lou@vaxsc (01/30/91)
Who says Commodore doesnt Advertise?
I get a free subscription to Computer Pictures, a graphics trade
rag, published by Montage Publishing. Its targeted at industry
graphics related/oriented users/programmers/managers.
First off, the editorial by Jim Strothman gives Amiga the credit
for starting the Multimedia craze, and starts off with Commodore's
definition of Multimedia. Then he gets into IBM's and Apple's.
It clearly sounds like Commodore accurately defines Multimedia,
while Apple and IBM defined something that is sorta like kindof
multimedia that their machines are capable of.
Then, lo and Behold. On page 36. A 2-page spread. The target
is very clear, and perfect for the machine.
It mentions that the Amiga is the only computer designed to do
things like Character generation, Paint and Graphics, 2d & 3d
imaging, and animation. There's a picture of a genlocked image
- a newscaster, with titles and background. A rather impressive
looking overlay. The ad points out the Amiga's NTSC compatibility.
It points out that you dont need expensive add-ons like you do
with the other machines. It points out the price performance
ratio. It points out multitasking. It even mentions that it is
ideal to run your video business on, and perform your video
work with.
All in all, I'd say this was a great job! The add looks clean,
professional, and there is a picture of the 2000 at work. The
name is clear, along with an 800 number for information and demo.
The same magazine includes a review of AmigaVision even!
as usual, flames to /dev/null
followups should probably go to .advocacy (sorry, I cant post there).
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