don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) (12/01/90)
Skimming through the "What's New" section of the latest Byte, I noticed that Supra's A500 hard drive was mentioned there. Suddenly a thought came to me that should have come long ago... these "what's new" type columns are generally free and rely on manufacturers to provide them with the information they print (rather than having someone from the magazine calling around to ask about it...). Why do so few Amiga companies send information to these things? It's not only free advertising for their products, but it makes people see that the Amiga _does_ have plenty of non-game software and non-joystick hardware available for it. When people start to see a dozen or so Amiga announcements every month along with the MAC/PC/etc announcements, they'll start to think, "Hey, this Amiga thing might just be a real computer after all." It will do wonders to raise the Amiga's visibility, and articles which completely ignore the Amiga even when speaking of areas where it is strongest will become much less common. Byte, PCWeek, InfoWorld, and PC Magazine are several magazines which come to mind. What I'd like to do (after finals :-) is gather a list of magazines (et. al.) where these types of announcements would be appropriate, as well as information on how to contact them and submit new product information. If anyone has suggestions/information, please mail it to me. After compiling this list, I'd like to send it to various Amiga magazines, as well as to the Amiga Developer's association. (As a side note: to the person who posted recently about starting a a national writing campaign to non-amiga software companies: if you haven't already, I'd suggest that you also try to have your idea published in Amiga magazines, as well as trying to get in touch with ADA about helping out. While many members of the ADA would face tough times if the likes of Microsoft or Borland started competing with them, in the long run those changes would be beneficial to the Amiga industry. If the ADA could contact these other companies it'd be a big help toward showing that Ami's a viable platform. As far as I know, nothing like the Amiga Developer's Association exists for any other computer. A show of the unity & cooperation (even among competitors) in the Amiga community (as exemplified by the ADA) would further entice "The Big Guys" to take a second look our way.) Thanks for any comments/help/information/money/free hardware you'd care to send me. -- Gibberish Amiga 3000 owner/fanatic is spoken Contact don@brahms.udel.edu for more information. here. DISCLAIMER: It's all YOUR fault.
mhenders@draco.unm.edu (Stinger) (12/04/90)
The December Computer Graphics World had a wonderful full page color ad for Caligari Professional. The ad had many wonderful statements about the Amiga's 24 bit color capabilities with the program and that rendering times were negligable with a 68030 on an Amiga 3000. It gave the Amiga one more bit of recognition in the professional graphics community. If only the Toaster or DCTV would do the same in PC World or any of the other mainstream mags more recognition would give us a bit more notability in the public eye. (mainly PC and Mac snooties..) -- .---- << Amiga Weirdo >> ///| \ __/_ ' .--. .--. .-. .--. << Demo Freak >> ///|| \ / / / / <__/ /__/ / << mhenders@hydra.unm.edu >> \\\///=|| ____>/ / / / ___/ <__ / << Computer Hypochondriac >> \XX/ ||
jal@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Jason Leigh) (12/04/90)
Speaking of Caligari, I noticed Lightwave that comes with the Toaster has a similar look to Caligari; i.e. objects are designed in a 3D view. Does any one know if Lightwave offers anything over Caligari except for the fact that the 24bit frame buffer is already there? Thanx. -- :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) :^) ;^) O^: (^: (^: (^: (^: (^: (^: (^: :^) Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. (^: :v) Which of the two has the grander view? - Victor Hugo (v: :v) :v) :v) :v) :v) :v) :v) :v) :v( $v: (v: (v: (v: (v: (v: (v: (v: