Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!oliveb!sun!kilowatt!raz From: raz%kilowatt@Sun.COM (Steve -Raz- Berry) Newsgroups: rec.games.video,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga origins (was Re: Stargate and other rare 2600 games) Summary: Know thy facts before thy trap opens. Message-ID: <96978@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 31 Mar 89 18:43:21 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> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Reply-To: raz@sun.UUCP (Steve -Raz- Berry) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 42 Xref: utzoo rec.games.video:2299 comp.sys.amiga:31442 In article <3312@nunki.usc.edu> rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) writes: >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. I don't know what you are talking about here. The only thing that I am aware of that was shown at CES by the developers of the Amiga were the joysticks, joyboard and a prototype Amiga (shown behind a veiled curtain on invitation only). Of course, I don't pretend to know it all :) > That's right. The original purpose of Amiga the company (Amiga Inc.?) was >to make joysticks and similar controllers for home video/computer systems. That's wrong. This was never the original purpose. This was a cover for the real computer development going on at Amiga inc. >Pretty tacky equipment -- I used one once, and never returned to it again. That's too bad. I thought they were excellent controllers, much like the EPYX joystick. They also did a controller called the joyboard which was somthing you STOOD on! Suzy Chaffee had the unique opportunity to show the world how to use this device to SHOOSH the slopes playing some skiing game. If you have one of these Amiga joysticks you would like to part with, please email me... I am very interested. >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. Please. Jealousy does not become you. Besides, the development cost was mostly born by the original investors in Amiga Inc (which was not it's original name). If I remember correctly it was around seven million dollars. Steve -Raz- Berry Disclaimer: I didn't do nutin! UUCP: sun!kilowatt!raz ARPA: raz%kilowatt.EBay@sun.com "Fate, it protects little children, old women, and ships named Enterprize"