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Re: LYNX Development System

#6951
From: Pratt
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 02:02
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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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