merlyn@intelob.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz @ Stonehenge) (05/05/89)
In article <17791@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup writes: | From your "return address", it appears that you may have seen the cable feed | from WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit... if so, this commercial was paid in full | by the Michigan Atari Computer Enthusiasts (MACE) user group to publicize | the Atari Show coming up next week.. Atari didn't pay a nickle for the | publicity they received from this ad... | | So... don't take this as any indication of what Atari itself is doing.. | (unless it can get other usergroups around the country to pay for its | advertising...) Here in Portland, the ad is showing with IB Computers (the biggest Atari dealer in the Pacific Northwest) having a tag at the end. My brother (oops, I admitted it) Russ (an IB employee) tells me that the local distributor (Moore Company) bought the ad, and put IB on it because they're Moore's biggest customer, although IB didn't pay anything. At least Atari is *making* the ads, but it is a bit sad that the only way they are getting on the air is to have heavy-bucked entities pay for it -- coverage like that will do *zip* for areas that don't already have a solid Atari population. [Yes, IB Computers is the maker of the famed "IB Drive", the 5.25'' drive that allows you to read your friend's IBM disks...] I have no connection with IB Computers except blood and co-location. :-) -- /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095===\ { on contract to BiiN, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, until 30 May 1989 } { <merlyn@intelob.intel.com> ...!uunet!tektronix!biin!merlyn } { or try <merlyn@agora.hf.intel.com> after 30 May 1989 } \=Cute quote: "Welcome to Oregon... home of the California Raisins!"=/
russ@percival.UUCP (Russ Schwartz) (05/06/89)
Actually, the TV ad shown on KPDX in Portland, Oregon, was totally paid for by Atari. - Russell Schwartz ...!reed!percival!russ ["Network XXIII, where two's company and three's an audience." - Max Headroom]