Party Review for Ami-Expo Exhibition Cologne 1991

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One of the great events for every Amiga
freak happened from the 1.  of November
to  the  3rd.  It was the `AMI-Expo` in
Cologne,  the biggest Amiga show in the
world.    Over   200   exhibitors  were
presented    and    `AMI-shows`   (main
organizers  of  this show) thought with
around  70000 visitors.  Some names who
were  presented:   Commodore (who would
believe....),    Data    Becker,   ESD,
Rossmoeller,   Vortex  computersystems,
Amiga    special,    Kickstart,    ASM,
Powerplay,   Joysoft,   Rainbow   Arts,
Psygnosis,  Micropose,  Software  2000,
Bomico, Rushware, Cachet and many more.
Also the elite freaks of the Amigascene
were  expected and meeting-place was as
usual  the  Commodore stall.  I arrived
at  around 14:00 o` clock in Friday and
just  some  minutes  in the Expo I soon
found  some of my contax.  It seemed to
become a real success and straight on I
searched for the Commodore sign.  After
heading  from  place to place I reached
it   and   I   watched   out  for  some
`Agnostix` who wanted to arrive also on
Friday,  but  I  could  not find any of
them.   A bit disappointed I decided to
have  a  closer  look  at  the crowd of
softwarecompanies and so I did.

The   first   company   I  visited  was
`Psygnosis` and it was (in my opinion!)
the  best  stable.  Three Amigas showed
the  previews of upcoming games and due
this `games` were playable a huge crowd
were presented.  I came in contact with
`David  Crawford` the director of sales
because  I  asked  for those incredible
posters  with  the  Psygnosis label but
unfortunately  they weren`t for anyone.
Then  we  talked about the scene and so
on  and at last he gave me his personal
card  because  I  shall  write  him  in
England  and  he will send me then some
of   those   posters   (cool   service,
Psygnosis !!!!).

After  this  cool action I walked on to
the  best  German software house namely
`Rainbow  Arts`.   There  I caught some
stickers  and  after  leaving  it I saw
`Hellraiser`  and  `Snake`,  both  from
`Agnostic  Front` and we chatted a bit.
He  told me that most A.F.  members are
right  now  at Commodore place and so I
went straight to it.  After being again
there  I  found  `Funky` and some other
members  and  we  made some action with
shouting and throwing prospects around.
After  meeting  also  some  other  guys
which  I  know  in  scene we decided to
meet  us  all  at  around 5pm for doing
some  fun  in Cologne.  I walked around
and   watched   the   latest   hardware
releases  and it is really amazing what
is  coming up in the future.  Meanwhile
the  crowd  of peoples was so high that
it was on some points quit hard to walk
on  and  I really wondered if all those
peoples   gots  Amigas.   Anyway,  time
showed  5  pm  and  so I walked back to
Commodore  and there I met all Agnostix
again.   Alltogether  we  left the Expo
and  met  us  at  the church.  After we
found  us  (it took around half an hour
till  all  peoples arrived!) we decided
to  eat  something.  We went around and
found  at last a chinese and we entered
it.   Since  that time all were full of
fun  and  we laughed much and this also
after  we left the chinese.  We decided
to head to a pub layed somewhere in the
outskirts  of  Cologne.  In a convoy of
seven  cars  we drove in Cologne around
and  at  last  we reached a town called
`Olbring`  (I think so...) and there we
went  to  the  pub.  Unfortunately some
Agnostix  never  reached  this  pub due
they  lost  us  in Cologne and the next
week I heard that they drove home after
this.

Well,   back   to  the  pub.....we  sat
altogether  at  a  table and drank some
beer  and the usual (alcohol) stuff and
at  around  2 am all peoples of us were
off   to   take  some  sleep  at  their
hostels.   I  made  my  bed  in the car
ready and I slept quit cool, even there
was  a  cemetery directly infront of my
car  (pretty nice, indeed...).  Anyway,
I  woke up at around 8 am and due I was
really starving I walked around in this
small  town  to look around for a baker
or  a  discounter  and  I found one.  I
bought  myself  some breadrolls, cheese
and   margerine  and  made  me  a  cool
breakfast.   After this I drove back to
Cologne to be right at the beginning on
the  Expo.   But  after  I  was  at the
entrance of it I really wondered.  At 9
am all entrances (there were 8!!!) were
full  of peoples and so I waited around
half  an hour till I entered again this
show.    I   walked  again  around  and
chatted   with   some   guys   of   the
`Tronic-Verlag`  (wellknown  for  their
mag called `ASM`) and we (I found there
also  `Backlash`  of  A.F.) invited the
whole    ASM    team    for    `Rosebud
extravaganza`  you  know,  a funmeeting
held    by    `Razor   1911,   Silents,
Spreadpoint  and  A.F`  on  the 16.  of
November  (report is coming up in issue
10).   The morning to the midday we had
much  fun.   I met mostly all peoples I
wanted  to  met and I enjoyed it really
to see all those `unknown` guys.  Well,
at around 12:30 I decided to leave this
party  due  some  probs with my girl at
home and with broken hard I said bye to
all those great guys.  At around 5 pm I
was back at home in good old `Sulingen`
and  drove  to  my  girl.   But this is
another story....
  
      ³Signed: Acropole / Agnostic Front