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From: rrizzo@ic.sunysb.edu (Robert J Rizzo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AMIGA demos
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Date: 29 May 90 22:40:09 GMT
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In article <9427@sbcs.sunysb.edu> rrizzo@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Robert J Rizzo) writes:
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>I am the co-president of the users' group on campus and I am looking for
>the best AMIGA demos that show off the machines capabilities.  I am looking
>for demos of the magnitude of the walker demos as well as cute little
>screen hacks.  My group is having a public demonstration of AMIGA grapics
>and sound at the beginning of next semester, I am trying to get all of
>the IBM and MAC people on campus to change their attitude about the AMIGA.
>If anybody knows of any demos that truly show the full potential of the
>AMIGA, PLEASE mail to me.  I want any animation, sound, or an exceptional
>DMCS or Sonix song.  If you know of any ftp site that has them send me
>the address or if you have one on disk let me know and if I dont have
>it I will pay for the disk and the postage.  PLEASE help me I am tired of
>all the IBM and MAC people telling me to get a real machine, we'll see
>who has the last laugh when I show them the intros to Blood Money and
>Wayne Gretzky hockey.  Try doing that on a mac!  Thanks in advance.
>


I think I might have touched a few nerves here...I forgot to mention that
this wasn't the only show I planned to have on campus.  This show is only
going to be a public users' group meeting.  I planned to just do this to
fill the meeting time for the first meeting when we come back to school.
As I started collecting the demos I realized that I would be a good idea to
show these demos to more than just the group (considering the fact that just
the digi-view demos alone have converted a few of my IBM friends).  This
graphics demonstration is just to get people on campus familiar with the
AMIGA name, when they see how dynamic the demos are it will peak their
interest and they'll know about the AMIGA when and if I can get CBM down
here do show the real stuff.  I figured that this is a good way to generate
some publicity for the show and for the group. Beleive it or not, most
people on campus could care less about multi-tasking, of course, it's
the old 'sour grapes' syndrome.  They can't have it so they dont want it.
So there, I am not just showing the AMIGA as a 'game-machine' I am merely
demonstrating some of the creative uses for the AMIGA.  I don't think that
it will be all bad , have you seen shadow of the beast? Pretty complex
stuff huh?  Try doing that on a mac or ibm without setting the cpu on
fire!  These intros are exciting and are the best way to spark a persons
interst in a short amount of time, and if I get lucky, I'll leave the
big stuff to CBM to demonstrate since I know little about AMIGA VISION.

Wish me luck.
Bob Rizzo
Co-president
StonyBrook AMIGA Users

rrizzo@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu