Building a next-gen homecomputers in the spirit of Commodore, Atari

"Jay Dresser" wrote in message
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Joona I Palaste writes:

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On 7 Jun 2003 22:02:16 -0700, (Zothen Runecaster)
wrote:
I always had the idea of a console-based next-gen AMIGA (because the
original AMIGA started as a console,too ).

Isn't A1000 first Amiga? That was not a console.

It was the first Amiga ever published commercially. Amiga (not
Commodore) did make some prototypes before that, and they were more
like consoles than computers.

I have a pre-production Amiga and, except for the sturdiness of the
case and the shielding, it looks just like an A1000. I'm not aware of
anything earlier than that that looked like a console. What are you
referring to?

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Jay Dresser / org.dresserfamily@usenet

I'm assuming that they are refering to the original designs...AKA Lorraine.
Originally, the Lorraine was designed as a console, but once the designs
were starting to be laid out...they decided to not just have the ports for
keyboard/etc(they were putting them in for future expansion)...they decided
to run with it as a computer. By the time the CES came around, they had
decided on the Amiga name, and had a semi-working prototype(8 breadboards
wired together for each of the custom chips). I've heard all the stories
about how they had to keep repairing the thing on the fly. Everyone who saw
it at the CES(in '82 I believe) was highly impressed with it. It would be
almost 2 years before the Atari vs Commodore battle over the Amiga's
technology, and the A1000 hits the market.