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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Multimedia farce
Message-ID: <90236.000521JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 90 04:05:21 GMT
References: <4060@crash.cts.com> <141225@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
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In article <141225@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, jcb@frisbee.Sun.COM (Jim Becker) says:
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>If  you  read  newspaper  reviews of software, especially the San Jose
>Mercury,  there  is very little mention of CBM or Atari products.  The
>basic  focus  is  the  Mac and PC. The Amiga is normally given passing
>mention when multimedia is brought up, but normally not  considered  a
>contender. We wouldn't attempt to lay blame on why this is  the  case,
>you've all heard me enough.. That's life in the big city.

Not true at all.  Last month I read an article in the Philadelphia
Inquirer entirely about the Amiga, and they had gotten it from a
writer at the San Jose Mercury.  I whipped a letter off to him the
next day complimenting him on his article.

>By  the  way,  the  Video Toaster was also `coming real soon' the last
>time I was at an Amiga meeting, in 1987.

Well, that was 1987.  The Toaster is out now, and it is knocking the
socks off of everyone, video professionals included.  It's my understanding
that manufacturers of professional (read: $50,000+ range) video machines
are scared because this little $1500 wonder can measure up well to their
products.  Try going to another Amiga meeting and see one!  :-)

                                                            Kurt
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