• Ottawa Amiga Show Report
• Pictures of the Show
• Additional pictures of the Show
• List of Exhibitors and Links
• Thank You!

Ottawa Amiga Show 2002 Report
By Denis Desjardins

The Ottawa Amiga Show took place on Saturday November 9, 2002, at the Routhier Centre in the market of downtown Ottawa.  Here is my short report of the show.

I was at the show promoting my company Technomages and our Amiga Anywhere products.  We shared a booth with ZEE4 of Toronto who also develops software for Amiga Anywhere. 

Both Technomages and ZEE4 were busy throughout the day answering questions about Amiga Anywhere and letting people try their software.  ZEE4 had a unit conversion utility designed for cell phones and could be easily operated using one hand.  Technomages had games running on a MIPS Mobile device and an Intel Windows 98 system.  Games included Eric Schwartz Puzzles, a new version of Memory, Art Avenue Puzzles, and two demos of upcoming games.

Most people who asked questions about Amiga Anywhere were confused as to what it is and how this technology fits in with Amiga OS.  I think Amiga Inc. should clarify what Amiga Anywhere is on their website.

The main attraction of the show was the AmigaOne hardware and the Amiga OS 4.0 demo.  ACK Software Controls from Niagara Falls was very busy showing off the new Amiga hardware and answering questions. 

I did get a few minutes to try out Amiga OS 4.0.  The OS looked and felt very much like OS 3.9.  You can now drag windows outside the Workench borders and you have greater control over the look of Workbench with enhanced preferences and AmiDock.  There was also a new preference utility for USB ports.  Unfortunately, that's about all the time I had to try the OS.  All I can say is that OS 4.0 is looking great!

Also on hand was Livewire Systems.  They had really cool stuff for sale, including Quake 2 for Amiga, complete Amithlon systems, Elbox products, a sexy tower case for the A3000 desktop, and much more.

The Ottawa Amiga Show also had a second room in which Cinereal gave demos of the Matrox non linear video system and sold classic Amiga hardware and software.  I only visited their booth for a few minutes since they had a demo going on at the time.  The only comment I can say is that the Matrox demo looked very professional.

Unfortunately, one of the other Amiga retailers did not make it to the show.

Overall, I think the show went well.  People who attended the show had a great time and for the first time in a long while, got to try and see brand new Amiga products.

After the show, several Amigans and the all show vendors went to the Royal Oak pub for some drinks and food.  Randy Hughes of Amiga Inc. was there to answer questions and talked about the past and the future of Amiga.  Many hilarious stories were told and everyone had a great time.

I think Randy is spending too much time with Fleecy though.  We were really confused when Randy said he needed to go to the "bog"! That's the bathroom for those who don't know.

Additional Reviews

• by Zoltan Hunt [Link]
• by by Darren Eveland [Link]

List of Exhibitors and Links

Here is a list of exhibitors that attended the Ottawa Amiga Show and links related to the show.

• Amiga Inc. [link]
• Amiga.info (User Group) [link]
• Cinereal Pro Video (Amiga Retailer) [link]
• Livewire Systems. (Amiga Retailer) [link]
• Technomages (Website Developer, AmigaDE Developer) [link]
• Zee4 (AmigaDE Developer) [Link]
• AmigaDE Shop [link]

Thank You!

Amiga.info would like to sincerely thank the following people and organizations who helped make the Ottawa Amiga Show a success.

• The Ottawa Amiga Show sponsor, Technomages and
  
  
• Randall Hughes of Amiga Inc.
  
  
• All the exhibitors and Amigans who participated the the show!  It was a great turn out, and fantastic to see everyone.  See you all at the 2003 Ottawa Amiga Show!