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- From: adrian@ebc1.demon.co.uk (Age The Page)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Is it Adios Amiga again? (AT sold out!)
- Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 01:31:24 GMT
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- On 11-Apr-96 19:58:17, Dave Gentry said about Is it Adios Amiga again? (AT sold out!):
- >To all:
- [snip]
-
-
- >But.....
-
- >Does this mean that we'll finally start seeing some marketing in the
- >world's largest computer market? Could this thing actually benefit
- >the Amiga community?
-
- >What if the Surfer actual carves out a market?
-
- >What if all those who've been burnt by WinBlows95 are willing to try
- >something else (besides a DTP Mac)?
-
- >What if....
-
- >I'll let someone else pick up the thread.
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- _I_
- Ok, picked it up.
-
- If the set top boxes are to become the norm, then perhaps all is not as
- lost as it might seem. Amigas will then be on the television of anyone who
- buys one of these surfers. Multitasking, picture playing, mind blowing,
- gobsmaking, internettin, cool browsing never seen a better system...(old
- pepsi advert tune:-).
-
- Anyway, if the A1200 & A4000T are still being sold,
- along with what ever new PPC ideas are up AT's sleeves, then the buying
- public will be better placed to follow up on that original purchase and
- take the obvious next step, a real version of what they watch on TV.
-
- Personally, I don't think the situation is all that bad, I don't think that
- it warrants a flurry of "oh my god, what's going to happen now? We've been
- sold down the line AGAIN and this looks like the end". Well, it's not.
-
- Take a bright positive view of the situation. Think about the people who
- have bought AT and then, when the dust settles, begin the gentle probing
- that we are all now well versed in "Escom last year" and /advise/ Viscorp
- Inc that they have a well supported *computer* that also plays a pretty
- mean Set Top Box.
-
- I also think that, if the PPC research has been started, then they will
- almost certainly be interested in this because it would open up
- opportunities for the set top boxes that even the A1200/A4000(T) don't
- presently present.
-
- The thread once again dangles..........
-
- Adrian
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