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3]NEWSBREAKS
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     (EDITOR'S NOTE: For additional news, see Morton Kevelson's report on the
World of Amiga show in Toronto.)

     Commodore's U.S. president, Harry Copperman, has been promoted to a
vice presidency on the firm's international level. Replacing him is James
Dionne, who has been given the title of general manager of of the U.S. sale
company.
     Concurrently, Commodore announced job cuts among its U.S. employees.
     The Jan. 4 news release outlining the changes listed as its source,
Ronald B. Alexander, vice president and chief financial officer of Commodore
International Ltd.
     Copperman has been appointed vice president of Commodore International
Ltd., with new responsibilities including Amiga multimedia strategies.
     Dionne has been with Commodore 11 years, most recently as general
manager of Commodire's Canadian sales subsidiary. Copperman joined Commodore
in 1989.
     Commodore also announced "a reduction was being made in the manpower of
U.S. operations, primarily in the areas of administrative and factory
overhead. This action is partly due to the reorganization of certain
functions and is expected to result in improved operating efficiency."

3]ELECTRONIC COME-ON
     Commodore now offers an electronic "salesperson" to elicit interest in
retail stores. It's an interactive point-of-sale system that can entice even
a beginner to see what the Amiga has to offer.
     Commodore describes it as "a dynamic videographic attract system to
initiate interaction with customers."
     One mouse click produces a menu listing application areas: titling, art
and graphics, music, business productivity, and AmigaVision.
     There's a hands-on section that lets the user create a sample multimedia
presentation with music, animation and video.
     "The logic makes perfect sense," said Commodore business market director
David Archambault, "use your own technology to sell your own technology."
     The system is comprised of a 25 Mhz, 50 MB Amiga 3000, AmigaVision,
A2300 genlock and Pioneer's LD-V2200 laserdisc player.

3]ALL-IN-ONE
     Gold Disk has released its All-in-One package designed to make setting
up and using the Amiga 500 easy for beginners. Aimed at the new Amiga owner,
it includes Write, a simple and quick word processor; Paint, a paint program;
Music, for creating music with full notation, on-screen piano keyboard, SMUS
and MIDI file support, and the capability of printing sheet music; and three
games, Silhouette, Bouncer-Shaker and Intrigue. It also includes a video tape
to guide new owners through computer setup and software use. Cost is $80.
     Gold Disk is at 5155 Spectrum Way, Unit 5, Mississauga, ON, L4W 5A1,
Canada, phone (416) 602-4000.

3]MAST'S COLORBURST
     MAST says it's now in production with its latest Amiga peripheral,
ColorBurst, described as "a professional quality 24 bit color card with
higher resolution and greater flexibility than any product currently
available on the Amiga market." The claim is for 24 bit color --16.8 million
colors per pixel in full overscan with a resolution of up to 768 by 560
pixels.
     The package includes hardware, a slide show program, loaders for images
produced by companies other than MAST, and a 24-bit IFF paint and image
processing program. Cost is $499.
     MAST is at 1395 Greg St., Sparks, NV 89431. Phone (702) 359-0444, fax
(702) 359-0831.

3]THE MAGIC TOUCH
     Future Touch is an Amiga-based interactive touch-run kiosk system now
being marketed for a variety of possible uses: public information, point-of-
sale terminals, customer inquiry terminals, financial and brokerage
workstations . ..
     The basic system is an $895 touch screen monitor kit that gives touch
capability to standard Commodore monitors. The high-end price is $6,695 for a
public information kiosk --seven feet high and including fan, surge
protector, wire harnesses, A3000-16 Mhz with 5 MB RAM, 3.5" floppy drive, 50
MB hard drive, A2300 genlock, 19" color Touchscreen monitor, , Pioneer LD-
V2000 laserdisc player, AmigaVision, DeluxePaint III, diagnostic software,
touchscreen driver and laser player driver.
     It's available though Amigo Business Computers, 192 Laurel Rd., East
Northport, NY 11731. Phone (516) 757-7334, fax (516) 757-7234.

3]STAX
     S&L Computers offers STAX, disk boxes than hold 75 3.5" disks each. The
boxes are interlocking, providing for stacks of up to six boxes high and six
wide. Price is $15 each on orders of eight or more, $29.95 each for fewer.
     S&L is at 5115 Via Veranda, Long beach, CA 90805-6525, phone (213) 422-
8226, fax (213) 422-8226.

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