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From: don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Report: "Commodore Amiga User Show"
Message-ID: <13764@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 17 Sep 90 12:35:43 GMT
References: <90259.173025JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <90259.173025JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>The show in Valley Forge, PA, which was a World of Commodore show last
>year, proved somewhat disappointing in its 1990 incarnation.  Some major
>exhibitors were noticably absent, including Commodore itself (thus the

	Somewhat?  I was done looking around in less than an hour!

>Interestingly, there were a surprising number of 8-bit developers and
>sellers present.  Anyone who thinks the C-64 and 128 are dead units
>should have witnessed this show.  By the looks of things, 8-bit users
>need not have any worries finding new software or hardware for years
>to come.  And lest ye wonder, yes, the 8-bit products were selling well.
>
	I was surprised at this too.  There were hard drives and expansion
systems at decent prices, and 128D's were everywhere.

>Well, those are my impressions.  The show could have been larger, and
>I was quite disappointed not to see a Video Toaster, but the show was
>better than nothing!   :-)
>

	Did you see the new Compute! They were selling for $1?  I'd avoid it.
It's basically the same for every platform (Exact same cover, almost
completely PC-oriented), with a few Amiga-specific pages thrown into the
middle (right after an equal or larger nuber of PC-specific pages and
an otherwise all-but-PC-specific magazine) for the Amiga Resource version.
Somehow, I doubt too many Amiga users will want to buy an AMiga magazine
to read about the PS/1 or PC Geos.