AmiWest 2017, the 20th AmiWest, and related events: October 19th to October 22nd


http://www.amiwest.net/

Reserve your exhibitor space now!

Advance exhibitor space reservations are required so that we can provide the necessary space and other facilities. Let us know that you'll be there and what we need to do to provide what you need for your exhibit. Just email exhibitors[at]amiwest.net so we can forward all the details to you.

Show Info

AmiWest is the premier Amiga show in North America. For 20 years AmiWest has provided a haven for like-minded individuals to come and celebrate all things Amiga. The show has seen the introduction of new Amiga hardware and software. We have seen CEOs of Amiga companies come and go. Through it, all our goal has to been to create an environment for all Amigas, classics, compatibles, and next-generation systems users can come together and share ideas and good times. Every year we work hard to improve the show experience by having themes and seeking out the leaders of the community to join us and you for the weekend. Since 1998 the show has been internet enabled. Starting with an IRC, then audio broadcast, to today where video and audio are broadcast and posted to YouTube in near real-time.

Saturday at 10 AM the show opens with a presentation by one of the sponsors. The show floor will contain items for sale from AmigaKit covering Classic Amigas and Next Generation Amiga systems. Hyperion is present showing the latest developments of AmigaOS 4. A-Eon will be showing the latest in hardware developments. Other Amiga related companies come to show their products and interact with the community directly. In addition to the commercial exhibitors, AmiWest also hosts users groups and individuals. These folks travel to the show on their own funds to share their excitement for the Amiga and Amiga-compatible systems such as AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS, and Emulators.


How to contact us:
Brian's Blog -->
Mailing List: email info [at] amiwest.net with "AmiWest Email List" in the subject line.
Twitter: @amiwest


When is AmiWest 2017?
DevCon starts on Thursday, Oct 19, 2017
Classic Clinic starts at 5 PM on Friday, Oct 20, 2017
Show doors open at 10 AM on Saturday, Oct 21, 2017
Banquet starts at 7 PM on Saturday, Oct 21, 2017
Sunday starts at 10 AM on Sunday, Oct 22, 2017
Doors close at 4 PM Sunday, Oct 22, 2017


Show Features

DevCon

October 19th and 20th at the AmiWest Venue

The DevCon at Amiwest is a very special event that brings together some of the top AmigaOS Developers directly to Amiga users and Amiga application developers. The seminar is designed to enlighten and educate all comers on how to create quality software for our favorite platform. For the 6th annual 2017 Programming Seminar, Hyperion Developer Team Lead Steven Solie will continue as lead instructor, assisted by other knowledgeable Amiga programmers. Sign-ups are available by clicking here!


Classic Clinic

fixing-systems_web.jpg (39939 bytes) AmiWest starts on Friday night with the classic clinic. At 5 PM Amiga owners are invited to bring their systems for repair. Staffed by volunteers, we spend the evening working to repair or improve users Amiga systems. In the past we have replaced capacitors, batteries, repaired corrosion, installed new drives, recovered data, and more.


Banquet

25th anniversary Cake Saturday night we host a catered banquet for the attendees, exhibitors, and staff. This banquet is an opportunity for everyone to come to gather and mingle. In addition to the food, we also present several SACC group awards, feature a presentation or panel with famous Amigans.

The banquet will start at 7:00 PM on Saturday, October 21st. We have worked hard to find another qualified company for 2017.

See the blog link for announcements about presenters and presentations.

Hotel Infomation


AmiWest 2017 will return to the Holiday Inn Express. This hotel was recently built, has friendly staff, clean faculties, and even has a free breakfast!


Holiday Inn Express Cal Expo

2224 AUBURN BLVD
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95821
UNITED STATES
Hotel Front Desk: 001- show contact info
Hotel Fax: 001- show contact info

for more info contact SACC http://www.sacc.org/about.html

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the hotel booking code has just been posted over at the amiwest blog:

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Hotel rates are final! After much internal negotiation, AmiWest 2017 hotel rates are now available for reservations. Please see the Reservations Page at this link for the link to the hotel website. The rates are $95.00 US for a double room and $119.00 US for a suite. See the reservations page above for more information. When reserving online, the reservation group code is AMI. Please enter this code in the group code box when reserving online. If you have trouble with the group code, simply call the hotel front desk at 1-916-923-1100 and ask for Joseph. He is the front desk manager. He is familiar with our show and will make sure that you get the AmiWest rate.

i've already booked. i hope to see many of you at the show!

-- eliyahu

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General schedule and additional hotel info:

blog items 6-8

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at the moment the show hotel is showing all rooms fully booked, and the amiwest room block is all reserved. the show organizers are working on getting this resolved, so if you haven't been able to book accommodations yet, stay tuned; i hope to have more news on this shortly....

-- eliyahu

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@SACC-dude,

I was at the Elk Hills HI Express last month. Always have hot coffee and good staff!

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ok, so the good news is that there are so many people coming to amiwest, that we broke the hotel. just kidding. it looks like saturday night is heavily booked at the show hotel, but the show organizers have made arrangements at the hampton inn next door for folks who haven't yet made their hotel arrangements.

if you still need rooms for amiwest 2017 and are unable to book at the show hotel, here's what to do:

* call the hampton inn next door. the number is +1 916 927-2222
* ask for shiva or rayna, ask for the amiwest rate
* if you have any problems contact brian at amiwest.net

the reservation page should be updated with this information shortly. in other news the amiga devcon is shaping up nicely, with presentations from steven solie of hyperion entertainment, hans de ruiter of A-EON technology, and jaime krueger of bitbybit software in plan. other developers are also planning on attending, such as mark ritter, author of workbench explorer. so if you're interested in the devcon, don't delay -- make your arrangements now!

-- eliyahu

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@eliyahu

Not sure if these posts were made after you posted on the 6th, so...

http://www.amiwest.net/amiwest2017blog/

Apparently Jamie Krueger is going to represent Amiga On The Lake.

Jamie's website

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Talking about AmiWest 2017, it's been a long time coming but I'm pleased to be able to report that the A.L.I.C.E. laptop will be available for sale at the upcoming Amiwest show in Sacramento.

Source Trevor's Amiga Blog

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Workbench Explorer developer Mark Ritter to be at AmiWest 2017

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DevCon details are now posted!

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And for the second year in a row, the DevCon will be filmed.

Writing from Prague, the Czech Republic,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm

@RobertB

Thank you very much for doing this again.

Kamelito

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October 5, 2017 About those banquet tickets

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@number6

Got mine.... banquet ticket for 1.

Do you have yours Number6?



TJ

@RobertB

And for the 20th time AmiWest will go on in all it's glory!!!

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the plan is to show AmigaOS 4.1 running on the AmigaOne A1222 in a live public demonstration for the first time. Although there is still some work needed to done on audio and Ethernet drivers before the AmigaOne A1222 can be commercially released, the FPU optimization appears to be progressing well.

Source Trevor's blog

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seminars (preliminary show schedule)

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"Steve Solie - AmigaOS next steps."

I like that but it also mean that these steps are next...

Kamelito

I'm going to make it this year and I SHOULD have a nice presentation on my X5000 if everything shows up on time and works out during install friday. I'm also going to bring my heavily modified A2000 with vampire in it to show as long as I can get it packed okay. I had surgery the other day so me even making it out is kinda silly, but this is the Amiga show after all!

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IBrowse 2.5 demonstrations at AmiWest and Amiga32 (German only atm)

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