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In article <2819@caesar.cs.montana.edu>, icsu8053@ming (Pratt) writes:
> In article <PORTUESI.89Dec5131041@tweezers.esd.sgi.com> portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
>>
>>>>>>> On 5 Dec 89 17:44:45 GMT, 2FHDBEAK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu said:
>>j> Here's an interesting tidbit for you LYNX fans:
>>
>>j> The development system for the Atari LYNX is an AMIGA computer!
>>j> I wonder what it must be like to go into Atari's offices and see
>>j> all sorts of Amigas lying about.
>>
>>
>>That's not surprising, given that the Lynx was developed at Epyx, not
>>Atari, and all the Lynx designers also designed the Amiga.
>>
>>				--M
>>-- 
>>__
>>\/  Michael Portuesi	Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.
>>    portuesi@SGI.COM	Entry Systems Division -- Engineering
> 
> 
> More trivia:
> 
> I seem to recall that the development system for the Amiga was an Atari 800.
> Talk about serious plot twists!  Will the Lynx also be turned into a PC ala
> the Amiga?  Just curious...NO FLAMES, it's finals week and I couldn't deal
> with it!
> 
> Craig Pratt
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> 
> "Life IS pain, princess.  Anyone who says differently is selling something..."
> The Dread Pirate Roberts, _The Princess Bride_

Sorry, Craig, the Amiga was developed on Sun workstations.  In fact, the
origninal Amiga DOS manuals make several references to porting code from the
Sun.

The designer of the A1000's custom chips (whose name escapes me at the moment)
also designed the ANTIC, CTIA, and PIA chips on the orignial Atari 800.

Good luck with finals.  If yours are the hell mine are, I can sympathize.

--Jim Sisul
The (AP #2 Jayhawks) University of Kansas