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From: ack@caldwr.caldwr.gov (David Ackerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWorld Expo Report 2 (longer)
Message-ID: <309@caldwr.caldwr.gov>
Date: 30 Jan 88 01:19:54 GMT
References: <40236@sun.uucp>
Organization: California Department of Water Resources
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In article <40236@sun.uucp>, rock%warp@Sun.COM (Bill Petro - Program Management Office) writes:
> 
> The Good part was the eagerly expected Wingz booth sponsored by
> Innovative Software of Lenexa, Kansas.  It was rumored in MacWeek
> magazine that this would be the one to see and shortly after the
> exhibit doors opened at 11:00 am Friday, I fairly ran to their booth.
> I was greeted by a large enclosed booth and a 30 minute line!  The
> attendants were dressed up like space folk from the TV series "V".  The
> line was worth the wait, the demo was shades of Disneyland.  There was
> a rather "Captain EO" feel to it as you stepped into the booth and
> prepared for your ride into the future.  There was a videotaped 9
> minute tour by Leonard Nimoy in a black turtle-neck sweater and a stoic
> visage.  Who better to present computer software than Mr. Spock of Star
> Trek?  The product, which was running on a color Macintosh II, is in a

I spoke with someone from Innovative yesterday, and she said that Leonard
Nimoy was actually *at* MacWorld Expo, probably Friday. He was so impressed
by the the response to WingZ that he wants to be their official spokesman.
They would be foolish to turn him down.

Maybe the next Star Trek movie will have a Mac II in the background somewhere,
running WingZ. :-)


David Ackerman
California Department of Water Resources     caldwr!ack@ucdavis.edu  (Internet)
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