#Amiga in Japan?
15-Aug-93 10:20:20
Sb: #62069-#Amiga in Japan?
Fm: Yasushi Misawa 74100,226
To: Laurie Carroll 70022,1617
Japanese amigas are sold by authorized dealer of CBM. But numbers of
dealers are quite a few. 20-30 shops in Japan, I guess. Some of them
are also Mac dealer.
As for Japanese character, we have 6000 characters for just one
typeface. So, traditional key board is not enough for us. In all kind
of computer, we use special INPUT proguram, which use SOUND or
pronounciation and convert it to Japanese words. In Macs, PCs, Nexts,
Suns..every machine has such input-program
running with other application. Amiga has it now, but it is too poor
in comparison with Macs. It is just a small program by Japanese amiga
enthusiast. He works well , but in the view point of business, it is
not enough. Mac is working with FONT-company to convert new font for
their machine, but CBM Japan can not. They are poor enocomically.
PS. I am accessing special line developed by KDD. KDD is something
like ATT.