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¾The Gateway Amiga Computer Show
¢By²:¹ Geoff Miller
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²The  Gateway  Amiga  Computer Show was
held  in  St.  Louis, MO on October 29
to  the  delight  of many Amiga owners
throughout  the  Midwest.  Even though
it  was actually just a gathering held
by  the St.  Louis area user group, it
was very well executed and had a large
attendance.   It  was,  of course, the
only  North  American  Amiga show held
this year!

Here's   a   quick   run-down  of  the
attendees:   Amiga  Game Zone magazine
(of  course),  Amiga  Library Services
(Fred   Fish's  son  was  manning  the
booth,  having brought as many CD-ROMs
as could fit in one suitcase - he flew
here!),     Simple     Stat     Graph,
Fairbrothers, Video Assistance Company
&  Comp-Ani Video, Data Management and
Research,  Pure  Logic  Software (they
had  their  cool Wolfenstein 3D engine
running   on  an  accelerated  A1200),
Memphis  Amiga  Group, Oregon Research
(new  products included Termite, a new
terminal    program),   Data   Grafix,
Noahji's  (no  show?),  Lab  Software,
Cedar   Computer  Center,  River  City
Technologies,   Gateway   Amiga  Club,
Innovision      Technology,     Scharp
Products, Digital Imaging, Bytes for a
Bit,   CUCUG,  Soft-Logik  (PageStream
3.0,    anyone?),    Digital   Castle,
Fastrax,  PJ  Nordman  FX,  Whitestone
Publishing  (AREXX Cookbook), Flasar's
Recyclables,  Micro  Media,  A-Z  Used
Computers,      Intangible      Assets
Manufacturing    (Commodore   software
¶²engineer  Dale  Larson was the keynote
speaker  -  he  was also promoting his
book   Connect   Your  Amiga!),  Plato
Computers,  FERAL,  Desktop Images, DC
Productions,  MicroMedia,  TFSnet, and
ECI Computer Exchange.  (Whew!)

There  were  classes  held  for AREXX,
DPaint,  DTP, and the Toaster.  Prizes
were given away on the hour (the grand
prize  was a Picasso board, won by the
show's  chairman!).   There was even a
consignment  table for show attendees.
Many   people   were   seeking   Amiga
hardware  of  any  kind (1200s, 4000s,
monitors,     accelerators,     etc.).
CD-ROMs  were  very  prevalent  at the
show,  which  is an encouraging trend.
All   in  all,  the  show  ran  pretty
smoothly and was good fun for everyone
involved.