Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!caesar.cs.montana.edu!ming!icsu8053 From: icsu8053@ming (Pratt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: LYNX Development System Message-ID: <2819@caesar.cs.montana.edu> Date: 14 Dec 89 02:02:02 GMT References: <19310@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Sender: news@caesar.cs.montana.edu Reply-To: icsu8053@caesar.cs.montana.edu (Pratt) Organization: Montana State University, Dept. of Computer Science, Bozeman MT 59717 Lines: 33 In article portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: > >>>>>> On 5 Dec 89 17:44:45 GMT, 2FHDBEAK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu said: >j> Here's an interesting tidbit for you LYNX fans: > >j> The development system for the Atari LYNX is an AMIGA computer! >j> I wonder what it must be like to go into Atari's offices and see >j> all sorts of Amigas lying about. > > >That's not surprising, given that the Lynx was developed at Epyx, not >Atari, and all the Lynx designers also designed the Amiga. > > --M >-- >__ >\/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. > portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineering More trivia: I seem to recall that the development system for the Amiga was an Atari 800. Talk about serious plot twists! Will the Lynx also be turned into a PC ala the Amiga? Just curious...NO FLAMES, it's finals week and I couldn't deal with it! Craig Pratt BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu GEnie: C.Pratt4 "Life IS pain, princess. Anyone who says differently is selling something..." The Dread Pirate Roberts, _The Princess Bride_