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From: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga origins (was Re: Stargate and other rare 2600 games)
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Date: 31 Mar 89 03:43:26 GMT
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In article <2483@puff.cs.wisc.edu> russell@uhura.CS.WISC.EDU (Russ Perry) writes:
> [Much stuff deleted about old Atari 2600 games]
>
>In addition, check out the Supercharger which had extra RAM in the cart and 
>allowed tapes to be loaded in sections to increase the memory even more.
>Amiga (not related to Commodore except possibly that they designed the thing
>and sold it to CBM -- is this true anyone?) was supposed to have a similar
>system out, but I don't think it made it beyond CES.

  That's right. The original purpose of Amiga the company (Amiga Inc.?) was
to make joysticks and similar controllers for home video/computer systems.
Pretty tacky equipment -- I used one once, and never returned to it again.
I'm not sure, but I think the money they made from those 'sticks went to the
development of the Amiga computer (no wonder it acts like a cheap piece of
plastic  B-) )...

						--R.J.
						B-)

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