uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) (08/23/90)
In the September 11, 1990 issue of PC Magazine, page 89, an misinformed
"writer" named William F. Zachman talks about why Multimedia is out of reach
in 1990 financially. He states "Bringing Multimedia capabilities to the
majority of office desktops would be an extremely expensive proposition at
today's prices" He then says a 386 equipped system would cost over $10,000.00
I suggest EVERYONE write this guy a letter telling him about the Amiga 3000
and its bundled mulitmedia package.
Send comments to :
PC Magazine
One Park Ave
New York, NY 10016
Send electronic mail to
MCI Mailbox 157-9301 (PC Magazine)
On compuserve you can GO PCMAG at any prompt
Let these blind bozos know when they ignore and mislead about the Amiga.
-Roger
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INET: uzun@pnet01.cts.comsparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (08/27/90)
uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes: >In the September 11, 1990 issue of PC Magazine, page 89, an misinformed >"writer" named William F. Zachman talks about why Multimedia is out of reach >in 1990 financially. He states "Bringing Multimedia capabilities to the >majority of office desktops would be an extremely expensive proposition at >today's prices" He then says a 386 equipped system would cost over $10,000.00 Er, it is PC magazine, they have the right to stick to MSDOS clones if they wish. Not every magazine *has* to mention Amiga, ya know. If he was writing in the context of bringing multi-media to the office on MSDOS clones, then he has a right not to mention Amiga. Let's not get bent out of shape every time someone fails to mention the Amiga. After all, do Amiga magazines mention Macintosh or IBM machines everytime they talk about something all three can do? No. Oh but the author is still *wrong* above, you can get multi-media on a '386 for much less than 10K. 5-6K would be more like it. -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash
rar@auc.UUCP (Rodney Ricks) (08/29/90)
In article <4063@crash.cts.com> uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes: >In the September 11, 1990 issue of PC Magazine, page 89, an misinformed >"writer" named William F. Zachman talks about why Multimedia is out of reach >in 1990 financially. He states "Bringing Multimedia capabilities to the >majority of office desktops would be an extremely expensive proposition at >today's prices" He then says a 386 equipped system would cost over $10,000.00 Where's the insult???? While (depending on how you define multimedia) his statement is untrue, from what you have written, he has not insulted the Amiga, he has just not acknowledged it. Whether this was done intentionally or out of ignorance, I don't know. >I suggest EVERYONE write this guy a letter telling him about the Amiga 3000 >and its bundled mulitmedia package. That sounds good. I'll include the mail address in case anyone missed it. >Send comments to : >PC Magazine >One Park Ave >New York, NY 10016 > >Send electronic mail to >MCI Mailbox 157-9301 (PC Magazine) >On compuserve you can GO PCMAG at any prompt >Let these blind bozos know when they ignore and mislead about the Amiga. Please, don't call him a blind bozo, or anything else of the short. We must live down the reputation of fanatics if we expect anyone to listen to us. It might be a good idea to: 1) Politely disagree with him. 2) Describe the Amiga and it's capabilities, without identifying it yet. 3) Tell who is using it for multimedia, Cable TV, etc. It would be VERY nice if he could hear from some people who are actually using it for multimedia purposes in businesses. 4) Give him some prices (or maybe do this a little earlier). 5) Finally, identify the Amiga, citing references to it in the various video magazines it pops up in, and references to it in computer magazines. 6) INVITE him to look into the Amiga himself, citing publications he should look into (and giving the publications' good and bad points), and people he should talk to. I think that a gentle correction (actually MANY corrections with different {but non-conflicting} information) would be better than a bunch of flames and insults. Of course, it would also be good to read the article first! ( You don't have to buy it, just read it in the store! :-) ) >-Roger -- "We may have come over here in different ships, but we're all in the same boat now." -- Jesse Jackson // \\ // Rodney Ricks, Morehouse College \/
cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) (08/30/90)
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: }uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes: }>... He states "Bringing Multimedia capabilities to the }>majority of office desktops would be an extremely expensive proposition at }>today's prices" He then says a 386 equipped system would cost over $10,000.00 ... }Oh but the author is still *wrong* above, you can get multi-media on a }'386 for much less than 10K. 5-6K would be more like it. Could someone give me a rundown of what this equipment IS that costs $5K [or $10K], and what the Amiga equivalents would be that they are so much less expensive? Thanks /Bernie\
sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) (09/05/90)
cosell@bbn.com (Bernie Cosell) writes: >sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes: >}uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes: >}>... He states "Bringing Multimedia capabilities to the >}>majority of office desktops would be an extremely expensive proposition at >}>today's prices" He then says a 386 equipped system would cost over $10,000.00 >... >}Oh but the author is still *wrong* above, you can get multi-media on a >}'386 for much less than 10K. 5-6K would be more like it. >Could someone give me a rundown of what this equipment IS that costs >$5K [or $10K], and what the Amiga equivalents would be that they are so much >less expensive? Thanks Sorry Bernie, it's a secret. Yes, we could tell you but then we'd have to kill you (you know the story..). I was just guestimating above, but we have bought '386 sytems for around $2500 here at work. Now to get 'multimedia' I figure you need a sound board and a video board. I have seen sound boards for around $200, and I figure a Targa 16 board would be a good video card. It has video outputs, framegrab ability and genlocking built in. Kinda like a video toaster. The Targa board runs around $3,000 and the software that works on it (TIPS?) is about $800. So all the extra stuff is around $4000. But that's list price. I figure that you can probably get around 30% off list by doing a bit of shopping around. So let's say $2800 - $3000 for the video/sound gear. That makes the entire unit around $5300 Now all this stuff on an IBM still wouldn't be as integrated as on an Amiga. -- John Sparks |D.I.S.K. Public Access Unix System| Multi-User Games, Email sparks@corpane.UUCP |PH: (502) 968-DISK 24Hrs/2400BPS | Usenet, Chatting, =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|7 line Multi-User system. | Downloads & more. A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of----Ogden Nash