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From: nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: some comments overheard at local computer show
Summary: Great advertising
Keywords: comments, Amiga
Message-ID: <732@dsacg2.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 89 18:48:50 GMT
References: <1792@ucqais.uc.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <1792@ucqais.uc.edu>, ggibeau@ucqais.uc.edu (George Gibeau) writes:
> 
> The Dayton, Ohio ComputerFest was held this past weekend (it was
> actually larger than AmiExpo Chicago (no joke intended).  4 of the
> local user groups (Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Wright Patterson
> Air Force Base) joined forces
 
It was alot like Ami-Expo - Commodore wasn't there (know that wasn't nice
was it?, I couldn't resist)

> demoing Deluxe Music for the umpteenth (I never want to hear Back
> in Black again :-)) 

It was probably me responisble for the Bach Toccata etc. but I don't really
remember Back in Black. What do you think Johann Sebastian would think of
hearing one of his Fugues on a Kawai K-1 or even the DX-27?

> "Commodore Amiga?  It is an impressive looking machine, why doesn't
> Commodore advertise it?"
> 
 
Was this comment not expected? 

> "Amiga, oh, that's one of those game machines."
> 

Our Columbus group banned all use of games on Sunday and still had to fight
the kids off so we could show other things. (Well, there might have been
alittle AirWarrior and Falcon). One kid blasted in my ear at least 6 times
that he almost always got to level 6 on MarbleMadness, while I was losing
it on level 3. After losing on level 2, he complained of it "not being 
right with a mouse" and admitted he used a keyboard on a PC. ANother kid
was there until closing on Saturday and showed up at 9:15AM Sunday to play
and the show didn't even open til 10:00.

> All in all, it was a good show, I think we spread the word to quite a few
> people (first days attendance broke all records - show has been going on
> for a long time), plus we gave the other groups (Mac, Atari) a run for
> the roses this year.
> 

This really seems like a good way to advertise cheaply and there has to be
alot of shows around like this where it could be done. The Mac people even
with other assorted apples, didn't have more than 5 or 6 machines there and
there was maybe 8 or 10 Atari. Hardly any PC's except the misc people selling
cheap clones and big trays of PD stuff. Although I think we all had fun
and helped get the word out, it could be better organized next time.






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