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- From: dons@olympus.net (Don Schmelling)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: History of Computing at the Smithsonian
- Date: Mon, 4 Mar 96 18:28:54 PST
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- Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu) wrote:
- : Don Schmelling (dons@olympus.net) wrote:
- : : Nathanael J Henderson (nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu) wrote:
- :
- : : : (And since Apple all but invented multimedia in the computer arena,
- : : : it's probably one of the few things you can't blame Bill Gates for. :-)
- :
- : : Apple invented Multimedia???
- :
- : You will note I said "all but." Apple created and distributed the
- : first mainstream multimedia authoring tools and digital video standard.
- : (And if I'm not mistaken, the Mac predates the Amiga, and has also had
- : sound from the start, as well as a remarkably high resolution screen and
- : graphical interface, two things that lend themselves well to multimedia.)
- : The Mac was also an early adopter of CD-ROM technology, with Mac CD
- : titles outnumbering PC ones 2-1 at one point.
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- Sorry I do not agree with this assesment.
- :
- : : Multimedia was first used on Amigas.
- :
- : Don't bet on it. :-) Computers of all stripes have been running
- : graphics and sound together for a very very long time, and if you want to
- : require video as part of multimedia, that would probably only strengthen
- : Apple's claim. :-)
- :
- Well Byte called the Amiga the worlds first multimedia computer.
- That is good enough for me.
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