#SCALA 210
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I'm interested in what anyone has to say about the Amiga Scala MultiMedia
210. I am looking into designing several Kiosks and need full motion video,
interactive features along with the ability for users to input information
(such as name, address, etc.).
I have given the Phillips CDI player some thought as well, and would be
interested in what others may think about this application. Thanks, Johnn
Give John Chang a holler. He's VP of Marketing for Scala, and his CIS
number is 73023,2000. I think he's currently on vacation.
DJ
A friendly little worm in the Big Rotten Apple …
John Chang tis not VP of Marketing…
He is one of the tech support people.
You need to talk to Mike Weaver or Rick Salmon at Scala.
The number is (703) 713-0900.
-mark=
Otto Pilot Engaged..
Woops! I thought he signed "VP Marketing" in his messages. Man, I'm
REALLY getting senile. Sorry for the misinfo, Mark.
DJ
On AP from Queens, the rotten core of the Big Apple
Mini-review of Scala: Excellent! Unmatched performance, output and ease of
use. Arguably the single best Amiga program, ever, and also arguably the
single best presentation/multimedia program on any platform. Animation,
fonts, backgrounds, hot buttons, sound support, the works. I installed it
and had a snappy looking presentation done within the hour, without
reading the manual. Reasonably priced, too. Scala MM is now up to version
300, with even more features. Only potential drawbacks: It requires a
dongle, so you need one copy of the program for every platform and there's
no run-time "reader" utility to let Amigans without Scala see your work.
If you're planning to use networked kiosks and need real-time
interconnection, you should move up to the big brother (so to speak!)
version of the product, InfoChannel.
The AC's Guide to the Amiga lists a couple of firms that design and
assemble Amiga-based kiosks, including CD32 kiosks. Don't know how current
availability of Amiga platforms would affect their service, however.
Supposedly, down the road, there will be a Windows version of Scala.
A cheap but not low-end development system for kiosk-based applications on
the Amiga would be Helm. The next upgrade is supposed to work directly
with CD32. Very easy to use, not as powerful as Scala, more Hypercard-like
(though more powerful than that Mac product). Ideal for interactive
applications depending on databases. Helm, too, is eventually supposed to
be ported to Windows.