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From: msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin)
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Subject: Re: Desktop Presentation Software on Computer Chronicles?
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Date: 26 Mar 90 14:57:42 GMT
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In article <954@orange9.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (scott sutherland) writes:
>
>	Someone posted about the Computer Chronicles on DTP which included
>the Amiga (yeah!!), Mac, and IBM.  I happened to catch it last night on the
....
>It could also 
>control a videodisk player and show videodisk stuff with Amiga graphics.
>The guy showing the Amiga was ALSO from COMMODORE, but I do not recall his
>name, NOR do I recall the name of the package he was showing.  However, ONE
>thing I DO recall was that he said that this new Desktop Presentation software
>was going to be, get this, ***BUNDLED WITH ALL NEW A2000 AND UP CPU's***.  
>Does anyone know if this has happened yet?  Anyone have details on the product?
>
>Scott Sutherland
>sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu

  Scott, what you just posted matched what the Commodore Presentor at the
CALICO conference (the COmputer Assisted Language Instruction COnsortium)
said to one of the people watching the demo (I didn't hear it but was asked
about it later).  He said that AmigaVision the new authoring package would
be included with the machine soon.  I thought that this might be only for
educational packages, but if they said it on Computer Chronicles, then it
may be CBM's answer to Hypercard being bundled with the MAC
.
AmigaVision is still in Beta Testing and therefore not yet available.  When
it is available I am sure that an announcement will be made here (if I have 
to do it myself  :-) )
Marc Siskin, Media Production Assistant Langauge Lab Univ of Michigan.
Msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu
userHEBE@umichub

DISCLAIMER:  I am not a beta tester for AmigaVision.  All impressions and
comments are based on about 5 hours use over the past week while preparing
a demonstration for one of the beta testers who just received a new copy of
the program.