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- From: "Bj÷rn Hagstr÷m" <ping9514@ntostud.mh.se>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: VIScorp purchased by BLAZEMONGER INC!
- Date: 19 Apr 1996 10:23:46 GMT
- Organization: Solace Computer Society, Sundsvall
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- barrett@cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) wrote:
- >
- > Yes, Amiga fans, the rumors are true! As of six hours ago,
- >VIScorp has been purchased in a surprise takeover by BLAZEMONGER
- >INCORPORATED. VIScorp chief honcho and generally cool guy Carl
- >Saskatchewan is reportedly "delighted" with the acquisition and looks
- >forward to an "er... unusual product line" to be introduced at next
- >month's WORLD OF BLAZEMONGER conference in Chickenmilk, Wisconsin.
- >
- > Among the products to be introduced at the W.O.B. are:
- >
- >o The Amiga ST: a set-top computer that, when attached to
- > any television set, automatically converts all incoming
- > programs into reruns of "Gilligan's Island."
- >
- >o Sidecar II, an IBM PC emulator roughly the size of
- > the Queen Elizabeth II luxury liner. Comes complete with
- > torpedos.
- >
- >o BLAZESCAPE, the ONLY World Wide Web browser capable of
- > connecting to ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS. Features multithreading,
- > HTML 6.0, and new Virtual Java (TM) which beams cool
- > animations DIRECTLY into your CEREBRAL CORTEX with a
- > sledgehammer.
- >
- >o The AmigaBICEP 5000, their new top-of-the-line computer. In
- > direct contrast to the original Amiga 1000, which used an
- > off-the-shelf CPU and a custom graphics chipset, BLAZEMONGER
- > INCORPORATED has decided to use an off-the-shelf graphics
- > chipset and a custom CPU. Known as the BLAZEIUM chip, this
- > little speed demon runs at a blazing 2,000,000 tychohertz (10
- > to the power 8275, base 19) and features over EIGHT BILLION
- > REGISTERS for the ULTIMATE in hardware banging!!!
- >
- >o And of course, BLAZEMONGER MCXLVII: "FATAL DEATH KILLERS OF
- > ARMAGEDDON." [Availability is pending the overturn of the
- > Communications Decency Act, and possibly the Geneva Convention.]
- >
- >See you in Chickenmilk!!
- >
- > Dan
- >
- > //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
- >| Dan Barrett -- Computer Science Dept, University of MA, Amherst, MA 01003 |
- >| http://www.cs.umass.edu/~barrett/public.html -- barrett@cs.umass.edu |
- > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////
- >---
- >Copyright 1996 by Daniel J. Barrett.
- >This article may be freely distributed as long as it is distributed in its
- >entirety. It may not be included in any publication without the written
- >permission of the author. So nyaaah.
-
-
- Hahaha, I was acually waiting for BLAZEMONGER to make a statement in this
- matter =)
-
-
- /BH
-
-