From: psd1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Pratik Dave)
Subject: Amiga Uses Around the World
Reply-To: psd1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:45:45 GMT

This  is  a  somewhat  dated  list,  that  used to be (and may still be)
maintained  by  Roy  Clay on the FIDO_NET Amiga forum.  I found the most
recent  one  I  could,  and  have  formatted  it,  and spell-checked it.
Furthmore,  I deleted entries that seemed out-of-date (ie:  Max Headroom
and Amazing Stories (both old television series run in the U.S.  on NBC)
had Amigas involved in their production).

In  light  of  the series of good news coming out of CBM, (at least, *I*
think  it's good news) and the generally more upbeat attitude of amigans
in general, I figured I'd post it.

If anyone has something to add *M-A-I-L* (READ: SEND E-MAIL, RATHER THAN
POST  TO THE NET) me at psd1@midway.uchicago.edu, and I'll include it in
future releases of this list.

If  anything  has  changed,  please  *M-A-I-L* that to me as well, and I
shall make the correction.

Read  it and be merry ...  the future is pretty d*mn bright from where i
stand =). This list will be updated as required, and reposted once in a
while (possibly monthly). Furthermore, if you want it mailed to you,
mail me and I'll do so when I have time...

                                   Pratik Dave
          (Proud owner of a still-alive A3000/25 with Ethernet)

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* Lucasfilms Graphic Co.  uses the Amiga for all pre-production work.

* The Los Angeles Airport uses it for an information kiosk.

* Disney World uses hundreds of them for controlling animated displays.

*  Over  800  cable television stations use Amigas for the Preview 
Channel,  video-titling,  genlock  and  production  work.   (the largest
market share).
[PD: Most likely has grown since this entry was added]

*  CNN  Weather  is  done  entirely  on  the Amiga along with many local
weather broadcasts.

* Entertainers such as B.B.  King and Frank Zappa find it invaluable.

* Wyse Advertising uses them for page layout/brochure creation.

* The Houston Police Department uses them to produce training videos.

*  Joe  Robbie  Stadium's  animated  scoreboard in Miami is run by Amiga
Computers.

* The French Government uses them for driving simulators.

* The Lynx game system's software is developed on the Amiga.

* They are used abundantly by Ohio State University, Harvard, MIT, UCLA,
to name a few.

* Atlanta's presentation to the National Olympic Committee was done using
an Amiga (an IBM PS/2, NEXT, or Macintosh couldn't handle it).

* Universal Studios creates display graphics and animation in video with
it.

*  The Province of Alberta, Government Telephone System uses 600 of them
in coordinating their telephone system.

*  Strategic  Defense  Organization  headquarters  uses them for missile
attack/defense simulation.

* UCLA School of Medicine uses them to study human body motion, and also
to  combine  different imaging technologies into a comprehensive view of
the human brain.

* Smith-Kettlewel Eye Research Institute in San Francisco uses Amigas in
researching vision, vision equipment, and vision testing.

*  The  Atomic  Energy Commission uses them as intelligent front ends to
Cray Supercomputers.

* Louisiana Power and Light uses Amigas in a distributed network to send
company news to employees instantaneously.

* Arthur C.  Clarke uses an Amiga 2000 to explore Mandelbrot Sets.

*  The  Department  of  Veterans  Affairs uses Amigas as the basis for a
multimedia training system in its hospitals.

* Metroscan Traffic uses Amigas to generate animated diagrams of traffic
patterns for broadcast on the morning news.

*   Boston's   Logan   International   Airport   and  Toronto's  Pearson
International  Airport  will install Amigas to run information kiosks at
its terminals.

*  Todd  Rundgren used 10 Amiga 2500's equipped with Video Toasters, 300
megabyte hard drives and WORM drives to create his "Change Myself" music
video.

* NASA, the Bureau of Standards, the U.  S.  Army, the U.  S.  Navy, the
Treasury  Department,  the  Energy  Department  (via the Stanford Linear
Accelerator,  Los  Alamos  Atomic  Labs, Sandia Atomic Labs, and the Jet
Propulsion  Laboratory),  the U.  S.  Weather Bureau, National Institute
of  Health,  the offices of the Pentagon, the headquarters of S.  D.  I.
in  Washington,  D.  C.  (for missile defense and attack simulation) ALL
use  Amigas on a regular basis.

*  The  Israeli  Air  Force,  trains  ALL of its jet fighter pilots on a
simulation  system  (U.   S.   developed)  that  includes 3 Amigas and 1
VAX...