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- From: tjk@sfsu.edu (TURIYA GRACE JEANJACQUES)
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- Subject: Re: What is the best demo for an A4000?
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- Date: 17 Feb 1996 05:44:51 GMT
- Organization: San Francisco State University
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- Patrick William Mackin (pwm5k@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
- : kgroombr@huachuca-emh8.army.mil writes:
- : > I currently work at a highly visible organization within the Army. We are getting ready to have a
- : > grand opening of our new facilities. We will be having visitors from all over the world including
- : > top executives from many companies. The very nice people at SMG, the U.S. distributors of the
- : > Amiga, are going to lend us an Amiga 4000T to demo at our grand opening.
- : >
- : > My main question is what is the best demo to really show off this machine? The Amiga will be
- : > displayed along side computers running Win 95, WinNT 4.0B, OS/2, etc. I want to put all the
- : > other machines to shame.
- : >
- : > I was thinking of getting Shapeshifter on it, but I have never set it up before. I don't have
- : > a reason to run Mac stuff, but that would help to get it noticed. I was thinking of some demos
- : > that really show off it's multimedia capabilities.
- : >
- : > Please forward some ideas to me. I have about three weeks to get it ready, so please let me know
- : > ASAP.
- : >
- : > Thanks for any help,
- : > Kenton Groombridge
- : > kgroombr@huachuca-emh8.army.mil
- : Mr. Groombridge,
- : Thank you very much for your dedication and support to the
- : Amiga. I hope your demonstration goes well. The Amiga has
- : always been an eye-catcher. As far as software is concerned,
- : while I agree that having ShapeShifter is a good idea, as it
- : would once again show off the multitasking abilities of the
- : Amiga (you could even run the Mac on a WINDOW on the Amiga
- : workbench!!!) I think that pure Amiga software would be better
- : to convince others of the Amiga's power. First of all, I would
- : recommend improving the workbench with either:
- : 1. MagicWB
- : 2. NewIcons
- : 3. Iconographics
-
- : All 3 of these are available on Aminet and offer demo pics of
- : what your system will look like after you install it. I run
- : MagicWB, but I am on an ECS machine. Newicons may be best for
- : the AGA A4000T.
-
- : Secondly, I would strongly recommend Scala MM400 or IC500 to
- : run a demo. I'm not sure exactly how much time you will have
- : WITH the Amiga to prepare, but you could create your own
- : script, run it in combination with the Scala-created scripts,
- : etc. The great thing about Scala is that you can put together
- : animations, pictures, text information, and sound all together
- : VERY easily. I suggest you take a look at Scala's two home
- : pages (one is at http://www.scala.com/) for more information.
- : Scala MM300 comes with the A4000T as part of the Amiga Magic
- : software bundle. I am not sure if you will have this installed
- : or not. However, I would consider opting for MM400, as it
- : takes advantage of the AGA chipset, while with MM300 you are
- : stuck with the 16 colors of ECS (or 64 colors in lores).
- : Additionally, there are many new features in MM400. You must
- : experience it to see its true power, but for a preview, you can
- : check the Aminet (http://laslo.netnet.net:80/aminet/) for a
- : demo of *MM300*.
-
- : If you need any help, or would like information on ordering
- : Scala MM400, please do not hesitate to contact me.
-
- : Regards,
- : Patrick Mackin
- : Imagine Computers
- : Virginia, USA
-