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- ESCOM They don't even endorse there own product!
-
- MiGGYBYTE Exclusive by Sigma Alpha/Defacto
-
-
- One afternoon 25/9/95 me and Sigma were chatting away on the phone as he
- wanted to buy a Escom modem, he then told me the rumour that the amiga
- was appearing in Escom shops, so we had an idea why not phone every shop
- up and ask them about Amigas and try to get info, we were horrified to
- say the least!, we eventually got round to phoning up every Escom Shop in
- the Greater London area and here are our results:
-
- The Question we asked was: Hello i want a Multimedia, Multitasking
- Machine for Video, Productivity and Games, i heard that the Amiga range
- was suited well for these applications and Escom had plans to stock them
- in there shops what do you think i should get?.
-
-
- ACTON: Please hold...Yes hello, the nearest thing to your requirements is
- a 386 this is a around 500 and does not multitask without Win95.
-
- (Come on!, 386 you CANT run Win95 on it!, and a 386!)
-
- BRIXTON: Hold on please .. Sorry Amigas never heard of them?, Would you
- like a IBM PC compatible.
-
- (Ok the employee might not know Amigas...)
-
- BROMLEY: I cant tell you sorry, i am a new member of staff so i cant
- advise you. Try calling back after 4.30
-
- (Ok accepted cant argue there.. Didn't bother calling back)
-
- COLINDALE: We will be selling Amigas in the near future, but i would
- advise you to spend a little more money so that you can
- upgrade your machine when required. For this i would recommend
- a 486.
-
- (What do you `upgrade` your machine? Lamer, so you cant
- upgrade your Amiga, you will need to upgrade your PC tho`)
-
-
- DAGENHAM: I`m sorry i have never heard of that machine, where did you
- hear about this machine?
-
- (Well i heard about this machine from a ESCOM press release,
- not to mention Babylon5, SeaquestDSv, StarTrek:TNG, etc)
-
-
- EAST HAM: Yes i would advise you to get an Amiga, I am a big fan of them
- and they are far cheaper than PC`S and there is no need for
- upgrading every time that you wish to use it for a different
- application. We should have them in stock in the next month.
- I have one at home and there is nothing i have ever wanted it
- couldn't do that it could not, i strongly recommend this for
- your requirements
-
- (That's what we need some positive action! YIPEE!)
-
-
-
- CHINGFORD: Amiga, Anything Better than Amiga!.
-
- (Yeah right!, lamer!)
-
- FULHAM: Pentium much better build quality!
-
- (What do you mean build quality! fucking plastic is plastic)
-
- GREENFORD: Erm Pentium is better, than AMIGA 4000, get it instead
-
- HARROW: Yeah amiga is good for video, you`ll need expensive equipment to
- match it on PC, but a PC will then be better.
-
- (Nice response not bad could be better tho`)
-
- ISLINGTON: Unfortunately Engaged Phone line
-
- LEWISHAM: Get a TV card and it`ll kick up the Amiga, Amiga is rubbish
-
- (Man is this guy talking outta his arse or what?)
-
- KINGSTON: Amiga, Never heard of it
-
- (oh my god!, too lame to even comment!)
-
- MILE END: Get a P60 you get a Gig HD and its got More mem therefore
- its much more powerful and faster and better.
-
- (Yeah sure, its got more ram cause its need it to load stuff
- like mouse drivers and bollox like windoze95!)
-
- PADDINGTON: Engaged phone line
-
- SOUTHWARK: Well erm....<long pause> Come in and have a look
-
- (I don't think he even knows what he is selling!)
-
- STREATHAM: Well everyone working on PC and theres not Much software on
- Amiga so i would get a PC, and we actually don't do Amiga
-
- (Not much software? eh? thats why superskidmarks2 sold more
- than any other software for any other machine when it came
- out, Wordworth 4 is due, Lightwave is still BETTER on the Amiga!)
-
- TOOTING: Well i think we make em <Amigas> but don't sell em, get a PC
-
- (Probably doesn't know anything, ok allow it)
-
- EALING: Next month getting Amigas, but not very good, spend more
- and get a PC,
-
- (I told him the specs, and he didn't know what i was talking about!)
-
- WOODGREEN: Amigas out of business not around any more, no one bought the
- company went bust because the computer wasn't very good!
-
- (SILLY FOOL!, doesn't even know that Escom have the amiga!)
- and as for being crap, get your facts right!
-
- WOOLWICH: Software runs slowly on it cause its only 16bit!
-
- (16BIT!, yeah that was the A500, there are new machines
- you know!)
-
- As you can see only EAST HAM were good in helping us out though HARROW
- weren't too bad either, you`d think that a big company like Escom would
- send some info to its employees and advise them about the situation so
- they could answer questions etc.
-
- I don't see how Escom will market the Amiga in their shops if their
- employees don't even know what they can do!, a training program should be
- in place to advise and instruct the employees etc.
-
- NOTE: The staff at these shops may not have been briefed fully about the
- Amiga situation so you have to take this into account, but as the Amiga
- takeover has been in the public light, logically the employees at Escom
- should know.
-
-
- END
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