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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: 22 Oct 89 22:14:38 GMT
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In article <oZDsRcG00WE501V2Jm@andrew.cmu.edu> ms0p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Gordon Shapiro) writes:
>Okay, I can answer some of your trivia questions....


>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

Absolutely correct!  Incidentally, Richard Ramella, who publishes JumpDisk,
wrote for 80 micro way back when, and Online! (as well as MSS itself), was
originally a TRS-80 product!  (I've got ads for the TRS-80 version! 8-))

Anyone interested in a TRS-80 Model I emulator for the Amiga? 8-)


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