16 Jun
2020
16 Jun
'20
5:15 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 03:02:57PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 19:51, Tomasz Rola via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> From time to time I behave like a normal human and, for example, zip
> channels on my cable tv. Few years ago, while stopping at their "see
> what we have on offer to you, prospective viewer" kind of channel, it
> cracked open and I have seen the Workbench screen. Version 1.3 or 2.0,
> if I am correct. Could be 2.0, so most probably Amiga 1200.
Looks like I mixed few things up. The Workbench was the ugly one, so I
would keep 2.0, but the Amiga for it would have to be A600 then.
Not that it really matters much.
[...]
The shop had full-length windows at street level. This
is not much use
for a supermarket: the backs of shelves are not very interesting to
look at, it's hard to get in there to replace marketing posters etc.,
leaving it open wastes potential shelf space...
So they filled it with big plasma flatscreens (quite new tech at the
time). They could display animated advertising, special offers etc.
I would say that was cool.
[...]
I was very surprised to see what looked like a _new_
Amiga deployment
at that time -- end of the 1990s.
But I guess it was good at its job, and probably required very little
maintenance...
I guess so, too. Connecting Amiga to plasma was probably the least
hassle of all alternatives. PC would need something special (either
card or converter?), and a hard drive, and a big box, and separate
keyboard and reboot every four(ty) days - Amiga 500 could be just
"stuffed under the rug". And after loading a "demo" from a floppy,
there was no moving parts involved. It could just sit there and
display flying images for years.
--
Regards,
Tomasz Rola
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