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In <17743120F9S86.JWILDE@ukcc.uky.edu>, JWILDE@ukcc.uky.edu (Jim Wilde) writes:
> 
>Thanks for the clarification...its what I thought.  And by the way, I agree....
>..Scala DOES rule...I use it before large PC crowds all the time, and they regul
>arly wet their pants....then they see me running it on my little ol' 1200
>(internally hot-rodded), and they do it again.             I love it.

Thanks for the compliments Jim.  It is greatly appreciated.

This reminds me of a story:

Rick Salmon, who is our "Scala Evangilist", went to a seminar three
years ago, at a hotel in Washington DC.  The seminar was about multimedia
presentations.

The seminar director wanted examples from the various platforms (PC,
Macintosh and the Amiga) and Scala was chosen, by Commodore's
Federal Systems Group to represent the Amiga.  Rick decided to show off
the then new Scala MultiMedia MM210 product.

Each representative had 45 minutes for their presentation.

A Barco projection system was used to hook up to the PC and Mac.  The PC
was represented by the IBM Ultimedia group and the Mac by some
communication expert who worked in DC.  Their systems were placed on the
tables behind the audience.  Everyone faced the projection screen.

"So, where is the Amiga setup?" you may ask.  Well, I'll get to that in
a bit. :)

First up was the Macintosh and the representative used Macromedia Director
(which is overkill for a multimedia presentation) for his demonstration.

Well, this guy put together a pretty nice presentation (postage stamp sized
QuickTime animations and video clips), but I think he lost some of the
audience, because as Rick observed, some people were crossing their arms and
taking deep breaths.  Others were clearly not paying attention, because 
they weren't looking at the projection screen, where the demo was taking place.

Up next was the representative from the IBM Ultimedia group.

Sometimes, and it eventually happens to all of us, the system
crashed on the poor Ultimedia representative.  In the end the demo
wasn't all that great anyway.  And some people started leaving.
Clearly the director of the seminar was getting worried and
commented so, to Rick.

Well, Rick being the consumate "showman" that he is, came up with
this cool idea and consulted with the director.  Who quickly agreed
to it.

After the IBM demo was over and a short break, people started filtering
back into the room.  First surprise is that nearly everyone came
back in to see the Amiga demo.  Very fortunate for them. :)

The PC and Mac equipment were already packed up and so when people came
into the room, some were wondering where all the equipment disappeared to.
Some thought that the seminar was over.  The director/host asked everyone
to sit down and introduced Rick.  Except that Rick wasn't in the room. :)

The director said, "Please welcome Mr. Rick Salmon of Scala, Inc."

Rick, deliberately waited 15 seconds before entering the room.  He
popped his head in and said, "Is this the multimedia seminar?"  And
people nodded yes.

Rick entered the room with the A1200 in one hand and the mouse and
power supply in the other hand and delibrately held them above his
head so that everyone could see.  Afterall, Rick was not only showing
of the Scala software, but the multimedia power of the A1200! :)

Some peopled whispered, "What is he doing?" or "Where's the computer?
All he has is the keyboard."

Rick plugged the A1200's composite output to the Barco, the audio
line-level outputs to the mixer and the magic began.

The rest is history.  Needless to say, Rick was the only one to get
a thunderous applause. :)

Hope everyone enjoyed that story.



Regards,

John Chang
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