Show mini-report(NOT REALLY)

[redrumloa]

Not really a report, I saw people setting up yesterday but the only people I tried saying hello to were pretty rude. Oh well. Anhow the show is open now, but I am just outside San Fransisco in a cyber cafe type place. I'll probably catch the tail end of the show and then the banquet, I want to see San Fran and the Golden Gate Bridge etc.

One thing I will say about the hotel is, it is it has some annoying FEATURES. They told me when I reserved the rooms they had broadband internet access to plug my laptop into. BS! The have a WebTV type crap thing for $10+tax for till noon the next day. It also has in room gaing, sort of. $7 an hour to play old Nintendo64 games.. PFFFT. So I had planned on putting up a show report tonight with pictures tonight for you all, but that won't happen now. Oh well, maybe I will pay the crappy $10 and give you a text report.

So far San Fran is neat, and I only have 1 minute left at this crappy cyber terminal so I've got to go. L8r :-D

[Coder]

Hey Red,

That s*cks about the inet stuff and all. Been there. Oh we have this but when you are there it is not.

I wanna see MOS 1.4 details etc. :-)

Ohh how about the C-One? Still no release? That is a must have babe.

Coder

[seer]

That is a must have babe.

What ? One babe not enough for you ? ;-)

So how's it to be far away from home?

@Red,

So that means no video report from you then ? :-D  ;-)

[Coder]

@Seer

That is a must have babe.

I ment the computer. :-)

So how's it to be far away from home?

Holland is nice after been away from it for some time.

Coder

[Floid]

Hm, dunno if you'll be back but,

1. See what the WebTV's plugged into?

2. Maybe they meant 802.11b?

For something like this, may as well complain loudly and see what comes of it, at least when it's time to pay the bill.

[seer]

That is a must have babe. ;-)
I ment the computer. :-)

Yeah yeah, I know all about you "bedroom coders"  :-D  ;-)  :-P

[redrumloa]

Ok I bit the bullet and paid for  day of WebTV in the hotel room. God d*mn is this painful! Amigans complain about their browsers? WebTV's browser is much worse! Oh well.
The secret guest that as hinted at, that was Ben Hermans. He is here and has been giving OS4 Power Point presentations. I had the pleasure of meeting quite a few people so far, Wayne, Targhan, greenboy, bbrv(both), downix, kermit, codesmith and others. Very nice people i must say.

Anyhow show report? Not much to say at the moment really. I missed most of th day and only caught part of the last OS4 presentation which there wasn't anything that we don't already know. I didn't see wht machine is supposed to be demoing OS4, but mybe I missed it because I was late today. the MOS 1.4 demostration machine looks petty sharp. I got a Super Bundle:-)

GRRRRRRRRRR this WebTV is TERRIBLE! GRRR.. A C64 would bebtter! grrrr..

Anyhow, the banquet is soon so I've got to go. If anthing major is anounced I will report back. Otherwise I will take pictures tommorow and if nothing else put them up somewhere when I get back in Fl.





GRRR I hate WebTV!

[Atheist]

Hey, Web TV uses a 64 bit Mips CPU, should run CIRCLES around anything Amiga!!!! Because Amigas are old junky tech! ;-)


A1!

[Billsey]

I just want to know the status of today's MP3's. :-)

I was going to try to grab audio myself, but my setup said "uh-uh!" :-(

There were so many drop-outs that I could hardly make out what they were talking about. I was trying during the Hermans interview. I guess that's what happens when your 56k modem will only connect at 33.6. ;-)

[Damion]

@red

I just got back from the show...I'm sorry we
didn't get a chance to meet!

@all

My overall impression of today...

The show was interesting, perhaps not as crowded
as I would have expected, but nontheless there
was a steady stream in circulation during the
time I was present.

Originally, I intended to try both OS4 and
MorphOS, but unfortunately the OS4 booth did
not seem to have any terminals available for
public use. The demonstrations from both Hermans
and the other fellow (can't recall his name, but
he is a CS prof. at a local uni) looked
promising; there were considerable
improvements to the GUI operations and
customization from 3.5/9. Also the "Mt. Ranier"
CD support and TCP/IP seems a nice added
benefit. My verdict...'IF" the OS becomes
available for the Peg I will buy it. Hyperion
does seem to be putting extreme efforts into
releasing a quality product.

Trying MorphOS for the first time, it was indeed
very responsive, and had quite a polished feel
about it in regard to overall appearance and
general OS operation (scrolling, opening progs.
etc). The G4 equipped Peg's were in action, as
well as the Superbundle. In my sleepy fog I did
not for some reason ask for details about the
Superbundle/MorphOS 1.4...but I was very glad to
hear that the Peg2 is still on schedule for
September...and...did I mention...the G4 card is
a work of art? Genesi had the biggest consistant
crowd at the show, by far. Targhan, Damien
and Nate are *very* (cannot stress this enough!)
nice people and represent the company well...
BB and RV also are friendly and professional
in person. There were many other polite people
present as well.

I also had the great experience of meeting
Wayne and others from the Huntsville group,
and must say that speaking with them turned
out to be the highlight of the show. There
is a definate quality about the character of
these individuals that is sorely lacking in
today's world.

-D-

[DaveP]

@Redrumloa

So is there anything about MorphOS and Pegasos at the show that we did not already know? Maybe MorphOS1.4 isn't a beta now? Or maybe Peg 2 isn't going to be a BT3 type project? Have they selected a northbridge supplier so they can make Peg3 real? C'mon spill the beans :-)

@-D-

Glad to hear someone other than me has picked up on the Hyperion quality obsession. :-)

I am split 50/50 about whether its a good idea, if they had done what Bplan did with MorphOS and "got it out there" regardless on PPC hardware it might have crashed a lot and we would kiss goodbye to the AmigaOS "reputation" for not being responsible for everyday crashes ( although lack of application space crash protection is still annoying ).

OTOH they might have saved themselves from a lot off troll-slam crap from the fanatics.

However MorphOS got itself a reputation for crashing ( deserved or not ) by being first out the "door". So which project management evil you gonna take? For once we have the opportunity to observe what happens to both methods of producing products in the real world. Interesting ( for me )

Expectations are running so high at the moment.

[Damion]

>Glad to hear someone other than me has picked up
>on the Hyperion quality obsession.

Indeed. From what was demonstrated by Hermans, I
have no doubts that OS4 will make its users
happy.

[AmigaACE]

Now it is official - Wayne Hunt joins GENESI

See www.morphos-news.de

[T_Bone]

> Now it is official - Wayne Hunt joins GENESI
> See www.morphos-news.de

Good for him. I'll have to start spending some time there.

[TheMagicM]

However MorphOS got itself a reputation for crashing ( deserved or not ) by being first out the "door

I never heard of that reputation.   People who are running MOS 1.3 know that it is a beta and should accept it as such with whatever flaws it has...thats why they call it a "beta" release?