From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Marc Barrett: an Amiga pioneer (was Re: More AmigaWorld Lies)
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:27:17 GMT
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Flying Cat, Inc.

In article <1992Sep8.110655.24316@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
>In article <53062@dime.cs.umass.edu> barrett@gleep.cs.umass.edu (Daniel Barrett) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep8.003808.6875@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Marc N Barrett) writes:
>>	o	"The Atari Lynx was based on the Amiga chipset."
>>		(Totally false.)
>
>   The Atari Lynx was loosely based on the Amiga chipset, in the same way
>that the Amiga chipset is loosely based on the old Atari 400/800 chipset.  
>All of these were designed by several of the same people, and to say that
>the Amiga chipset and Lynx chip(s) are in no way related is preposterous.

I believe you're still wrong.  Jay Miner was one of the main designers
of the Antic chips (used in the Atari 400/800) and was the chief designer
of the Amiga chipset.  The chips used in the Lynx were designed
by Dave Needle, who was a hardware engineer (_not_ a chip designer)
at Commodore-Amiga.   So the chips weren't designed by the same people.

(I also don't remember any words like 'loosely' in your original
post;  what I remember was a diatribe about how stupid Commodore
was to let Atari do the Lynx since it was based on the Amiga chipset)

>
>>	o	Flames against the AmigaOS 2.0 NotePad.  (There is
>>		no such program.)
>
>   What happened is that, after installing 2.0, I opened Notepad, noticed that
>it looked different (the screen colors were reversed), and had a version 
>number of 2.something.  I stupidly assumed that it was a new version included
>with AmigaOS 2.0.

You flamed instantly, though.  It only took you two years to explain.
Probably take another two to apologize for misleading people.


>>	o	The solution for Commodore's CDROM problems is to pirate
>>		the CBM's software and give it to "cracker" groups.
>>		(Marc outdid himself on this one!)
>
>   I've also received more private agreements than disagreements on this one,
>which is unusual.  People don't want to say so publicly for fear of being
>labeled a pirate with me, but many people agree that Commodore is a liability
>for the Amiga, and that freeing the Amiga of dependency on Commodore through
>means such as this would be a good thing.

On the other hand, perhaps other software pirates are smart enough not
to publically declare their support for software piracy, and to attempt
to get others to pirate software.

>
>>	o	The statement that "I am not flaming the engineers -- I want
>>		to pressure Commodore management" when asked why he posts
>>		his flames.  (In fact, CBM management doesn't read USENET!)
>
>   You got me on this one.  For a long time I did not know what my aim was 
>with my messages.  I now have been attempting to point out to the Commodore
>product development people areas where Amiga development is needed.  For 

I think Marc's outdone himself on this particular statement.
If anyone believes this, I've got a bridge or two to sell you.

(Flames, misinformation, and threats are not usually the ways to get
engineers to notice where development is needed.)

>>| Dan Barrett -- Dept of Computer Science, Lederle Graduate Research Center |

>| Marc Barrett -MB-  |  email: barrett@iastate.edu


			andy
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