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From: lishka@uwslh.UUCP (Christopher Lishka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: My Amiga has a retarded brother...
Message-ID: <320@uwslh.UUCP>
Date: 22 Apr 88 17:28:17 GMT
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison, State Hygiene Lab
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Hey, I've got an idea for old VIC's: use them as extra keyboards for
an Amiga.  Yeah, let's see, I've got got two VIC's, I could have three
keyboards!  Yeah, and I'll make my c64 into a terminal running off of
the serial port, and how 'bout attaching my old Teleray terminal to
the parallel port?  Yeah!  I could have five keyboards connected to my
Amiga! ;-)  Now, the only problem is that I would need to boot up
three of them (booting a keyboard? get serious Chris!). ;-)

I've heard a rumor that Amiga keyboards (at least for the 1000)
actually have a 6502 in them.  Which would almost make them as
powerful as my VIC (ahh, yes but my VIC *DOES* have 3k of memory and a
graphics chip!).  Is there any truth to this, or have I been
misinformed? 

Well I'm game too...what use are VIC's with an Amiga?  Or c64's for
that matter?  I'd be interested in any views, however bizaare and
twisted they may be.  I should be able to do *something* with them....

[Hey, maybe I should start up a war on how Commodore has not supported
VIC programs when moving to the Amiga 2000!  AND I SPENT over $300
dollars for my VIC!  Naw, better not....]

						-Chris

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Chris Lishka                    /lishka@uwslh.uucp
Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene <-lishka%uwslh.uucp@rsch.wisc.edu
"My cockatiels control my mind!"\{seismo, harvard,topaz,...}!uwvax!uwslh!lishka