>>>Ok, just out of curiosity, what have been people favorite giveaway at trade
>>>shows?  Preferrably something memorable that makes you remember the company
>>>and the product as well.  I like a clever T-shirt (I *live* in t-shirts!),

T-shirts have become rather ordinary after the first 10 or so, though I do
like my Digital "alligator" shirt.

>
>   Well, I got a great diamond-studded fish-hook and knife sharpener that's
>about the size of a small pen with a clip. Oh, electronic trade shows! Well..
>I've got `eleventy billion' screwdrivers with that damn little magnet
attached

I got a set of screwdrivers from Arrow-Schweber once.  Nice little set and
I use it whenever I'm out and need to take apart something.

>at the other end... I've got enough baseball caps to start another league...
>If anyone sees me wearing a pocket protector, shoot me! Plenty of coffee
mugs.
>Enough posters to save the Oregon forests from clear cutting... What I'd like

To say nothing of the content-free press releases and glossies that weigh
down your bags. :(

>to see is someone like Tektronix giving away DSO's, Mentor giving away
software,
>HP giving away calculators, and if anyone remembers NewTek's Amiga-based
video
>Toaster..., giving away Kiki ;-)

I went to an optical-related show and was mildly disappointed that no one
was handing out laser pointers. :)  I half expected to see crazy booth
people "demonstrating" lasers ("Oh, look at that guy all the way across the
floor, watch me light his tie on fire").

At the technology-transfer show next door to the optics show, this really
floored me:  The National Security Agency was there, handing out frisbees!
Even more surprised they didn't come with subpoenas inside! :)
>
>   Seriously, I prefer discounts on developer packages, samples,
documentation,
>etc, from folks like Motorola, Intel, National, Microchip, etc.

CD's, the ones that *don't* just have a marketing movie on them but real
content.  Books.  I got a  book from Keithley on making low-level
measurements, and another from Xyplex ("The Switching Handbook"), a very
nice little reference on networking.


Dave
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