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- From: Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga 1200
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 5 1992
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- Date: 04 Nov 92 11:04:04
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- > Organization: Amiga Colony BBS
- > From: Paula_Lieberman@amicol.UUCP (Paula Lieberman)
- > Message-ID: Paula_Lieberman.0702@amicol.uucp
- > Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- >
- > How about Commodore calling some more chips by -male- or sex-neutral
- > names,
- > or better still, leave out the anthropomorphisms........
-
- How about Gary (in A500's, A2000's and A3000's, and I assume the A1200 and
- A4000)? Or Ramsey (I would say thats a male name)? Or Buster (A3000 and
- A4000, I think the A2000 has one too)? "Super DMAC" is pretty neutral
- (thats the SCSI DMA chip on the A3000 - BAD commodore for not putting one
- of those on the A4000!). And the 8520's on all Amigas satisfy the last one
- - although those arent Amiga specific chips.
-
- I think its all rather cute, I dont mind it at all. They probably could do
- well to make some more "male" chips though. Of course lets not also forget
- the name "Amiga" itself which is female.
-
- Do you find any of this offensive? I dont see why, I wouldn't be. I mean,
- there ARE lots of things with masculine names too..
-
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