2FHDBEAK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (12/15/89)
In article <2819@caesar.cs.montana.edu>, icsu8053@ming (Pratt) writes: > In article <PORTUESI.89Dec5131041@tweezers.esd.sgi.com> portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: >> >>>>>>> On 5 Dec 89 17:44:45 GMT, 2FHDBEAK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu said: >>j> Here's an interesting tidbit for you LYNX fans: >> >>j> The development system for the Atari LYNX is an AMIGA computer! >>j> I wonder what it must be like to go into Atari's offices and see >>j> all sorts of Amigas lying about. >> >> >>That's not surprising, given that the Lynx was developed at Epyx, not >>Atari, and all the Lynx designers also designed the Amiga. >> >> --M >>-- >>__ >>\/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. >> portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineering > > > More trivia: > > I seem to recall that the development system for the Amiga was an Atari 800. > Talk about serious plot twists! Will the Lynx also be turned into a PC ala > the Amiga? Just curious...NO FLAMES, it's finals week and I couldn't deal > with it! > > Craig Pratt > BitNet: Craig.Pratt@msu3.oscs.montana.edu > GEnie: C.Pratt4 > > "Life IS pain, princess. Anyone who says differently is selling something..." > The Dread Pirate Roberts, _The Princess Bride_ Sorry, Craig, the Amiga was developed on Sun workstations. In fact, the origninal Amiga DOS manuals make several references to porting code from the Sun. The designer of the A1000's custom chips (whose name escapes me at the moment) also designed the ANTIC, CTIA, and PIA chips on the orignial Atari 800. Good luck with finals. If yours are the hell mine are, I can sympathize. --Jim Sisul The (AP #2 Jayhawks) University of Kansas
peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) (12/15/89)
In article <19785@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2FHDBEAK@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >In article <2819@caesar.cs.montana.edu>, icsu8053@ming (Pratt) writes: >> More trivia: >> >> I seem to recall that the development system for the Amiga was an Atari 800. >> Talk about serious plot twists! Will the Lynx also be turned into a PC ala >> the Amiga? Just curious...NO FLAMES, it's finals week and I couldn't deal >> with it! >> >> Craig Pratt > >Sorry, Craig, the Amiga was developed on Sun workstations. In fact, the >origninal Amiga DOS manuals make several references to porting code from the >Sun. > >The designer of the A1000's custom chips (whose name escapes me at the moment) >also designed the ANTIC, CTIA, and PIA chips on the orignial Atari 800. > >Good luck with finals. If yours are the hell mine are, I can sympathize. > >--Jim Sisul Sorry Jim :-) The computer system actually used for the original Amiga development was a 68000-based Sage computer. An Atari 800 was used only for emulating a simple raster display. Jay Miner and a couple of the other Amiga chip designers were from the OLD Atari company. Several of the early Amiga guys worked at Epyx on their "secret project", which we now know today as the Lynx. -- Peter Cherna, Software Engineer, Commodore-Amiga, Inc. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!peter peter@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com My opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer. "A friend of mine is into Voodoo Acupuncture. You don't have to go. You'll just be walking down the street and ..... oooohhh, that's much better..." - Steven Wright
jburka@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (12/15/89)
Jay Miner designed most of the special chips in the 800 and the Amiga, FYI...