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From: jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka)
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Subject: Re: Advertising the Amiga at Universities: Getting Involved
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Date: 31 May 90 15:36:59 GMT
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In article <1990May30.055657.22526@portia.Stanford.EDU> amigaman@portiaStanford.EDU (Colin Gould) writes:
>I think Scott's idea is a good one in that computer "shows" seem fairly popular
>and a logical place to introduce the AMi. I'll share some of my info &
>experience

I agree.  I've organized a computer show here at WPI for the past 3 years, and
with quite reasonable success.  About 50 attended the first show (called
MegaFest), 350-400 attended the second show, and 250-300 attended the 3rd
show, down due to the smaller location and the rainy weather that day.  There
were Amigas from the 500 all the way up to the 2500/30, there were PC's
(8088's up to '386 systems), Macs from a Mac 512 up to an SE30 and a Mac II.

The systems which drew the most people were the higher end Amigas running
animation/sound demos, most of which were done by the people showing the
machines.  Maybe 80-90% of the people gathered around the Amigas for the
majority of the show, even though the Mac's, PC's, and GS's were showing some
truly incredible demonstrations.  I my opinion, the Amiga needs to be shown
more frequently at some of the smaller shows, not just at Comdex, the World of
Commodore, AniExpo, and so on, and the folks at Commodore-Amiga can help at
this by being a bit more friendly to the small computer show organizer,
something most of the people I know who organize shows would appreciate quite
a bit.


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