ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles) (08/06/88)
[I've redirected followups to comp.sys.amiga...]
LOOK OUT! WE'VE BEEN SPOTTED!
[Excerpted without permission...]
FEDERAL COMPUTER WEEK, Vol 2, August 1st 1988, No. 31
Page 25, "Amiga Arrives?".
When thieves recently broke into the office of the Strategic
Defense Initiative Oragnization - the group handling SDI
research - they stole a computer reportedly used to simulate
missle attack and defense scenarios.
The computer, with a 32-bit Motorola 68030 chip as its
CPU, had a sophisticated multitasking operating system that
could run 20 simultaneous tasks......
....It was a Commodore Amiga, a microcomputer still widely
perceived as a game machine for the pleasure of 12-year-olds.
Missle defense, however, is serious business, and SDI
researchers, like many others in federal agencies and
contractors, have found the Amiga to be a powerful and much
underapreciated computer. The Amiga has found increasing
acceptance in federal agencies that require its sophisticated
multitasking, graphics and animation capabilities in
applications from scientific research to desktop publishing
and video production, from computer-aided design and
engineering to inventory control in high-security
installations.
. . .
The article tells how many of a number of different kinds of software are
available for the Amiga. (It's quite impressive.) It also states that some
Amiga users describe Commodore's top managment attitude to be "brain dead".
But that the technical staff (You listening CATS? :-) ) have been devoted to
making it a success. The article describes the 2000 and 500, with a comparison
of the merits of each model. Talks about the OS and how 1.3 will allow
autoboot from a hard drive. All in all, it seems to be a well written and
definitely up-beat review of the Amiga. Hurrahh! We've been NOTICED!
Enjoy!
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