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From: howard@amdahl.UUCP (Howard C. Simonson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Amiga
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 05:18:12 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 16 05:18:12 1985
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> > Does anyone know anything (they are permitted to say) about the Commodore
> > Amiga product?  I read somewhere that Atari is suing Commodore for the
> > Amiga VLSIs that Commodore acquired when it bought Amiga, but will this
> > affect the release of the machine?
> 
> The question is, is there such a thing as an Amiga?
> 
> The Amiga Lorraine which Commodore announced some time back has never
> been shown in public.  Given that a show-able prototype is usually
> produced many months before production units hit the dealers' shelves,
> it is a safe bet that the Commodore Lorraine will not be available this
> year.  I'm tempted to add, "if ever".
> 
Sorry to be contradictory, but a good friend who recently came back from
Japan has told me that; 1. He has played around with the Amiga and it is
really swift and COLORful, 2. It is in production via Sanyo, 3. Look for
it this summer.  The guy is straight and a good friend.  No corporate
ax to grind ( guess his employer ).  I am interested to see what these
"Johnny come lately's" can produce.  It might even be better than the
Macintosh ( guess what I'm typing on ) but then given enough time...

All I know is, its been heaven so far ( and it ain't over yet ).

Now if I only had an 8510/a to read all those old 8" floppys on my shelf :-).
-- 
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