pacman000 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Somewhat dull, but interesting. Jack seems very matter-of-fact. Wish he would've emphasized the ST's advantages a bit more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calimero Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Best part is when he shake hand with host and he walk out of studio, right at end of video! Host kept laughing since Jack suppose to wait for outro to end 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Wish he would've emphasized the ST's advantages a bit more. What advantages? Besides being cheap, its advantages were all *potential* advantages, with very little software to exploit it. Don't get me wrong, I lusted after it, still love the ST, but I remember going into the computer shop and looking at the software shelf (and a small one at that), and thinking "that's it?" Our dealer didn't have anything to really show it off until he got a copy of Sundog, then King's Quest. That's when he started moving units. Until then, it just sat at the TOS screen in low res-- I think he was embarrassed to boot ST BASIC for me to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oky2000 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Somewhat dull, but interesting. Jack seems very matter-of-fact. Wish he would've emphasized the ST's advantages a bit more. The host emphasised it enough at the opening credits where he tells us the Mac should prepare to do battle AKA get ass-raped by the $800 ST with colour AKA the Macbasher/Jackintosh lol. Also it is important to remember JT jetted into London the same day and was off to the airport or another press related duty in the UK. Did Commodore top brass or that little Golem Irving Gould ever come on any UK show at all to explain their piss poor 11 month delay for a PAL Amiga 1000 release? nope. In 1986 Micro Live were STILL using an NTSC Amiga 1000 in 1986 to demonstrate Marble Madness lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 What advantages? Besides being cheap, its advantages were all *potential* advantages, with very little software to exploit it. Don't get me wrong, I lusted after it, still love the ST, but I remember going into the computer shop and looking at the software shelf (and a small one at that), and thinking "that's it?" Our dealer didn't have anything to really show it off until he got a copy of Sundog, then King's Quest. That's when he started moving units. Until then, it just sat at the TOS screen in low res-- I think he was embarrassed to boot ST BASIC for me to play with. It is unfortunate the ST didn't really launch with demos or similar stuff that were already known to help sell the 8-bit computers before.. I'm assuming in 1985 there was not even a MIDI sequencer software ready for the ST.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 It is unfortunate the ST didn't really launch with demos or similar stuff that were already known to help sell the 8-bit computers before.. I'm assuming in 1985 there was not even a MIDI sequencer software ready for the ST.. Yes, a few years later (1989), I was working at a store named Compucentre in Metrotown Mall (in Vancouver). We sold everything--C64's, Macs, Apple //e, Compaq, IBM PS/2, Atari and Amiga. Even NES, Atari 7800, TurboGrafx, SMS and Genesis consoles. All of the salespeople had their niches... mine was the ST. I had the Snowman video, and that combined with promises of IBM and Mac compatibility (had the CP/M and C64 emulators, too) helped me sell a fair number of them. I wish I had a few more demos because I sure got sick of that Snowman demo. LOL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xebec Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Yes, a few years later (1989), I was working at a store named Compucentre in Metrotown Mall (in Vancouver). We sold everything--C64's, Macs, Apple //e, Compaq, IBM PS/2, Atari and Amiga. Even NES, Atari 7800, TurboGrafx, SMS and Genesis consoles. All of the salespeople had their niches... mine was the ST. I had the Snowman video, and that combined with promises of IBM and Mac compatibility (had the CP/M and C64 emulators, too) helped me sell a fair number of them. I wish I had a few more demos because I sure got sick of that Snowman demo. LOL LOL .. Great memory and thanks for sharing! The late 80s were awesome for choice. I was on the younger side so my experience was the sadness of watching the Atari software shelves slowly shrink to nothing every time we visited the mall. But tons of good memories actually using the ST (and 8bit) with Dad! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 LOL .. Great memory and thanks for sharing! The late 80s were awesome for choice. I was on the younger side so my experience was the sadness of watching the Atari software shelves slowly shrink to nothing every time we visited the mall. But tons of good memories actually using the ST (and 8bit) with Dad! Yeah, it made me sad too. Our manager would order less and less, but it was still available to order so I had to make sure I talked to everyone who was looking at that wall. I had that list memorized! I actually ordered a lot of software for myself that I never ended up using (just because it was cheap/on clearance)... especially for the Atari 8bit. I didn't own a floppy drive at the time, so it was complete speculation. Bought a C compiler that I sold 5 years ago that was still in shrinkwrap, for instance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 It is unfortunate the ST didn't really launch with demos or similar stuff that were already known to help sell the 8-bit computers before.. I remember cool demos running on the ST in store, but I suspect it may have been a little bit later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Yes, a few years later (1989), I was working at a store named Compucentre in Metrotown Mall (in Vancouver). We sold everything--C64's, Macs, Apple //e, Compaq, IBM PS/2, Atari and Amiga. Even NES, Atari 7800, TurboGrafx, SMS and Genesis consoles. All of the salespeople had their niches... mine was the ST. I had the Snowman video, and that combined with promises of IBM and Mac compatibility (had the CP/M and C64 emulators, too) helped me sell a fair number of them. I wish I had a few more demos because I sure got sick of that Snowman demo. LOL Man - there's a name I haven't heard since the 1990s! I used to love going in there to drool about computers I couldn't afford and consoles with cartridges I couldn't afford. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoTonah Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Man - there's a name I haven't heard since the 1990s! I used to love going in there to drool about computers I couldn't afford and consoles with cartridges I couldn't afford. LOL Yeah I don't think I would have been buying much there if I hadn't been working there. The employee discount is all that made the cartridges somewhat affordable! I usually wait until things were on clearance before I bought them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Yeah I don't think I would have been buying much there if I hadn't been working there. The employee discount is all that made the cartridges somewhat affordable! I usually wait until things were on clearance before I bought them. I was trying to figure out when it closed and came across an abandoned website still in existence! http://pages.interlog.com/~mrbill/resume/cc_115/about_us/about_us_side_800.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arichlife Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Hi I used to be one of the owners. Of the Burnaby Metrotown Compucentre. I remember every delivery being like Christmas with all the new games and computers arriving each week. We opened in 1989 and closed in 1999 when the lease came up for renewal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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