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From: eric@hippo.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Computer Faire (+ note on Amiga WordPerfect)
Message-ID: <106@hippo.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Mar-87 11:49:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 31 11:49:41 1987
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In article <2972@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (My watch has windows) Meyer) writes:
> 
> I spent a couple of hours wondering around the floor on the Nth (for
> some N) Computer Faire. General impressions:
> 
> Lots of IBM PC stuff. Dull. Not quite so much mac stuff, including a
> color enhancment. Not quite so dull. Some Atari stuff. Not bad. A
> little Amiga stuff. Dull. Almost no - wait a minute! DULL Amiga
> stuff??
> 
> ...
>
> What's up? None
> of the Amiga hardware/software vendors thought it was worth showing
> up?

	This isn't quite fair. Xebec was showing their drive for the
Amiga, as was Supra. There was the internal memory board from Spirit
Technologies. And there were a few of the vendors with Amiga software
for sale. What seemed to be missing were the flashy users group
booths.

	I was disappointed that the FAUG booth seemed to be closed
on Friday. I caught the tail end of the show on Thursday, and saw
people at the booth, and planned on stopping by on Friday. Alas - nothing
but an empty table. Was it open again on the weekend? 

	Certainly the Atari user groups did a much better job of showing off
their machines. I was surprised that the Juggler wasn't running somewhere.
Or some nice ray-traced images displayed somewhere. Or a video done up
for the show.

	Please understand - I'm not trying to berate any of the Amiga
user groups that did participate ( or even those that decided they did
not have the resources to participate ). I know that such efforts take
time and commitments that are often difficult to get. But I must echo
Mike's observation that based solely on the show, the Atari looks to
be a much "hotter" machine than the Amiga.

-- 

					eric
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