foo@ulowell.UUCP (06/04/86)
Well, I just got back from CES and thought I would tell you all what
I thought about it...
In general, I found CES to be a BIG disappointment, esp. in the area
of the Amiga. Commodore didn't have a single Amiga in their booth when
I stopped in (Sunday) and when I asked someone why, they responded with
"Well, we devoted the last show to the Amiga, and now we want to give our
other machines a chance". Personally, I think Commodore just made a major
mistake in doing that. Sure they need to give your other machines a
chance, but why kill the Amiga? Seemingly to follow Commodores path,
there was not too much third party software or hardware on display at
the show. A few companies had a few old title out on it, usually more
impressive than their counterparts, but not enought to really be impressive.
On the other hand, the ST was shown in force. Atari had undoubtedly
the most impressive booth on the computer side of the show... In it
were many ST's running some impressive software... Perhaps the only thing
I did not find impressive was another attempt at the bouncing ball demo
using the Atari Logo in place of the ball... There was also alot of
third party support on the Atari.. Its nice to see that the ST is
finally starting to gain some momentum after a slow start.
On the other computer scenes, not too much was to be seen, there
was the usual array of software companies, Sega is trying to break into
both the home game machine market, and the computer field (with what
they call "The first AI machine")
Craig Norborg (aka Doc Pierce)
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Well, I just got back from CES and thought I would tell you all what
I thought about it...
In general, I found CES to be a BIG disappointment, esp. in the area
of the Amiga. Commodore didn't have a single Amiga in their booth when
I stopped in (Sunday) and when I asked someone why, they responded with
"Well, we devoted the last show to the Amiga, and now we want to give our
other machines a chance". Personally, I think Commodore just made a major
mistake in doing that. Sure they need to give your other machines a
chance, but why kill the Amiga? Seemingly to follow Commodores path,
there was not too much third party software or hardware on display at
the show. A few companies had a few old title out on it, usually more
impressive than their counterparts, but not enought to really be impressive.
On the other hand, the ST was shown in force. Atari had undoubtedly
the most impressive booth on the computer side of the show... In it
were many ST's running some impressive software... Perhaps the only thing
I did not find impressive was another attempt at the bouncing ball demo
using the Atari Logo in place of the ball... There was also alot of
third party support on the Atari.. Its nice to see that the ST is
finally starting to gain some momentum after a slow start.
On the other computer scenes, not too much was to be seen, there
was the usual array of software companies, Sega is trying to break into
both the home game machine market, and the computer field (with what
they call "The first AI machine")
Craig Norborg (aka Doc Pierce)
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Well, I just got back from CES and thought I would tell you all what
I thought about it...
In general, I found CES to be a BIG disappointment, esp. in the area
of the Amiga. Commodore didn't have a single Amiga in their booth when
I stopped in (Sunday) and when I asked someone why, they responded with
"Well, we devoted the last show to the Amiga, and now we want to give our
other machines a chance". Personally, I think Commodore just made a major
mistake in doing that. Sure they need to give your other machines a
chance, but why kill the Amiga? Seemingly to follow Commodores path,
there was not too much third party software or hardware on display at
the show. A few companies had a few old title out on it, usually more
impressive than their counterparts, but not enought to really be impressive.
On the other hand, the ST was shown in force. Atari had undoubtedly
the most impressive booth on the computer side of the show... In it
were many ST's running some impressive software... Perhaps the only thing
I did not find impressive was another attempt at the bouncing ball demo
using the Atari Logo in place of the ball... There was also alot of
third party support on the Atari.. Its nice to see that the ST is
finally starting to gain some momentum after a slow start.
On the other computer scenes, not too much was to be seen, there
was the usual array of software companies, Sega is trying to break into
both the home game machine market, and the computer field (with what
they call "The first AI machine")
Craig Norborg (aka Doc Pierce)
mod.amiga.{sources|binaries} moderator
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