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From: spenser@sugar.hackercorp.com (Spenser Aden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Here's who is using Amiga
Message-ID: <7077@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 18 Nov 90 21:48:27 GMT
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In article <72389@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> liebm@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Mark Lieb) writes:
>In article <3646@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>>I know a few of these are not quite right:
>>
>>pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) writes:
>>
>>>* Robocop II's special effects were done on an Amiga.
>>I remember hearing that the Amiga was not used after all.
>>They used a Mac II instead.
>>
>  Most of displays
>were using Amigas for video effects of all sorts.  He said that he did see
>the Amiga doing special effect excepts from Robocop II.  
>

The effects were done on an Amiga at Microsearch computers here in Houston.
Without a doubt.  We in Houston knew before the movie was released - it was all
over the papers and news, if you didn't get it first hand from salesmen at
Microsearch.

-Spenser


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