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- From: jamie@jamie.interpath.net (Jim Cooper)
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- Subject: Re: AT @ CES? Dunno.. will find out
- Date: 5 Jan 1996 13:55:09 GMT
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- In article <hrlaserDKKDoE.805@netcom.com> hrlaser@netcom.com (H.R. Laser) writes:
- > BTW, for the historically inclined, the CES in 1985 was the
- > world premiere of the Amiga computer. RJ Mical and Dale Luck (and
- > others perhaps) flew the original breadboarded Amiga from Los Gatos
- > to Vegas to show the technology here. They even bought the
- > boards its own airplane seat so itwould not be manhandled as
- > luggage or freight cargo.
- >
- > This tale is archived somewhere but I forget what file it's in
- > or what magazine issue it was in. Perhaps some Amiga historian with
- > better memory than me (Dan Barrett.. yoo hoo :) might remember.
-
- I'm pretty sure this was chronicled in Creative Computing magazine (R.I.P.)
- in their CES Show Report for 1985.
-
- I do know they talked about this amazing breadboarded system, that only a
- select few were allowed in to see...
-
- I may even still have that issue, back in my parent's attic. :-)
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