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From: WHE46@ccvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga Color Flyers.
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Date: 25 Sep 90 10:37:42 GMT
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   I went picked up some Commodore advertizing stuff from an aquaintance
who is an on-campus rep for a not-so-nearby Commodore dealer.  Amongst
the stuff I got was one flyer that looks very interesting.  I will
attempt to describe it as best I can, but people in charge of education
at Commodore will probably know what I am talking about.

   This flyer is six pages, and in one sheet of paper.  On the front
is the now-typical purple and blue abstract with the words "Make Up
Your Own Mind.  Amiga." in yellow.  On the page (as you open it up)
is the also-typical picture of an A3000 with a shark coming out of
the monitor, with the words "Meet The Future Of Creative Thinking."
above.  Unfolding it more reveals three pages with a lot of
information about the Amiga in general, with descriptions of the
Amiga's capabilities and some popular Amiga programs.  The last page,
on the back, has some pretty detailed technical information about
all models of the Amiga, from the A500P to the A3000/25-100, with
the list and education-program prices for each model.

   OK, now to the point of this message.  A couple of weeks ago, I
chastized Commodore for putting a color insert in the ISU Daily that
was basically exactly the same as an ad that ran in the Daily proper
the week before.  My question is: why wasn't this flyer (the six-page
one I described above) included instead?

   The flyer I described is very well-written and well designed, with
lots of information about the Amiga.  This flyer is colorful, with
information about Amiga software, and technical information about the
entire Amiga family.  IMHO, I think including this flyer in the
ISU Daily would have been far more effective than the insert that
actually was included.  I just plain like this flyer, and I can't
understand why Commodore chose use a comparitively weak insert
when this flyer was available.


                                  -MB-