Software
In a suite upstairs, Progressive Peripherals & Software was again showing SuperBase Professional ($299.95). The difference this time was that it is really, finally done, and PP&S promises it will ship within a few days of AmiExpo's closing. Their FrameGrabber (S499.95) and EXP-8000+ 8-meg internal memory card for the A500 are both looking real good, too, with availability announced for March.
We were also invited upstairs to see Micro Systems Software's new Excellence! wordprocessor. This under-$300 color WYSIWYG wordprocessor features PostScript support, custom fonts, color output, hyphenation, real-time as-you-type spellchecking,
There were lots of Amiga exhibitors, big and small. Conspicuous in their absence were Electronic Arts, Mimetics, Mindscape, Activision, and Commodore themselves, as well as several other "big names". Also missing was R.J. Mical, who cancelled out as the second day's keynote speaker too late to be removed from the printed programs.
INFO's booth at AmiExpo was the first time we had exhibited at a computer show since CES in Chicago a couple of years back. Tom and Mark had a great time pumping arms with lots of loyal INFO readers and looking at all the keen new Amiga stuff!
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