johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian) (04/08/90)
In article <9004060702.AA02226@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> JOHNBARNES@ENH.NIST.GOV writes: > >The Posting on the Toronto Convention by Brandon Brooks was fine as far as >it went, but it would be nice to know more. > >1.) How many people came? I don't know for sure. It seemed to be less crowded than in November of 1988, but still, there were a few people. Roughly 2000 by my estimate. I heard a number of 5000 for November '88, but I don't claim these numbers as accurate. >2.) Were the 5 guys from Atari all from Atari Canada? Denise Carrol, Marketing Coordinator Howard Rotenberg, Product Support Manager Geoff Earle, General Manager Penny Maschio, Sales Administrator Randy Tjin, Operations Manager Mohamed Dossani, Financial Controller I didn't talk to Bob Brodie, but he was there too. There were also some people from a marketing agency that Atari had hired, but I didn't meet them either. >3.) What about some of the seminar topics? The preliminary announcement > included one on a hypertext product, which I am keenly interested in. 12:00 - 1:00 Meet Atari 1:00 STOS game creation on the ST by Dave Thomas Hyperlink - Hypertext product from JMG Software 1:30 Quick ST II Branch Always Software Stalker-Steno by Eric Rosenquist 2:00 Pushing the Atari 8 Bit to the limit Video Text-Video-titling Water Fountain Software 2:30 Neodesk 2.0 - The Desktop Alternative - Gribnif Soft The Atari Macintosh ... Spectre GCR 3:00 Neodesk continues Atari ST Basics ... Tips and Tricks 3:30 Intrinsic Software - Dave Lewis The XEGS vs Nintendo !!! 4:00 Music and the ST Turbo 8-16 by Dataque 4:30 PC Emulation on the ST New Text Editor for the ST Micro D Distributors I've talked to the people who are doing Hyperlink and there has been a delay. And I know this is a bona fida reason for the delay - I live in the city and I see their store often. A pipe burst and they ended up with a major flood which cost them a good 2 weeks. Too bad they couldn't have had a demo, but oh well, that's life. >4.) How many vendors were there? Who were they? Simple Software Computer Software & Supply ASDE Software Inc. "PAID" Compustore STOS Canada Unicorn Publications JMG Compushoppe Branch Always Software Canada Remote Systems SaveTech Smart Screens Compuplace Inc Water Fountain Software Nice& Software Inc Compuworld Riteway Computers Intrinsic Software Strata Software Whats This? Inc Simcoe Computer Centre Micro D Distributing Saved by Technology Advantage Computers Gribnif Software D.A. Brumleve Atari Canada ISD Marketing That is the list of exhibitors. But I think one or two of the small ones have been overlooked. There is one I was at that I cannot find on the floor map. >5.) Were there any third-party hardware products of particular interest? JRI had their Genlock hardware which I had never seen before. I saw the (I think Supercharger) IBM emulator hooked up to a Stacey. That was kind of neat. A NEC 5D monitor at the Atari booth. Looked kinda sharp. A big plotter at the Atari/ISD booth. CD-ROMS; but those aren't 3rd party. >It would be nice to have a post with just the facts, please. No need >for an analysis of Atari's market and advertising strategies. These >topics get more than enough bandwidth already. I took note of what was said about the TT. Price was not disclosed. The TT (according the Geoff Earle) is scheduled for pre-production for developers in June. Full production in the Fall. He said it was a fantastic product, but long overdue. He said there was no '030 supply problem at all. Any more questions? Just ask. P.S. Much of this info (seminars, exhibitors) is from the promotional pamphlet that all the stores seemed to have before the show. -- John Schmitt johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca ...!unet!utai!utgpu!maccs!johns