Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Freememory map doesn't work with A500 Message-ID: <2346@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 02:22:06 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2346 Posted: Wed Sep 16 02:22:06 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 18-Sep-87 07:07:19 EDT References: <1682@crash.CTS.COM> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 31 In article <1682@crash.CTS.COM> billd@crash.CTS.COM (Bill D'Camp) writes: > > What's the significance of "B52/Rock Lobster"? But Bryce, I thought you were a person of culture and discrimination! Long ago, when there were a number of proposals vying for the addition to the Amiga product line, ranging from something like an A1000 but a few dollars cheaper to something like an ST with zip for expansion, the proposal that eventually became the A500 was nicknamed the B52. This was no doubt supposed to indicate a Commodore strategic product with long range potential that would rattle the enemy's cage big time. Anyway, after too many late nights working on the thing, it became obvious that B52 referred to the rock group of the same name, and that "Rock Lobster" was an appropriate product designation. At one point we had a nice dpaint image of a lobster with a slightly crunched 1040 ST in one claw and Mac in the other, but attempts to replace the "hand" with this image and to have the machine play the entire party mix version of "Give Me Back My Man" on power-up were less than successful. Oh, well... On a less inspired note, the B2000 internal designation for the West Chester design A2000 came about because things were just getting too confusing when you couldn't say A2000 without the respondent saying which A2000. While the customer in the US gets to deal with but one A2000, the purchasing and manufacturing people have to deal with two, at least on the international scene. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: out to lunch... Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)