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From: thanatos@pro-graphics.cts.com (Steve Godun)
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Subject: Re: Accepting the Mac (was Re: More Macweek Rumors)
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Date: 21 Mar 90 08:56:12 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu

Just a note/question...
 
You stated:
rushed and flopped so badly, the IIGS might have had the Amiga's chipset and
there never would have been an Amiga...
 
Not wanting to start a war, but Apple had NOTHING to do with the Amiga. The
Amiga was designed by an independant contractor (contracted by, ironically
enough, Atari, but Atari dropped them two weeks after Jack Tramiel took over
Atari) and was initially going to be a high-end video game machine. Commodore
picked it up and, well, you know the rest. (Also, the Amiga's chipsets were
designed by the same team that designed the custom chips for the Atari 8-bit
series of computers, so even if Commodore didn't pick up Amiga it wouldn't
have gone to Apple.)
 
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