| The latest Multimedia mag has an article entitled
'the ALTERNATIVE Image'
It the goes on to describe how Atari and Amiga computers 'have an
advantage over the more staid business machines for graphics'
Other quotes..
'..there is no point using a Paintbox when the Amiga can do it. It does
to a particular level and most people are quite happy to accept that.
It looks good and we understand it's limitations: what it can and can't
do. But for the price it does an awful lot.'
'...has no intentions of changing to a PC or a Macintosh....to get it
to do the things the Amiga can, costs 2 or 3 times the money.'
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| 4211.8 | video mag,amiga,multimedia | SALEM::LEIMBERGER | | Tue Oct 23 1990 10:58 | 5 |
| The latest issue of Video Magazine(the one with the 2500 on the cover)
has some articles on Multimedia,and the Amiga wins hands down. It also
has a sidebar on the toaster. The article shows how four people use the
amiga in their MultiMedia oriented businesses.
bill
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| 4211.9 | DEC and Multimedia | RTL::DMULLEN | Dan Mullen, Language Run-Time Libraries. TLG. | Mon Dec 16 1991 18:03 | 43 |
| [I remember a DEC & Multimedia note but couldn't find it so I reused this note.]
From: VMSDEV::STACI "Staci Blecharczyk dtn 381-0613 16-Dec-1991 1613" 16-DEC-1991 17:57:01.14
To: @VMSTEAM
CC: STACI
Subj: VMS Forum reminder 12/19/91
VMS FORUM
Cauchy Conference Room (ZKO3-1)
December 19, 1991
10:00-11:30
Abstract
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"Multimedia Overview"
Multimedia is HOT! Every computer magazine issue has at least one article on the
subject. Just like graphics a couple of years ago, multimedia will rapidly
become a base system requirement without which your system will just not be
competitive.
The presentation will provide an introduction to the multimedia phenomenon, and
provide an overview of what's happening in this area within Digital with special
emphasis on the recently announced workstation products.
Biography
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Guy Vancollie is the multimedia hardware product manager for the
USS/Workstations & Servers organization.
Guy joined Digital in 1985 as an OA consultant in the Belgian subsidiary. His
responsibilities at Digital have included local engineering management and
product marketing for desktop publishing products. Before joining Digital Guy
was a partner in a software startup specializing in computer-assisted financial
modeling.
Guy received his engineering degree from the State University of Ghent, Belgium
and also holds a Master of Science in Management degree from the MIT Sloan
School of Management.
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