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From: king@motcid.UUCP (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: YAAS (yet another amiga spotting)
Message-ID: <5845@orchid3.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 90 20:07:55 GMT
References: <78498@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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In article <78498@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> amhartma@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Andy Hartman - AmigaMan) writes:
>I was flipping through channels the other day when I went past what I thought
>was an AmigaDos window.  I searched back to the channel and was surprised
>(and very pleased) to see an AmiDos window on what is usually the Community
>Calendar.  Whoever is in charge of the calendar forgot to switch the calendar
>to the foreground.  The AmigaDos window was prominently displayed for about
>6 or 7 hours!  What great exposure for the Amiga...

And on a sadder note...  I was flipping through channels the other day
(doesn't anyone with cable just pick something and WATCH it anymore?) and saw
on my cable company's preview channel:

                        +------------------------+
                        |     GURU MEDITATION    |
                        |    00000004.38383838   |
                        +------------------------+

(Okay, so I made up the address, but the error WAS #4).  This is Jones
Intercable in Lake Zurich, IL for those of you keeping track.  What impressed
me was that the preview channel display WAS STILL RUNNING!  They segment the
display into three parts.  The lower half of the screen runs a TV Guide style
list of programming on all channels for the next couple hours.  The upper
left half of the screen displays previews of the Pay-Per-View channels.  The
upper right half shows the title and time/date of the movie in the left
half.  ALL OF THIS WAS STILL FUNCTIONING!  So what was the Amiga
controlling?

Oh, wait, on closer look the upper right half wasn't displaying the title,
but another movie preview instead.  The sound matched the left-hand movie.  I
reckon the Amiga was supposed to be doing the titling.

The Guru was superimposed on the entire screen, just as if the TV was my
1084S monitor.

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