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#A4000 FOR SALE

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#192710From: daniel wolfApr 15, 1995 10:12 PM
MegageM is still handling Amiga (genuine Amiga dealer), here in Santa Maria, CA.
#192775From: Erik FlomApr 16, 1995 3:13 PM
'Santa Maria' ?!? How far down the coast is that from San Francisco? (For some reason, I always thoough you were on the east coast?) Thanks! Erik Flom
#192891From: daniel wolfApr 17, 1995 1:40 AM
Santa Maria, home of MegageM, is about 1/2 way from San Jose to LA. About 3.5 hours driving time from San Jose, due south on the 101. Easy to get here and easy for MegageM to ship to or support customers in the Bay area.
#192926From: Christian ElkjerApr 17, 1995 10:20 AM
What's the address of your physical location? I live in Ventura and one in a while, I head up to Santa Maria, so maybe I can stop by one day. // Christian – AP 1.80 \X/ Only Amiga Makes It Possible
#193026From: Erik FlomApr 17, 1995 7:37 PM
Actually, it's too bad you're in CA. I generally shop mail order to avoid the in-state taxes. Keep the faith, though! There have to be lots of people like me mailing form _other_ states! Erik Flom
#193268From: GE O'BrienApr 18, 1995 8:17 PM
Erik; <<I generally shop mail order to avoid the in-state taxes.>> Shhhhhhhhhhh The sales tax police may be listening <G> Best Regards G.E. "OB" O'Brien Pensacola, Florida
#193305From: Erik FlomApr 18, 1995 10:09 PM
'The sales tax police may be listening <G>' After this last tax day, that comment isn't even funny! (BTW, how long _does_ it take to grow back a pound of flesh? Ouch! :^) Erik Flom
#193450From: daniel wolfApr 19, 1995 9:42 PM
Your Sales Tax complaint is a common one – it really makes us CA dealers less competitive in California. Sometimes I sadly tell customers "I don't get to keep it, the Sales Tax goes to the Governor so he can build more prisons". It adds nearly 8% to the cost of everything – ludicrous.
#193560From: Erik FlomApr 20, 1995 3:22 PM
It is ludicrous, and as you say, unfortunate. I wish I had the extra 10 percent, then I could support local businesses….(Oh yeah, let's go to a straight national sales tax..now there's a good idea! :^) Erik Flom
#193593From: Dale LarsonApr 20, 1995 6:03 PM
I'm terrified by the idea that Congress might force me to collect sales tax for all 50 states. I'd be out of business in a hurry — I'm just too small to be able to do the paperwork without it being a very significant part of my overhead. Heck, I'm tempted not to take orders in PA just because the small number of orders in PA probably costs me more in the time to do my sales tax filings than I earn in sales… dale@iam.com http://www.iam.com Intangible Assets Manufacturing
#193667From: daniel wolfApr 21, 1995 1:29 AM
Erik, PLEASE write that down and send it to our prison-construction- happy governor, Pete (I will serve my whole term as governor) Wilson.
#193623From: Stan ShumlickApr 20, 1995 9:39 PM
Yep, sure does. I wish ole Pete would get off his ascii and fix some of the damn ripples in the freeway. I like amusement park rides at the amusement park! <G> BTW, I am enjoying the H*ll out of the Fractal Images CD. I have been trying out different images as reflection maps with some excellent results. Didn't you have a program that will allow users to generate their own fractals? Cheers, Stan Shumlick All this and Rock and Roll too!
#193668From: daniel wolfApr 21, 1995 1:35 AM
Thanks for asking (and the very kind words about the FractalPro Image Library CDROM) – of course anyone with a even moderately powerful Amiga can use the FractalPro program itself to create not only individual fractal images like on the CDROM but also incredible fractal animation sequences (very cool for LightWave image mapping 'sequence' importation). Of course, FractalPro means taking some time to explore and render – hence the rationale for the CDROM. The FPILV1 CDROM is chock full of some of the best FractalPro images I've found over the years and represents thousands of hours of exploring and rendering in FractalPro. I'm hoping to release FPILV2 in the next few months. And MegageM has a library of tens of thousands of image animation sequences, which can be viewed on the FractalPro, The Movie video (30 minutes of outrageous fractal animation, Toaster effects, etc.). FractalPro has been favorably reviewed over the years and most recently its capabilities were featured on the cover of Amiga World February 1995 issue.
#193658From: Jack FinksApr 21, 1995 12:50 AM
PMFJI but ARE you famil_u_lare with the the emplant and its installation? I sure could use some help…how much do you charge? Jack Finks
#193669From: daniel wolfApr 21, 1995 1:36 AM
Jack, I'm familiar a bit with emplant but have never used it myself nor installed it for any of my customers. I bet if you post a general question here in this forum, plenty of Emplant fans will RUSH to your aid. If you are nearby Santa Maria I'll be glad to help you personally – I'm FEARLESS.
#193943From: Jack FinksApr 22, 1995 2:05 PM
ThankYou for the offer… Actually i live in Orcutt, so yes i live fairly close<G>. i just may take you up on your offer and see just how fearless you againt my amiga beast<g> Jim Drew answered my question personally and i'm currently tracking down what i supposedly need…Stay Tuned Batfreinds, Same Bat Channel; Same Bat Time Jack Finks