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- From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Atari seen in Compuke! magazine
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.004821.12150@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 05:48:21 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.142342.12112@bsu-ucs> <1992Nov19.213755.87@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Organization: Ball State University, Muncie, In - Univ. Computing Svc's
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- > Amiga was the name of the company that made the Amiga computer. i
- > believe they were under contract to Atari to produce a video game
- > system. somewhere along the line Commodore bought them and it was
- > turned into a computer. Atari later sued & got a cash settlement.
-
- Nah...Amiga was just being 'courted' by Atari, along with Commodore. I believe
- Atari sued on the basis that they courted first, even though Commodore got the
- dope.
-
- > i picked up an original Amiga joystick a few years ago at a garage
- > sale for $2. it's a tiny little black thing with a red stick that's
- > about the size of a big toggle switch. still works, even after logging
- > hundreds of hours on Silkworm IV. best joystick i've ever owned &
- > considering the way it's designed i don't expect to have to replace
- > it anytime in the next 10 years. (unless i get a Falcon with those
- > funky new keypad things.)
- >
- No guess on the trivia?
-
- -Matt
-