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Article #261Re: Dream OS
From: Robert L Maynard
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 22:36
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 22:36
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In article <3vlgbk$rsc@grape.epix.net>, MRT, Inc. <mrt@epix.net> wrote: > >>|> I don't know the Amiga, I hope it has an analog joystick. otherwise... >>|> >>You're right. You don't know amiga. So why are you commenting on things >>you know nothing about? Such as the primitive preemptive multitasking and >>low memory overhead which you also know nothing about? >>By the way the amiga can use analog joy's.. I have one hooked up to mine to >>play many flight sims. > >I like the amiga joysticks, since they are fairly interchangable with >a Sega Genesis! > Historical note : After the Amiga designer left Atari he ( and his buddies ) started thinking up a "dream computer". They needed money to build it so they founded a company, Amiga, and started producing joysticks for Apple ][s, Atari's, and Commodores. The Amiga joysticks were very well engineered and made quite a bit of money. Money that was used to build the dream computer, the Lorraine. I can't remember the name of the designer offhand, but the Atari 800 was his design ( probably the 400 as well ). Bob
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.umt.edu!not-for-mail From: maynard@selway.umt.edu (Robert L Maynard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600,alt.destroy Subject: Re: Dream OS Date: 1 Aug 1995 16:36:49 -0600 Organization: University of Montana, Missoula Message-ID: <3vmaa1$iic@selway.umt.edu> References: <3uhptl$1jdt@thebes.waikato.ac.nz> <3v6q0k$e6c@nyheter.chalmers.se> <3vjdku$qg5@info1.sdrc.com> <3vlgbk$rsc@grape.epix.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: selway.umt.edu