1 Jun
2000
1 Jun
'00
9:56 a.m.
On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:
At 01:33 PM 6/1/00 -0700, you wrote:
You're saying Jay Miner worked on the Mindset? Both the Mindset and the
Amiga were released in 1984, right? It seems unlikely that they were
designed by the same guy(s). I've never heard this particular bit of
folklore, though.
Up for review:
1. "The person that designed the Mindset PC later designed
the Amiga." I realize that computers like the Amiga are not
designed by just one person, but does anyone know anything
about the people that helped design these computers?
I believe that would be Jay Miner. My version goes that the Altair that was sent to
Popular Electronics was
the only prototype and it got lost in the mail when it was returned. MITS
was forced to recreate large portions of the design from scratch and thus
delayed first shipments.
Not to pick on you, Chuck, but what's the source for your version. The
only documented story I'm familiar with is in Stan Veit's book, but that
is second-hand.
Cheers,
Doug