Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:47890 rec.games.video:5270 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!shelby!lindy!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!chad From: chad@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (darknight) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,rec.games.video Subject: Re: The Lynx CPU (???) (Was:Re: Developing for the Lynx) Summary: The Ultimate Game Machine (TM) Keywords: parody humor cynic stoopid(tm) Message-ID: <7380@lindy.Stanford.EDU> Date: 20 Jan 90 04:42:28 GMT References: <8581@cbnewsm.ATT.COM> <759@cs.wmich.edu> <7243@lindy.Stanford.EDU> <4952@sugar.hackercorp.com> <19142@bellcore.bellcore.com> <4960@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@lindy.Stanford.EDU (News Service) Reply-To: chad@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (darknight) Followup-To: alt.flame Distribution: usa Organization: UCSC Undergrads Lines: 58 >In article sdh@flash.UUCP (Stephen D Hawley) writes: [ Much bragging about his programming accomplishments that have little or nothing to do with the Lynx machine, and discussion of the Ultimate Computer Environment deleted] >Good luck, and this is *not* a flame. It's just that *I* want more of an >environment and ever-higher performance, not less, so I see moving towards >(Indeed I am already there) protected-mode 32-bit systems adhering to >open systems standards (Unix) on the one hand, and realtime multitasking on >an affordable machine, hopefully on the same hand, but if not, as for now, >on the other hand, i.e. the Amiga. PRESS RELEASE -- 1/19/90 Atari(tm) has just announced an upgrade of their Lynx(tm) system known as the "Lynx Too"(tm), and the subsequent discontinuation of the original model Lynx, due to some humbling comments made by one Stephen Hawley(tm) on Usenet. It seems that they've determined with help from Stephen(tm) that people do not really want a hand held game machine with lots of Neeto(tm) colors, or lots of Neeto(tm) sounds, or lots of Neeto(tm) sprites, or lots of Neeto(tm) blits, or lots of Neeto(tm) fun. Nope, they want a hand-held game machine with a Well Designed Architecture(tm), Structured Gameplay(tm), Expert System Capabilities(tm), Demand-Paging(tm), a Rexx Port(tm), Full Extensibility(tm), a Graphical User Interface(tm), an Advanced 32-Bit Bus(tm), and Unix(tm) SysV Rel.4(tm)... So Atari(tm) whipped it all together and is releasing the "Lynx Too" instead, which has all the above features that Stephen(tm) asked for, plus a Neeto(tm) gold finish. Upon seeing it, Stephen(tm) remarked that it now fit within his realm of consideration as a true Handheld Video Toy(tm), and was quoted as saying, "It [shines] like [gold]!" Atari(tm) said they were very pleased with Stephen's(tm) suggestions, and they were quoted as saying, "Oh yeah? Well he [Stephen(tm)] [shines] like [gold], too!" List price of the "Lynx Too" is slated at $9999.95, but with a special Trade-In-Your-NeXT(tm)-Get-A-Lynx_Too-For-A-Mere-$3000-Trade- In-Offer, Atari(tm) clearly has the student market in mind for their new HandHeld Video Toy(tm). Atari(tm) did note that because of the licensing fees for Unix(tm) they were unable to develop any games for the machine, but they don't expect that will deter Stephen(tm) from buying "Whopping great wodges of 'em". NEXT WEEK -- The Amiga 3500 takes over the Home-Recipe-Database market with it's N^Googolplex color pallete, N^Googol bitplane graphics, and infinite user capability. Stay Tooned(tm). -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERNET: chad@ucscb.ucsc.edu Chad 'The_Walrus' Netzer->AmigaManiac++ ------====== "The memory of other cannot be trusted." ======-------