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Pre C= Amigas would be easy to identify as they will have a 5 1/4
floppy drive.  The move to 3 1/2 was instituted by C=.


On Sat, 07 Aug 1999 17:39:01 +1000, Ross Vumbaca
<rossv@antispam.fl.net.au> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Bob Thompson wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
>Um, I'm pretty certain that the Amiga name was *not* bestowed by Commodore, yes it was
>called Lorraine, but then they used Amiga. In fact I believe Lorraine was only used
>initially because it is the name of one of the dentists wives (you know, those dentists
>who first invested in the 'Amiga'..) ;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Ross....