Amiga Inc. at MicroMart Computer Fair (UK) on 21st and 22nd Sept

[bhoggett]

The Mainstream MicroMart Computer Fair is next weekend (21st/22nd Sept.) at the NEC near Birmingham, UK - and there is to be an Amiga presence.

Following a year of weekly AmigaMart pages in the UKs MicroMart magazine, there will be a presence at the first MicroMart computer Fair.

Due to be on display are various Amigas, including a prototype of the AmigaOne G3-SE 600, and demonstrations of DE content.

See the listing at The Amiga Inc. website or the

MicroMart Computer Fair site. for more details including ticket prices.

Source: Sven Harvey on ann.lu

[bhoggett]

Don't expect huge press coverage or anything like that. Being at the show dows not mean automatic high profile in the press.

However, it is good to be at a mainstream show where many ex-Amigans might be around who gave up on it many years ago and no longer follow events. This will inevitably attract their interest as well as some from new potential punters.

The really clever trick is to transform interest into customers...

Let's hope that next year instead of having prototypes and previews to show, there will be a pile of new working hardware and software - including some serious DE software and x86 stuff - to attract buyers as well as crowds.

[bhoggett]

@Wayne

You're right, this is not some kind of official Amiga Inc promotion effort.

AFAIK, the whole Amiga angle is organised by Sven Harvey, who has a weekly article in MicroMart, and Fleecy has simply agreed to come down and demonstrate the DE/AmigaAnywhere stuff on his laptop. I think everyone on the AmigaMart stand is probably going to be there on a voluntary basis and at their own expense, rather than some official capacity.

[bhoggett]

@Wayne

If they had ANY common sense (which is sincerely in doubt), Fleecy'd take a bunch of Entertainment packs and try to sell them to the much wider audience in attendance.

Absolutely right. This is a selling type of fair, not an expo. The punters will be there for one purpose only: to buy, buy, buy.

It's a shame Amiga Inc won't have any goods for sale, but that's been an overused refrain for far too long now.  :-(

As for myself, I have nothing to do with the show, and wasn't planning to be there. It's still possible that might change, and I might be able to take an Ami* demo down, but that depends on outside factors so I have no details at the moment. Sadly, I won't have anything for sale either.  :-(