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From: miner@hawk.CS.ULowell.Edu (Rich Miner)
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Subject: Re: Perry of ASDG talks from COMDEX (long!!!)
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Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 10:15:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 18 10:15:59 1987
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In article <459@cblpe.ATT.COM> feb@cblpe.ATT.COM (55216-Franco Barber) writes:
>Here is a (long) report from COMDEX that mysteriously found its way from...
>Perry Kivolowitz of ASDG

>Perry: A new frame grabber was shown by NYIT...it is a combo frame grabber 
>- genlock (on one card) for the 2000.
This is actually a product of Computer Graphics Labs, a spin off company of
NYIT Graphics Labs.   Their product, both hardware and software, look real
slick!  I do not think we will see it until at least Summers end though.

> They [Mimetics] showed a genlock that I have know idea if it was there 
>product or not but it was tiny (about the size of a larger mouse)...
>I have no idea how it stacks up aginst the nyit [CGL] genlock/frame grabber.
This _will_ be a product of theirs.  It is supposed to have better quality then
the CBM version and will be released with a retail price of $179.00 
according to their press release.  It is not a frame grabber and should not
be compared with the CGL board.

>There was a company showing Station Manager which they just finished...
I am not sure if it was the same company but I saw a product called F/EX that
did great presentation animations.  It did animated slides with many types
of back drops, fonts, wips, animation scripts... They even had a little gizmo
on a cord for the second mouse port to control the animation script while you
give a presentation.

> The music was very fast paced no voice overs at all except for the
>last fade to black and then god himself says ``Only Amiga''.
That's "Only Amiga Makes It Possible", and I don't think it was God, it did 
not even sound like her.

>Q: How does the CSA Tower look?
They had lots of problems getting their 68020 card to work in the tower.
It did finally get running at the dealer show before Comdex but the first
day of Comdex they could not get it up, and running.

>Gail Wellington was in t shirt and sneakers.
Only while getting developers set up, she got dressed for the shows and
presentations.
> She [Gail Wellington] is the international product manager I believe. 
In addition to her previous roles she is now also Manager of Developer
Support, yaa!

>Rich Miner (of Zoxso? and the univ of lowel was there but also I don't 
>think he had a booth).
Come see us at SIGGRAPH  :-)


Rich Miner  ULowell-Cntr for Productivity  !ulowell!miner  617-452-5000x2693