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- From: David Carmichael <D.Carmichael@bris.ac.uk>
- Subject: Re: VIScorp purchased by BLAZEMONGER INC!
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- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 09:28:23 GMT
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- 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.
- >
-
- Excellent! I would encourage all "Amiga fans" to immediately email Mr Monger
- asking for a copy of NDUK.
-
- > 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."
-
- Think I missed Gilligan's Island. Was it good?
-
- >
- > o Sidecar II, an IBM PC emulator roughly the size of
- > the Queen Elizabeth II luxury liner. Comes complete with
- > torpedos.
-
- Upgraded to "post refit standard", I trust.
- BTW. The QE2 was never equipped with torpedoes. During the "Falkands" episode
- ("Malvinas" if you are so disposed), it transferred its troops to shore
- from somewhere off New Zealand. This ensured it would never even see a
- torpedo, unless of course the New Zealand government had bought tickets
- from P&O for a cruise.
- I have also heard rumours that P&O wanted to buy an Amiga to fit to the QE2.
- Perharps, Mr Monger could negotiate a licencing deal? "The Amiga! The World's first
- Ship Top Box."
-
- >
- > 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.
-
- Will I be able to fit the plug myself or does it require a qualifed plumber?
-
- >
- > 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!!!
-
- Yes, but can it run Windows!!!???
-
- >
- > 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.]
-
- Will it be compatible with my A500 KS 1.3?
- If so, will you fix my A500 so I can run it?
-
- >
- > See you in Chickenmilk!!
-
- Oh! I doubt it.
-
- >
- > Dan
- >
- > //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
- > | Dan Barrett -- Computer Science Dept, University of MA, Amherst, MA 01003 |
- > | http://www.cs.umass.edu/~barrett/public.html -- barrett@cs.umass.edu |
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- > ---
- > 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.
-
- I did this. Only, I added a bit.
-
-
- Sorry. It's Friday morning and I feel somewhat.... ;-)
-
- The bits I wrote are... Copyright 1996 by David Carmichael
- You can freely distribute my bits as long as you don't quote his bits.
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