Xref: utzoo rec.games.video:2295 comp.sys.amiga:31429 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!eric From: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga origins (was Re: Stargate and other rare 2600 games) Message-ID: <6470@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 31 Mar 89 14:53:04 GMT References: <2113@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <9930@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <474@ultb.UUCP> <478@ultb.UUCP> <2483@puff.cs.wisc.edu> <3312@nunki.usc.edu> Reply-To: eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 15 In article <3312@nunki.usc.edu> rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) writes: > 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-) )... Actually, the purpose of AMIGA had always been to develop a system. The josticks and such were sold to infuse capital into the company. -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga (215) 431-9100 1200 Wilson Drive {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!eric West Chester, PA 19380 "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore."