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From: jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga Advertising (what you can do)
Message-ID: <2550@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Date: 3 Nov 88 23:46:50 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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I have been showing off a small video I produced of some work
related process around here, it has been getting a warm reception.

When showing it, I start off by saying that this is something that
I put together in my spare time on my personal computer, no mention
of the Amiga by name. This angle has had a rather interesting effect.

First they must imagine that the quality would be similar to what
they would get off of their personal computers. Then they see it.
Overscan is soooooo nice, it is so subtle, the effect is like you
are watching real TV, not some computer generated stuff. Secondly
it slowly dawns on them that this is no ordinary personal computer.

I like this part since my casual mention at the beginning of the video
was soooo casual that I expect they thought they could do it on their
computers too. Finally they ask me what kind of PC it was and I say
Amiga, again rather casually, as if I am implying, "why, can't your
PC do this?"

I mean I was getting questions like:
	"And then you pointed the video camera at the screen,
	right?"
	"What did you do it on, an AT?"


(For alert viewers, this conversation could have gone on at lunch,
I could have been asked "So what computer does this kind of work?"
and I could have taken a bite of my sandwich and mumbled:
"Amumhghiiga" they would say "What?" and I would say "AMUMHGHIIGA!".)

Anyway, this casual attitude is:
	1) Fun
	2) Effective
I urge you all to try it.

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On a related issue, in order to sell the Amiga more solidly around here
I was wondering what other personal computers support overscan? I suspect
that the Mac II can, but I am curious about the expense of the device to
convert the default Mac II output to overscan NTSC (if one is even necessary
or exists).

Lastly, even if the locals here don't decide to buy some for work,
I expect that I have some folks looking seriously at Amigas for Xmas.
If we could all just urge one associate to buy an Amiga, and next year
they urge just one, and so on, and so on ..... there will be world peace.
					
					
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			Mike Davis ..!att!ihlpm!jmdavis

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