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From: hamilton@intersil.uucp (Fred Hamilton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Where are the Amiga commercials?
Message-ID: <163@intersil.uucp>
Date: 31 Oct 89 16:44:46 GMT
References: <621@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Santa Clara CA
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In article <621@crash.cts.com>, pierre@pro-graphics.cts.com (Peter Altamore) writes:


> I don't know where they got the animation, but from watching the commercial a
> few times i'll bet that they assembled the entire shebang on videotape and
> just played it through the 1084 while they shot the commercial. I've never
> played that baseball game Stevie was playing, but I doubt a commercial game
> like that multitasks.
> 

If you're talking about the space station animation, it was done by Leo
Schwab.  He showed it at the BKDC.  I don't think the "game" (game?  This
is a SERIOUS computer!) exists, it was another animation.
                                                         

Fred Hamilton                  Any views, comments, or ideas expressed here
Harris Semiconductor           are entirely my own.  Even good ones.
Santa Clara, CA