Word: colorations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when he bought Amiga Corp., a small computer firm in Santa Clara, Calif., for $25 million in October of 1984. Technology obtained in that acquisition helped Commodore develop its Amiga model, which has drawn praise from industry experts. Among Amiga's attractive features are its state-of-the-art color graphics and its ability to run more than one program at the same time...
...selling toasters." Commodore is also having trouble finding a market niche for the Amiga. Business customers are unenthusiastic because it is not compatible with the IBM machines that are common in offices. Shoppers looking for a home computer are discouraged by the Amiga's price: $1,795 with a color monitor...
...pretty young wife. There are two clumsy attempts at murder and then two quite successful ones that occur on a PC tour of Venice. If the terrain is familiar to Symons, every detail is fresh, right down to the crisp use of Venice, blessedly free of tax write-off color. A Criminal Comedy is a , zestful work of a master still challenging his craft...
Though it has of course long been possible to print color ads in the Yellow Pages, publishers of the directories chose not to do so because of the expense. Now, however, a new, patented graphics process called Markolor will reduce the cost of such ads in the Yellow Pages by half. R.H. Donnelley, the Purchase, N.Y.-based publisher or sales agent for 600 different Yellow Pages directories, owns the exclusive rights to Markolor. The company plans to have color on all its Yellow Pages...
...five months, Johnny's Thrift Shop was the most hassle-free store in Birmingham, paying fast prices for anything brought there and handed to the clerk behind the counter. There were the two young men, for example, who carted in a $600 color TV and a $300 VCR, plunked them down and accepted Johnny's $175 check for both. And then there was the fellow who parked a brand-new $15,000 Oldsmobile outside and gladly took $500 for it. "The car business is much more profitable than the stereo business," the seller earnestly explained. "How many...