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- From: hanway@ekfido.kodak.com (Ed Hanway)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: A1200 Surfer and A1200 in the US and around the world
- Date: 17 Feb 1996 19:50:39 GMT
- Organization: Eastman Kodak Company
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- Jim Cooper (jamie@jamie.interpath.net) wrote:
- : This part of the world *already knows* about Amigas.
-
- As far as this part of the world is concerned, the Amiga is still dead.
- Only current Amiga owners have heard of Escom or AT. Most people I've
- talked to that owned Amigas at some time in the past haven't heard anything
- about new ones. And among people that are too new to the computer market
- to remember the Amiga (or those who were around then but too dense to
- notice it) you get "What's an Omega?"
-
- : The only way for that to be found out is for you and anyone else interested to
- : go into any store and ask for one... when enough requests have been made, the
- : people in the stores will perceive a demand, and may just order some.
-
- The only people potentially interested enough are current Amiga owners, and
- since AT isn't selling anything new, even they aren't likely to want one.
-
- : I agree it would be nice to see some advertising done, but...
-
- Forget "nice," try "essential."
-
- --
- Ed Hanway <hanway@ekfido.kodak.com>
- Eastman Kodak - Motion Picture & Television Imaging, Cineon Development
- Opinions expressed are my own, except the ones which aren't.
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