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| Personal Computer World Show 1984 (CPC464 User) | Salon Salons |
Don't say AMSTRAD, say CPC464! Some timely advice to potential authors of both software and features for CPC464 User........ What a Great Show! Whatever else you do, don't call the CPC464 ‘the Amstrad'. The number of references that are appearing describing this noble product in this way grows daily, along with the blood pressure of those who try hard to maintain the correct nomenclature. If Amstrad were to be contemplating a further computer product - I'm not saying it is, but in case it were - what would that be called? - and how would we all distinguish this from its predecessor? This is particularly important for writers of books and magazines. CPC464 is a bit of a mouthful, so help us choose a few suitable names for subsequent products. Who knows what sort of prize awaits the submitter of the best suggestion? Most of the 46000 visitors that walked through the turnstiles between Wednesday 19th and Sunday 23rd September stepped onto the Amstrad stand. Either that, or the stand builder used a cheaper grade of carpet than we were charged for! Amstrad, although sharing the Ground Floor of the exhibition with some of the biggest (current) names in the computer world (Tandy, Sinclair, Commodore and Acorn) certainly looked to pull the largest crowds. In their thirst for information the crowds ate their way through more than 100,000 assorted leaflets 20,000 plastic carrier bags and kept technical advisors from Amsoft so busy that one had to be relieved from duty with a nasty case of laryngitis. What did amaze all company personnel was the intense interest and unfailing patience of the show's visitors - at most times during the day people queued 3 deep waiting for their chance to receive a hands-on trial at the 20 computers that had been built in to the stand. We allowed ourselves a moment or two to gloat as the staff on adjacent stands wrestled with faulty machines to replace them as they periodically went wrong. It's a good job none of ours went wrong, since it was a rather substantial job to prise them away from the stand to replace them. Amstrad and Amsoft wishes to thank all those patient people and looks forward to meeting many more at forthcoming exhibitions.
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