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[News] From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept.ANN.lu
Posted on 12-Oct-2003 00:41 GMT by Joe "Floid" Kanowitz21 comments
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Scavenged from the photo gallery of a visitor to VCF 6.0 (/.'d, etc.), here's Lorraine ... and a side of her we haven't seen before? A flip through the exhibitors list shows Dale Luck is to thank.
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 1 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 11-Oct-2003 23:09 GMT
Cool. Lorraine :)

"I. 1982-83

In the beginning came the development team
with a 16-bit games console to beat the best.
It was Miner, Mical, Sassenrath and Morse
whose Destiny would be Manifest.

Producing things like the JoyBoard and games
in almost Zen-like meditation
While "Lorraine" was quietly worked upon
To be the Spanish 'girlfriend' of each nation.

Yes, a codename tactic, to prevent against theft
was essential to the project, so the secrecy swirled!
As developments grew, so did the Code
With new names for the pieces of "Lorraine" unfurled.

For, in true Custom, the chips built and named
Fang was Agnus before she grew Fat
(And, yes, a Fatter lady did sing
but it was Agnus, Portia and Daphne who first did that).

For the CPU: a Motorola--
A 68000 at 16-bit.
In 1982, it was the best that they could find,
And by '83 they made it fit.

Mical wanted games, but Jay Miner wanted slots;
Yet R.J.'s Intuition kept them on the right track.
Using Nicholson's blitter and Miner's HAM
the future of Amiga wouldn't lack."

--from The Second Coming (of Amiga) epic poem bye EyeAm.
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 2 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Ishe on 11-Oct-2003 23:21 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (EyeAm):
that boy is a little light in the loafers!
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 3 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 11-Oct-2003 23:27 GMT
In reply to Comment 2 (Ishe):
I knew I forgot someone. Dale Luck. I'll have to add him into version 2.0.

And what do you mean by 'light in the loafers'? Gay? (yes I am). Crazy? (no I'm not) Mentally deficient? (hardly) :)

--EyeAm (an Ethereal Youth Enjoying Alchemical Manifestation)
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 4 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by hippie2000 on 11-Oct-2003 23:28 GMT
In reply to Comment 1 (EyeAm):
what a nice poem!

she deserves it :)
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 5 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Matt Parsons on 11-Oct-2003 23:33 GMT
So Dale Luck still has one of the Lorraine machines?!?!

One can only hope A.ORG will get an interview with him.

Kees? :)
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 6 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Nate Downes on 11-Oct-2003 23:44 GMT
Talking with Joe Torre, the scariest part about Lorraine is that...

IT STILL WORKS
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 7 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Matt Parsons on 11-Oct-2003 23:49 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Nate Downes):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
IT STILL WORKS
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

It does?!?! can it run AmigaOS? I mean early versions at least.
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 8 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Nate Downes on 11-Oct-2003 23:55 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (Matt Parsons):
that is what Joe said. Likely won't run anything beyond a pre-alpha version of AmigaOS however.
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 9 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 12-Oct-2003 00:03 GMT
In reply to Comment 4 (hippie2000):
HE. :-)

The poem stands at 24-pages right now. Version 1.0. Covers the beginning through Jim Collas' exit.

--EyeAm
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 10 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by T_Bone on 12-Oct-2003 00:04 GMT
In reply to Comment 7 (Matt Parsons):
So when can we get AROS on this beast? :D
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 11 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by JoannaK on 12-Oct-2003 07:04 GMT
In reply to Comment 6 (Nate Downes):
Uuh.. Works..

Anyhow.. compared to what people do these days.. Agnus has been of 8
boards full of ttl chips wrapped together... No wonder it was a bit
shaky when they did first versions of OS and first public demos. No
wonder they need to book it a own seat on Plane .. (Joe Pillow story)
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 12 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by John Block on 12-Oct-2003 09:06 GMT
In reply to Comment 3 (EyeAm):
Look up loafers on http://www.dictionary.com

Your outstanding contribution was being applauded.

I concur
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 13 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Nate Downes on 12-Oct-2003 13:07 GMT
In reply to Comment 11 (JoannaK):
I wouldn't use it as a primary computer. But the fact that it still can boot up is amazing, due to the age of that machine and how fragile it was.
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 14 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by EyeAm on 12-Oct-2003 13:33 GMT
In reply to Comment 12 (John Block):
Thanks :)

--EyeAm
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 15 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Bill "tekmage" Borsari on 12-Oct-2003 15:11 GMT
I'm pretty sure those wirewraps are dead now. They are almost 20 years old. At the last VCF Dave Needle brough in Jay's A1000, serial number 000000000001. We got it booting and I grabed the boing demo from aminet and left it running during the show. It was pretty impressive to watch.
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 16 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Joe "Floid" Kanowitz on 12-Oct-2003 16:12 GMT
In reply to Comment 15 (Bill "tekmage" Borsari):
From that hint, here's some eye-candy someone grabbed at VCF4:

http://www.sieler.com/vcf4/ex-amiga1.jpg
http://www.sieler.com/vcf4/ex-amiga2.jpg

So what exactly is that Plexiglass box? A thermal evaluation mockup?
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 17 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Matt Parsons on 12-Oct-2003 16:50 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Joe "Floid" Kanowitz):
I spy with my little eye something begining with "A", peaking out from under a table... Clue; it's not not Amiga or Apple...
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 18 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Troels E on 12-Oct-2003 17:18 GMT
In reply to Comment 17 (Matt Parsons):
I noticed that to, nice to see it's kept under the desk:)
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 19 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by Bill on 13-Oct-2003 06:39 GMT
The show ended today with the awarding of prize ribbons. This year I won the special category for "Best Presentation of Creative Integration", got me a blue ribbon with a big "1st Place" :)

I was showing my Amiga 4000 with CSPPC/CVPPC/Highway/X-Surf/Delfine. I guess the 24 bit workbench running on my LCD display impressed the judges ;)

Bill "tekmage" Borsari
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 20 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by tokai on 13-Oct-2003 11:41 GMT
In reply to Comment 16 (Joe "Floid" Kanowitz):
wow... those case design/studies are cool!
From the but-is-it-an-Amiga? dept. : Comment 21 of 21ANN.lu
Posted by DC on 13-Oct-2003 16:35 GMT
I actually have that little red&black joystick they show in the photo. It is an original Amiga Technologies joystick that I used for my old Atari 2600 and C64.
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