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- From: jamesm@it.ntu.edu.au (James McArthur)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga WALKER (new slot-box)
- Date: 9 Apr 1996 14:59:05 GMT
- Organization: Northern Territory University
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- G'Day George Noel, you wrote:
- : In article <19960325.7B4A448.563D@asd05-14.dial.xs4all.nl>,
- : Jeroen T. Vermeulen <jtv@asd01-10.dial.xs4all.nl> wrote:
- : >In article <683.6657T125T2656@extro.ucc.su.oz.au> amann@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Angus Mann) writes:
- : >
- : >> No...Walker just seems like a very cute codename for it <The AT-AT Walkers in
- : >> the Star Wars trilogy...>
- : >
- : >AT LAST! Somebody had to say it! Thank you!
- : >
- : >BTW the new Star Wars movies could offer a great marketing opportunity for the
- : >Amiga--its use seems highly correlated to liking Star Wars, or is that just me
- : >and George Lucas?
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- : I can see how it could work! :) AT could make commercials like Energizer
- : are doing with their rabbit in Star Wars commercials. Get a deal with
- : Lucas Arts to produce games for the Power Amiga and possibly the "Walker",
- : feature commercials with the "Walker" and Power Amiga in it (when it is
- : ready) with a Star Wars theme and release them next year when the Star
- : Wars 20th anniversary rolls around with a new release of Star Wars in the
- : theatre! Have the new Power Amiga actually IN then BRAND new Episode 1
- : Star Wars movie coming out (use it as a droid! :) ) - huge advertising! :)
-
- How about AT paying whoever to alter the Stars Wars script so that
- Grand Admiral Thrawn, in his final moments, is seen cursing a M$ PC !!
- Then Kyp Durram flies out in his PowerAmiga - Powered SunCrusher :-)
-
- Hows that for subliminal advertising :-)
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- : >
- : >> .-------------------------------,
- : >> | Angus Mann |
- : >> |-------------------------------|
- : >> | Sydney, Australia |
- : >> |eMail: amann@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU|
- : >> l_______________________________j
- : >
- : >--
- : >============================================================================
- : ># Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- : >#--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
- : >#jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl \ "That bad, huh?" / Got a problem with that? #
- : >Most common programming error at MS: Declaring maim() instead of main()
-
- : -=*George*=-
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