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From: dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New Amiga Brochure
Keywords: amiga ads
Message-ID: <33Eq02wy63X=01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 24 Oct 89 14:46:57 GMT
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Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX
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In article <8110@microsoft.UUCP> tommcc@microsoft.UUCP (Tom McConnell) writes:
>
>
>I just happen to stop by the local Software Etc. boutique, and lo and 
>behold I found a brand spanking new Amiga brochure.  It is  _slick_!
>(or at least much slicker than anything commodore has _ever_ done for
>the amiga!)
>
<description of the pamphlet deleted>

I was in Software ETC. yesterday, and they had an Amiga Video running.
It was very slick also. It resolved around an "interview" with Chuck
Berry (whom they called a 'Jazz Guitarist'). Chuck pointed out all the
great things about an Amiga, and how he uses it to "write" music.
They showed someone using DMCS.

During the interview, they would cut to someone in the "real world"
that was singing praises about the Amiga. They showed an Artist, a
guy (educator?) from Ohio State University, a Video Producer, etc.

I didn't see the entier promo, but my initial impressions were:

 - They did a good all-round presentation of the Amiga's abilities.
 - They only showed Amiga 2000/2500's. There may have been a 500
   in the first part of the promo that I missed.
 - Chuck Berry came off that the Amiga is wonderfull because " A dumb
   guy like me can use it". It was a bit demeaning, if you ask me.

All in all, it's a good tape, and I hope that it gets alot of play in
the store. It's places like Software ETC. that new Amiga converts
will come from. The people that shop in these type of "Mall Computer
stores" that aren't yet biggoted towards IBM. They just don't know mem
about the Amiga (Yet).

Also, the sales person at the store owns an Amiga. he said that Software
ETC. is trying to get Amiga Knowledgable people in all of it's stores.

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