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From: jonabbey@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Abbey)
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Subject: Re: Amiga Origins & Trivia
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Date: 19 Oct 89 02:27:48 GMT
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In article <MZD=X6e00WE7M2tm1o@andrew.cmu.edu> ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro) writes:
>To answer your questions...
>
>The signatures in the A1000 case are those of the original Los Gatos
>blokes, I think.  I'm not sure about the paw print... maybe it was RJ
>Mical's dog or something.
>
>Here are some other trivia questions for Old Timers.
>
>--  Mike (An ex-1000 owner)

(The dog was Jay Miner's)

Here is some more trivia:

5) What was ABasiC and
   (extra points) what popular computer of 1978 did it model its editor on?
6) Why is there a redraw option on the workbench?
7) Who did the Amiga tutor?
8) How much was Commodore charging initially to tell you about CLI?
9) What is Enable and why did people care about it?
10) When was the last time Commodore show an Ad for the Amiga on network tv,
    and how long did they run?


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