Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ms0p+ From: ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Origins & Trivia Message-ID: Date: 20 Oct 89 21:00:24 GMT References: <1921@nigel.udel.EDU> , <19794@ut-emx.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: <19794@ut-emx.UUCP> Okay, I can answer some of your trivia questions.... > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.amiga: 19-Oct-89 Re: Amiga Origins & > Trivia Jonathan Abbey@walt.cc.u (1007) > 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? ABasic was the sluggish, lo-res precursor to AmigaBASIC, and it modeled its alleged editor on that of the TRS-80 (I think). The Redraw option on the WB is beyond me, but it may be related to that old "fuel gauge" bug. AmigaTutor... hmmm. Mindscape, I think. Gad, that was a while ago. The rest is beyond me. -- Mike