Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!cs.umu.se!dvljhg From: dvljhg@cs.umu.se (J|rgen Holmberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: How to show off an Amiga? Message-ID: <1990Dec10.123814.20267@cs.umu.se> Date: 10 Dec 90 12:38:14 GMT References: Sender: news@cs.umu.se (News Administrator) Organization: Dep. of Info.Proc, Umea Univ., Sweden Lines: 46 In article andrewsr@romulus.rutgers.edu (Rich Andrews) writes: >Hello All. > >For the past month or so I have dropped by a couple of Amiga dealers >in my area. I have been very disappointed with their "demos". > >So, I have decided to bring a small set of PD software with me to each >of the places that I visited and a) teach the dealer how to use them, >and b) give them to the dealer. I will bring along a complete listing >of the Fish disks, my phone number, and a number/address of the >nearest users group. > >(I mean really, one of the dealers I went to had 2 things to show on >his 3000: Dpaint and the animation given by C=). > This is a good idea BUT... I have done what you suggest, giving dealers easy to use demos for the amiga showing off sound and graphics mainly. The dealers use them a couple of times and then they let the machine show off the workbench hand again :-(. It is certainly worth a shot but don't expect too much. Dealers in general know nothing or less about what they sell and are only interested in getting their pay and go home. >I want to develop a small set of high quality demos. Question: What >programs are *necessary* to this set? > >One of my picks is Fish 196 with the stunning HAM pictures. I also >like the game Drip and the on-line fish list Aquarium. > >(If you could only show 1-3 animations, which ones would they be?) > The best animations I have seen don't work on 680x0 machines, Sorry. >One of the strong points of the Amiga is its user base. Lets get the >word out. > I try, I try :-) /Jorgen -- ******************************************************************************* email dvljhg@cs.umu.se - other ways to communicate are a waste of time. Everything I say is always true, just apply it to the right reality. "Credo, quia absurdum est."