Re: Pre-C= Amiga? (Re: NG Amiga)

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From: Clockmeister
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 00:00

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Bob Thompson <robert_thompson@bigfoot.com> wrote in article
<37ABB960.C76FAA25@bigfoot.com>...
> I occasionally drag out my A1000 (complete with monstrous Sidecar XT and
20meg hard
> drive) just to check that it all still goes, and it always amazes me that
no other
> manufacturer has realised how practical it was to have that little space
under the
> case where the keyboard fits.
> As far as pre Commodore Amigas go, I don't think they exist. The machine
which
> became the Amiga was initially called the Lorraine - the Amiga name was
bestowed on
> it by Commodore.

No, Lorraine was the name of the breadboard masterpiece which was to become
the A1000. Hi-Toro changed their name to Amiga *before* Atari, and
subsequently Commodore came into the picture. (C= snatched Amiga from under
Atari's nose ;-)

Regards,

Clockmeister.

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From: "Clockmeister" <gerryvdb@tnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Pre-C= Amiga? (Re: NG Amiga)
Date: 1999/08/07
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