FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AmiWest 2000 Banquet Speaker Announced!

Bill McEwen, President of Amiga, Inc., will be the guest speaker at the
AmiWest 2000 Banquet on Saturday Evening, July 29th.

Mr. McEwen will speak on the progress made to date by the new Amiga,
Inc.  This includes the recent release of the Software Development
Kit that you will be able to purchase at the show from a number of our
vendors.

Banquet tickets must be purchased in advance and are $35 per plate.  They
will NOT be sold on Friday nor Saturday due to the hotel needing attendance
figures for planning the banquet.  Seating is limited and tickets are
available on a first come, first served basis.

Admission to the show is:

    $ 8 (One Day Pass if paid in advance by July 15, 2000)
    $ 10 (One Day Pass at the door)
    $ 12 (Full Show Pass if paid in advance by July 15, 2000)
    $ 15 (Full Show Pass at the door)

A form for ordering tickets can be found on our web page at:

    http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/

In April at the A2K show in St.  Louis, the newly reorganized Amiga, Inc
announced many advances in the three short months since the purchase of the
Amiga by Amino (renamed Amiga, Inc.) from Gateway.  The Amiga appears to
have a new life that is definately on an upswing.  The new Amiga Corporation
is headed by Bill McEwen who can be remembered by participants at both
AmiWest'98 and AmiWest'99 as a very enthusiastic supporter of the Amiga.

Strategic alliances have been formed with such well known names in the
computing world as Tao-Group, Red Hat, and Corel.  In addition partnerships
have been formed with well known Amiga companies such as Haage & Partner,
Hyperion, and Epic Marketing. All of these companies will be producing
software for the new Amigas.

After what has transpired in three months, four more months should bring
many more announcements from Amiga, Inc.  at AmiWest 2000.  Already
announcements were made this month (June) of the availability of the
Software Development Kit (SDK) for the new Amigas.  The SDK is being sold
by many Amiga retailers for $99.  A number of these retailers will be
exhibiting at AmiWest 2000.

AmiWest 2000 is the west coast all Amiga show which is being produced in
Sacramento, California, at the popular Holiday Inn, Sacramento NorthEast,
5321 Date Avenue Sacramento, CA 95841, on Saturday, July 29th and Sunday,
July 30th, 2000.  The Holiday Inn venue proved to be such a hit for last
year's show that we are again holding it there.

Show times are Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm.

AmiWest is in it's third year and is the only all Amiga show produced on
the West Coast.  The show has proved very popular for Amiga enthusiasts in
the Western United States.

You can learn more about AmiWest 2000 by accessing our web page at:

    http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/

This weekend event will again showcase the progress that IS the Amiga
Community.

John Zacharias, chairperson
AmiWest 2000
jzachar@calweb.com
http://www.sacc.org/amiwest/