Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbosgd!cwruecmp!neoucom!wtm From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Viacom Message-ID: <611@neoucom.UUCP> Date: Sat, 4-Jul-87 11:43:48 EDT Article-I.D.: neoucom.611 Posted: Sat Jul 4 11:43:48 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 07:37:15 EDT References: <1107@knopfler.munsell.UUCP> <3473@well.UUCP> Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 27 Keywords: vision problems, cruft, hack, sausages Speaking of cable systems... I was recently on a visit to Cincinatti. Several of the Hotels there are on a cable network. One of the offerings is "The Hotel Information Channel" or some such-named thing. It appears to be done on an Amiga with dpaint II / digiview images cycling with slideshow. It was pretty nicely done, and I bet was running on a pretty minimal hardware configuration. They did have one custom feature with the current time and temperature overlaid on every screen, but that might have been overlaid by some other equipment. Fancy video options in hotels and motels seem to be pretty big in hotel marketing these days. Seems like there is some decent opportunity to make money and sell Amigas since there are quite a few motels and hotels that could be tapped. I heard that our local Warner-Amex cable system is thinking about getting an Amiga to run "viacom" since they recently went around and tightened up all the fittings on their wires, and the picture has, unfortunately, cleared up. :-) Bill Mayhew Division of Basic Medical Sciences Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Medicine Rootstown (what a name!), OH 44272-9989 USA phone: 216-325-2511 (wtm@neoucom.UUCP ...!cbatt!neoucm!wtm)