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- From: gnoel@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (George Noel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Walker at CeBIT!
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 12:59:36 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Sender: gnoel@plato.ucs.mun.ca
- Message-ID: <4imb3o$2on@coranto.ucs.mun.ca>
- References: <181.6649T150T1986@mailbox.swipnet.se> <4if42s$r1p@sinsen.sn.no> <4ij7va$9s9@alterdial.UU.NET>
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- Summary: Toaster Jokes
- Keywords: Or a helmet
-
- In article <4ij7va$9s9@alterdial.UU.NET>,
- Chris Hall <chall@clover.cleaf.com> wrote:
- >Odd H. Sandvik (oddhs@sn.no) wrote:
- >
- >: After taking a look at snapshots of the Walker, I can only say
- >: one thing: It sure has an original look!
- >
- >Original? Hardly. Toasters have had that look for years. It makes me
- >think of Talkie Toaster from Red Dwarf.
- >
- >
- >: This should really differentiate the Amiga from all other
- >: platforms. With this look I dare say it will stand out in the
- >: crowd.
- >
- >: I remember when I first saw snapshots of the BeBox I thought
- >: it's look was original, but the Walker "walks" all over it.
- >
- >: Maybe this is what the Amiga needs. A distinctive look which
- >: will raise some eyebrows and maybe create some fuzz!
- >
- >Or at the least, high tech toaster jokes. I hope they change the case
- >design before it's released. It doesn't look very practical for a computer.
- >I hope they move the 030 to a socket. I wouldn't buy another computer
- >with a surface mounted processor.
-
- Maybe they want to get caught up in the hype of the "Amiga Video Toaster"
- so they shaped a computer around the design.. no wonder they were talking
- to NewTek so much! :)
-
- I can see the new promotional posters now.. instead of a red cube
- shooting up into the sky from a bunch of eggs below, it would be two
- floppy disks colored and texture mapped like burnt toast shooting up from
- the new "Amiga Toaster" with the slogan.. "Amiga, Black For The Future". :)
-
- >Chris Hall
-
- -=*George*=-
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