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From: msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin)
Subject: Re: New Amiga Brochure
Message-ID: <1989Oct24.163140.12519@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
Keywords: amiga ads
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Reply-To: msiskin@shogun.UUCP (Marc Siskin)
Organization: University of Michigan Language Lab, Ann Arbor
References: <8110@microsoft.UUCP> <33Eq02wy63X=01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 89 16:31:40 GMT

In article <33Eq02wy63X=01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) writes:

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>I was in Software ETC. yesterday, and they had an Amiga Video running.
>It was very slick also. It resolved around an "interview" with Chuck
>Berry (whom they called a 'Jazz Guitarist'). 

Good reason to call the performer a Jazz Guitarist since he was B.B. King not
Chuck Berry.  

>Chuck pointed out all the
 ^^^^^  Should read B.B.

>great things about an Amiga, and how he uses it to "write" music.
>They showed someone using DMCS.
>
>During the interview, they would cut to someone in the "real world"
>that was singing praises about the Amiga. They showed an Artist, a
>guy (educator?) from Ohio State University, a Video Producer, etc.
>
>I didn't see the entier promo, but my initial impressions were:
>
> - They did a good all-round presentation of the Amiga's abilities.
> - They only showed Amiga 2000/2500's. There may have been a 500
>   in the first part of the promo that I missed.
> - Chuck Berry came off that the Amiga is wonderfull because " A dumb
    ^^^^^ ^^^^^ Again B.B. King
>   guy like me can use it". It was a bit demeaning, if you ask me.
>
>All in all, it's a good tape, and I hope that it gets alot of play in
>the store. It's places like Software ETC. that new Amiga converts
>will come from. The people that shop in these type of "Mall Computer
>stores" that aren't yet biggoted towards IBM. They just don't know mem
>about the Amiga (Yet).
>
>Also, the sales person at the store owns an Amiga. he said that Software
>ETC. is trying to get Amiga Knowledgable people in all of it's stores.
>
>-- 
>"What is another word  |  Dave Lowrey    | [The opinions expressed MAY be
> for 'Thesaurus'?"     |  Amdahl Corp.   | those of the author and are not
>                       |  Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his
>   Steven Wright       |  amdahl!dwl10   | employer]   (`nuff said!)

  The Local Software Boutique store has gotten at least a dozen requests for
information about where to get an AMiga.  This from about 10 ads on local
TV.  Even though the ads are not really technical (no talk about MHZ or Multi-
tasking or Megabytes) they do show the Amiga doing work.  Not being used to
play video games.  They also show the Amiga as a fun computer to use.  

    Marc Siskin
    Msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu
    USERhebe@umichub

