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From: bwdavies@rodan.acs.syr.edu
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Subject: Re: AMIGA seen on Beyond 2000 (how embarrasing for the Amiga)
Keywords: amiga sighting
Message-ID: <1991Jan9.170933.27532@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 9 Jan 91 17:09:33 GMT
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To be fair, I'd like to point out that all of the episodes of _Beyond 2000_
that I've seen were between three and five years old.  As a result, we
are constantly seeing "amazing new technology" that is not only out of
date, but in most cases has never even made much of a splash in the world
anyway.

For the record, the most interesting items (other than the Leary piece)
that I've seen were the 3M device that used electrical current to force
the release of endorphins and the wave-powered electrical generator.  I
like to watch _Beyond 2000_ when there's nothing else on because it's
usually good for a laugh.

The Leary/Amiga piece was interesting, but I believe that Tim has a couple
more software packages available by this point.  As usual, he came off
looking slightly silly.  So did Devo.  Jeez!

(Question for Australians -- the black woman is an American, right?  She 
always seems to get the really silly stories.)


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