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From: johnf@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (John Flanagan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Custom Chips
Summary: Agnus or Agnes?
Keywords: Amiga, Denise, Paula, Agnus, Gary
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Date: 26 Apr 89 00:28:11 GMT
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In article <3749@sugar.hackercorp.com> karl@sugar.hackercorp.com (Karl Lehenbauer) writes:
>In article <1845@aucs.UUCP> 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Alan W. McKay) writes:
>>The Amiga has three custom chips, right?  Denise, Paula and Agnus.  Fine.
>
>Agnes means "lamb of God," by the way...

Close.  :-)  "Agnus" means "lamb", "agnus Dei" means "lamb of God."
(No flame intended, honest :-)
Which brings up something I've been wondering for a while:
is the chip really named "Agnus" or "Agnes"?  The A500 manual lists it as 
"Agnus", but I think I've seen authoritative (C-A) people spell it 
"Agnes."  Was one of the secretaries named Agnes?  Or was the reference
suposed to be to lambs?  Or maybe it originally referred to a person, 
but the spelling was changed out of tact when the chip was fattened? :-)

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John Flanagan
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