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- From: nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu (Nathanael J Henderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: History of Computing at the Smithsonian
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 17:53:32 GMT
- Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network (NDHECN)
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- Don Schmelling (dons@olympus.net) wrote:
- : : >
- : : > Multimedia was first used on Amigas.
- : :
- : : I do like Amiga, but I'm sure "Multimedia" was first seen on game
- : : machines. At least I know the C-64 had simple animations and sampled
- : : synchronized sounds. Both short, but the definition was met.
- : :
- : Well I do not consider a game machine to be a multimedia platform.
- : How many game machines could be used as a kiosk?
-
- Much like Bill Clinton's political positions, your definition of
- multimedia seems to be a constantly shifting target. Suitability as a
- general purpose kiosk machine hasn't a bloody thing to do with whether or
- not it was capable of some form of multimedia.
-
- ----
- "I was practically naked, dressed as a dominatrix and was slapping the
- audience with this huge rubber dick I was carrying. (Bill Gates)
- wandered by, so I started screaming 'Serve Me! Serve Me!' and put the
- dick on his shoulder--at which point, he emitted a mouse-like squeal and
- ran away. It was quite a scene." Slymenstra (GWAR)
-